District Commons amplifies the emancipatory power of communities to create collective possibilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 50 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
3
named funders · $55K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$114K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$44K
-80% vs prior year
Net assets
−$12K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$44K
FY2024▼ -80%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$358K
FY2021$100K
FY2022$121K
FY2023$224K
FY2024$44K
Expenses
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FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$402K
FY2021$259K
FY2022$125K
FY2023$23K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
−$12K
FY2024▼ -47%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$45K
FY2021−$204K
FY2022−$209K
FY2023−$8K
FY2024−$12K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2012-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Board Member
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Autumn Elizabeth Romer’s $27K as Executive Di is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 167 <$100K international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Autumn Elizabeth Romer$27,144$45,310$42,135

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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Programs and updates

Empowers communities to build collective possibilities through shared action.

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3 programs · $20K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Free spaces as part of the district commons free spaces program, district commons ran the radical reading room, which hosts quiet reading hours, co-working, and educational events several days a week.

$10Kprogram expense
02

Commons-based knowledge sharing and research in 2023, district commons supported several knowledge sharing sessions across multiple digital platforms. These included digital reading groups, knowledge-sharing slack channels and more, all of which are free to the public and community members.

$6Kprogram expense
03

Community initiatives district commons supported a number of community initiatives to offer commons-based approaches to the positive evolution of humanity. These include projects with and for formerly incarcerated people, projects that create harm prevention and harm response for sexual and gender violence in communities, and projects…

$4Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Foic CharityFY2023$50K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$55K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$44K
Other income$44K
Owns and owes
−$12K
net assets
Liabilities$114K
People
7
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$44K
Total revenue$44K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$114K
Net assets−$12K
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers50
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $44K−$12K 990 PDF
FY2023 $224K$23K$201K−$8K 990 PDF
FY2022 $121K$125K−$5K−$209K 990 PDF
FY2021 $100K$259K−$159K−$204K 990 PDF
FY2020 $358K$402K−$44K−$45K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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