New York · Nonprofit
COMMONS FOUNDATION INC
COMMONS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being JAMES M LARGE JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $0
What Commons Foundation Inc does
Mission
We provide to local progressive groups affordable resources, including office space, meeting and class rooms, as well as opportunities to collaborate. We can no longer afford to provide these resources (we never recovered from the pandemic lockdown), so we have closed up shop.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Our mission was to provide to local progressive groups affordable resources, including office space, meeting and class rooms. We can no longer afford to provide these resources (we never recovered from the pandemic lockdown), so we have closed up shop.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
We provide to local community groups below-market co0-working space and event space and other common resources.
$24,012 spent$26,842 earned by the program100% of program spendingn/a
$0 spent0% of program spendingn/a
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,012.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $89k to $33k (−63%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of COMMONS FOUNDATION INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMONS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like COMMONS FOUNDATION INC
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMONS FOUNDATION INC: 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 COMMONS FOUNDATION INC?
- COMMONS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being JAMES M LARGE JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMONS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to COMMONS FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMONS FOUNDATION INC?
- JAMES M LARGE JR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMONS FOUNDATION INC 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.
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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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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