New York · Nonprofit
COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP
COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,316 to it, the largest being The New York and Presbyterian Hospital ($1,046,316). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $71M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $-110816246
What Common Ground Management Corp does
Mission
To act as the central disbursement unit for breaking ground and its affiliated entities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Transitional housing safe havens are "low-threshold" transitional housing for chronically street homeless individuals who do not make use of traditional shelters: they have fewer requirements, making them attractive to those who are resistant to emergency shelter. It's optional and there aren't any pre-requisites. There are no curfews and more privacy than traditional shelter. Safe havens offer intensive supports to address mental health and substance use disorders, with the ultimate goal of moving each client into permanent housing. Safe havens are, thus, a crucial harm reduction/housing first resource to enable the most entrenched chronically homeless who have extreme reluctance to leave behind their unsheltered lives to accept help.
$37,433,183 spent$37,925,583 earned by the program58% of program spendingStreet to home outreach street to home outreach program founded on the premise that housing is the essential first step to addressing the complex issues faced by chronically homeless individuals. Street to home is a systematic method of identifying and prioritizing for housing those who have been outdoors the longest and who have the highest risk of premature death on the streets. The chronically homeless are sometimes referred to as "hard to house" due to their non-responsiveness to traditional outreach efforts (e.g., offers of a night in the shelter or a warm meal) and the challenges to stability posed by severe and persistent mental illness, chronic health conditions and alcohol and substance abuse. By taking the time to gain the trust of chronically homeless individuals gradually over time, and offering housing without conditions (e.g., sobriety), street to home demonstrates that these individuals do want a home and can successfully secure and maintain permanent housing. The street to home model was pioneered by breaking ground in 2004 and adopted by the nyc department of homeless services as a citywide strategy in 2007. Through our street to home program, breaking ground…
$18,535,993 spent$18,649,652 earned by the program29% of program spendingHasa services: hasa assists individuals living with aids or hiv illness to live healthier, more independent lives. The program can help clients with individualized service plans to target necessary benefits and provide support specific to their medical situation, enhancing their well-being. Hasa clients receive ongoing case management and are assigned to a caseworker at one of our hasa centers, with additional on-site services at our buildings. The service providers work with the assigned hasa case managers to ensure all clients receive the services they need to succeed. Hasa services include intensive case management and assistance in applying for public benefits and services, including medicaid, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, cash assistance, emergency transitional housing, non-emergency housing, rental assistance, home care and homemaking services, mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment referrals, employment and vocational services, transportation assistance, ssi or ssd application and appeal. Breaking grounds services a total of 391 hasa clients in its portfolio. Form 990, part iii, line 4d, other program services: scatter site living…
$2,069,144 spent$1,845,088 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$6,020,122 spentof which $28,296 as grants$11,824,561 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $64,058,442.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $34M to $70M (+105%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Brenda E Rosen
President & CEO
Board chair
Nicholas Tsang
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 441 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$12.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 55 related entities
- Breaking Ground VI LLC · disregarded
- Brook Avenue Hdfc · exempt
- Webster Ave Hdfc · exempt
- Breaking Ground II Hdfc · exempt
- Breaking Ground III Hdfc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP?
- COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,316 to it, the largest being The New York and Presbyterian Hospital ($1,046,316). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,121,316 in grants to COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP?
- The New York and Presbyterian Hospital is the largest funder on record, with $1,046,316 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMON GROUND MANAGEMENT CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing