Finding Common Purpose INC FY2021 filing

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Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0703238) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
59¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$801K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $208K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
59%
of spending
59% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$801K
to officers and key staff · 43% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 43% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
7.8 mo
of spending, in cash
7.8 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $232K
3 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$389K
25% of total assets
Liabilities are 25% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
3 of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.8M
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
59%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2021▼ -22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2021▼ -26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.4M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2021▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$762K
FY2023$643K
FY2024$615K
FY2025$332K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

59 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 59% · $1.1M Management & general 31% · $571K Fundraising 11% · $199K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $801K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$168,815Pt VII · Sec A
Principal
$133,455Pt VII · Sec A
$132,401Pt VII · Sec A
$131,848Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$131,760Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Operations
$101,525Pt VII · Sec A
President
$928Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer & Clerk
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Erin Rodriguez$189,479$154,698$165,365$164,981$168,815$160,507
Abby Fung$174,374$140,250$151,726$148,810$131,760$142,054
Colette Stanzler$173,885$140,250$144,834$141,131$132,401$131,388
Consuela Greene$166,347$145,383$147,770$144,017$131,848$127,099
Andrew Wolk————$928$156,629
Sonja Okun————$133,455$111,344
Anand Dholakia—————$132,857
Abigail Alexanian———$112,626——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Our advisory and education practice offers an array of services designed to help our partners in the nonprofit, philanthropic and government sectors to: design and advance collective action projects; assess and strengthen practices of measurement, learning and improvement; and plan and execute strategies that enable people to succeed…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-0703238) · Dispute this line
$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$232K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$668K
Investment incomeLn 3$939
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$571K
Fundraisingcol D$199K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$389K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$668K
Government grantsLn 1e$423K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$939
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$247K
SavingsLn 2$956K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$90K
Accounts receivableLn 4$144K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$9K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$110K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$389K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$256K$389K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$170K$102K$51K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$657K$329K$110K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$9K$5K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$137K$81K$35K$21K
Payroll taxesLn 10$102K$61K$31K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$50K$50K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$15K$12K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$42K$21K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$1K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$32K$20K$7K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$13K$5K$6K$2K
TravelLn 17$5K$4K$413$1K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$2K$2K$900
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$151K$133K$9K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.1M$571K$199K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 $2.1M$2.4M−$283K$332K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 25, 2025 $1.9M$1.9M−$28K$615K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $1.8M$1.9M−$163K$643K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $1.6M$2.0M−$411K$762K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 26, 2022 $1.8M$1.9M−$90K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $2.3M$2.5M−$273K$1.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,770,100 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $998,127$668,492
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,252,792$1,100,669
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,508$939
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $36$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,255,463$1,770,100
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,989,974$1,519,698
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $538,184$339,939
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,528,158$1,859,637
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$272,695−$89,537
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,770,100 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$422,554
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$245,938
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$668,492
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,100,669$1,100,669
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $939$939
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,100,669 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $939$1,770,100
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,859,637 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $101,846 · Management $50,923 · Fundraising $16,974$169,743
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $657,020 · Management $328,510 · Fundraising $109,504$1,095,034
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,463 · Management $4,732 · Fundraising $1,577$15,772
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $80,604 · Management $35,129 · Fundraising $21,210$136,943
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $61,323 · Management $30,662 · Fundraising $10,221$102,206
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,009$3,009
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,377$50,377
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $12,038 · Management $3,360$15,398
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $20,972 · Fundraising $20,975$41,947
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,191 · Management $3,968$5,159
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $19,799 · Management $6,597 · Fundraising $5,379$31,775
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,797 · Management $5,692 · Fundraising $2,230$12,719
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,677 · Management $413 · Fundraising $1,287$5,377
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,202$4,202
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,830 · Management $2,223 · Fundraising $900$4,953
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,282$10,282
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $133,114 · Management $9,228 · Fundraising $8,614$150,956
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $3,785$3,785
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,089,711 · Management $571,055 · Fundraising $198,871$1,859,637
Part X · Balance sheet $1,560,820 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $255,370$246,665
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,054,977$955,916
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $80,498$89,720
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $34,772$143,820
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $30,509$9,240
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,701$5,447
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $52,987$110,012
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,517,814$1,560,820
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $68,682$146,085
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $37,360$92,500
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $150,000$150,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $256,042$388,585
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,167,348$1,158,346
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $94,424$13,889
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,261,772$1,172,235
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,517,814$1,560,820
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,172,235 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,770,100
XI-2 Total expenses$1,859,637
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$89,537
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,261,772
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,172,235

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