Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Commons Project Foundation
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$3.2Mrevenue
FY2024 · −15% in 3 yrs45staff
6 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin48.4%
Months of reserve0.1mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+60.3%
Middle half of peersMedianCommons Project
Where the money goes FY2024 · $1.6M spent
Programs$404k25%Management and general$1.1M69%Fundraising$103k6%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 32% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Panorama Global gave $722k in FY2020, 32% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 60% a year since FY2019, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort6funders
$932ka year, last 3 years
95%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Mastercard FoundationSince FY2022$250k$2.4MThe Rockefeller FoundationStopped after FY2020$300k$500k–Panorama GlobalOn and off$722kNovartis US FoundationOn and off$250kGerson Family FoundationSince FY2021$1k$1k$1kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$125k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped