Washington · Nonprofit
COMMON POWER FUTURE
COMMON POWER FUTURE (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,546,492 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,504,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $738k
What Common Power Future does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to educate, amplify, and mobilize a next generation of civic leaders through educational experiences, including travel for learning tours, educational workshops, and civic leadership training. Our focus on leadership development equips participants with the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to advocate for a just and inclusive democracy. By immersing individuals in diverse environments and engaging with communities across the country, we aim to foster a deep understanding of democratic principles, social justice, and inclusivity. Through these experiences, we empower individuals to become effective leaders and agents of positive change in their communities and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, our educational programs achieved record growth, expanded impact, and strengthened leadership development across multiple initiatives. Our lecture series, workshops, and courses grew to 24 offerings, engaging over 4,000 registrants from diverse backgrounds.our learning tours expanded to 7 total tours, including 2 educator-focused tours and an educator symposium, bringing together 200+ participants, including 62 new educators. By the end of the year, our educator ambassador network reached 132, reflecting sustained growth and influence from 2022 through 2024.through our education to action grants, we distributed 13 grants to empower innovative projects translating learning into real-world impact. The scholars in motion program served 32 students cumulatively, launching a second chapter in selma, al with 7 new students, expanding hands-on learning opportunities in new communities.meanwhile, action academy reached unprecedented participation, receiving 200+ applications, the largest in program history. 24 alumni returned as leaders, guiding and managing day-to-day program operations. Students applied their learning in the field, with 37 traveling to participate in electoral…
$1,450,231 spentof which $183,259 as grants$185,433 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,450,231.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $370k (−72%).
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.
96% of COMMON POWER FUTURE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Charles Douglas Iii
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $91k → $1.0M.
13 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 POWER FUTURE’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 POWER FUTURE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
69% 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 POWER FUTURE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 55% · 2022 47% · 2023 27% — 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
68% of COMMON POWER FUTURE'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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
COMMON POWER FUTURE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMON POWER FUTURE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Common Power · exempt
- Common Power · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMON POWER FUTURE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMON POWER FUTURE?
- COMMON POWER FUTURE (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,546,492 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,504,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMON POWER FUTURE have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $6,546,492 in grants to COMMON POWER FUTURE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMON POWER FUTURE?
- BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,504,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMON POWER FUTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 29 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