Common Pantry is dedicated to providing emergency food and social services to our neighbors in need while addressing the root causes of food insecurity and poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$82K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $742K a year · 32% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
26
named funders · $326K
Looks good: 26 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$994K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$837K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$3.5M
Expenses
$994K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$994K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.5M
Net assets
$837K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$837K
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$4.2M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1971.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $956K Management & general 2% · $18K Fundraising 2% · $20K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$82,485Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Financial Sec
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Margaret O'Connor$106,545$93,100———
Margaret O'Conor——$80,893—$82,485
Margeret O'Conor———$79,296—

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides emergency food and social services, addressing root causes of poverty.

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2 programs · $956K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

CP's emergency food program provides food and groceries to individual adults and families that meet certain monthly income guidelines. For our homeless clients we offer ready-to-eat foods and prepared foods that do not require cooking.

$902Kprogram expense
02

CP's client services program, Common Community, helps people and families address the challenges that result from economic instability. CP offers walk-in services from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays. A free lunch is also provided on Wednesdays.CP's Common Community office is open on Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

$54Kprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$174K
Investment incomeLn 3$548
Money outPt IX
$994K
Ln 25
Programscol B$956K
Managementcol C$18K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
$837K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$806K
Total assetsLn 16$868K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$566K
Investment incomeLn 3$548
Other incomeLn 4–11$174K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$426K
SavingsLn 2$380K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$806K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$868K
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$837K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6400
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$399K$806K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25K$26K
Total assetsLn 16$483K$868K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$479K$837K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$666K$666K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$82K$62K$8K$12K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$117K$117K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3K$3K$133$199
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$14K$631$947
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$29K$29K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$42K$30K$5K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$22K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$994K$956K$18K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $3.5M$2.5M$989K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$1.9M$691K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.5M$475K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.3M$1.1M$1.2M$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$994K$358K$837K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,352,414 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $478,829$1,177,616
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,200$548
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $136,041$174,250
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $616,070$1,352,414
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $312,919$665,553
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $140,988$217,472
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $76,167$111,383
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $530,074$994,408
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $85,996$358,006
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,352,414 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,177,616
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$566,036
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,177,616
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $548$548
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$174,250
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $548$1,352,414
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $994,408 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $665,553$665,553
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,863 · Management $8,249 · Fundraising $12,373$82,485
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $116,552$116,552
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,877 · Management $133 · Fundraising $199$3,209
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,648 · Management $631 · Fundraising $947$15,226
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,402$29,402
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,795$5,795
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,045$8,045
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $30,058 · Management $5,125 · Fundraising $6,938$42,121
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,237 · Management $3,783$26,020
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $956,030 · Management $17,921 · Fundraising $20,457$994,408
Part X · Balance sheet $868,344 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $78,347$425,998
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $320,722$380,422
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,971$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $39,851$16,915
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,163$9,487
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $25,323$25,522
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$10,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $483,377$868,344
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,629$3,390
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$28,200
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,629$31,590
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $451,668$810,843
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $27,080$25,911
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $478,748$836,754
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $483,377$868,344
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $836,754 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,352,414
XI-2 Total expenses$994,408
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$358,006
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$478,748
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$836,754

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