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COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL

COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,928,065 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY ($1,702,154). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$999k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$995k
7/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 55%
01What it does

What Common Ground the Cindy Nord Center for Renewal does

Mission

Common ground enhances quality of life by promoting conscious living through innovative learning experiences.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Mindful leadership/ team building - healthy communities, workplaces, schools and families begin with healthy individuals. To this end, common ground provides programs and services designed to support individuals in their ongoing development of a healthy life -- in mind, body and spirit. Programs include conscious leadership retreats for workplaces, first step, adventure challenge, high ropes and a variety of educational workshops.

    $211,429 spent$121,432 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  2. Youth programs focus on enhancing young peoples sense of relationship with themselves, each other, and the world. Helping young people learn new skills, realize their potential, and develop a sense of belonging and purpose in the world are building blocks for more integrated, happier, healthier lives: at home, in school, and the community. Programs include, earth camp, discovery days, adventure challenge, high ropes and life school.

    $399,181 spent$166,903 earned by the program
    43% of program spending
  3. Canopy tour - the canopy tour allows community members and groups to experience nature through the experience of the tree tops. This experience can be used for team building as well as the development of physical and emotional skills.

    $319,236 spent$143,373 earned by the program
    34% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $929,846.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($903k) Expenses 100 ($951k) Net assets 100 ($617k)2018 Revenue 84 ($762k) Expenses 86 ($816k) Net assets 91 ($563k)2019 Revenue 96 ($870k) Expenses 88 ($837k) Net assets 97 ($596k)2020 Revenue 83 ($746k) Expenses 57 ($540k) Net assets 130 ($802k)2021 Revenue 104 ($937k) Expenses 87 ($824k) Net assets 148 ($915k)2022 Revenue 111 ($1000k) Expenses 90 ($854k) Net assets 172 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 109 ($980k) Expenses 107 ($1.0M) Net assets 166 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 111 ($999k) Expenses 108 ($1.0M) Net assets 161 ($995k)
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Revenue (111)Expenses (108)Net assets (161)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−13%).

$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.1M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$48k
’17
−$54k
’18
$33k
’19
$206k
’20
$113k
’21
$146k
’22
−$33k
’23
−$32k
’24
2.1
months of
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.

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Listed75766887
Joined·+4+2+0+0+3+1+0
No longer listed·6010111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $201k → $353k.

5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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 THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

76% 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 THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL.

58%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 69% · 2020 49% · 2021 54% · 2022 48% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.

“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

75% of COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $745k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Ohio funders.

OH
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 9%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL?
COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,928,065 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY ($1,702,154). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,928,065 in grants to COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $1,702,154 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 8 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