Common hearts goal is to create a small revolution of kindness in our community to eradicate food insecurity and eliminate generational poverty. We foster individual and community engagement to feed hungry families and empower those in poverty, creating a sustainable community where all can thrive.programs are built on the power of relationships

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$80K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $61K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $40K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$197K
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$429K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2023▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2023▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.5M
Net assets
$429K
FY2023▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$422K
FY2021$401K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$429K
FY2024$567K
FY2025$626K

From the FY2023 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 Jan 2013.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.6M Management & general 8% · $145K Fundraising 7% · $126K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director Ex-Officio, Non-Voting
$79,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Keith Adams’s $84K as Executive Director Ex-Officio, Non-Voting is at the 21st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Keith Adams$84,243$79,500$61,466$67,848$69,048

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

Empowers families in poverty by building relationships and economic resources for stability and growth.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Common heart operated 13 pantry outreached in 2023 across union county NC. These pantries served 14.393 unique individuials an average of 4 times a year. 73.4 of the estimated food insecure residents in union couty received food from common heart.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Economic empowerment programs of common heart are designed to empower families experiencing the low resources environment of poverty and food insecurity to become more stable and upwardly mobile.

$230Kprogram expense
03

2023 was our 17TH annual great turkey countdown utilizing over 500 volunteers to gather and deliver a turkey and all the fixins for a low income family to prepare for thanksgiving. This is a major community underaking as we engage local churches, business and our friends on facebook to donate the turkey, fixins or cash to be used to buy…

$92Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$40K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$145K
Fundraisingcol D$126K
Owns and owesPt X
$429K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$158K
Total assetsLn 16$626K
LiabilitiesLn 26$197K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$62K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$956K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$139K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$158K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$158K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$97K
Other assetsLn 15$164K
Total assetsLn 16$626K
LiabilitiesLn 26$197K
Net assetsLn 32$429K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 63,500
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$280K$158K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$107K$97K
Total assetsLn 16$479K$626K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K$197K
Net assetsLn 32$423K$429K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$81K$41K$24K$16K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$425K$293K$55K$78K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$27K$8K$8K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$45K$24K$20K$286
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$571$2K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$7K$123$3K
Office expensesLn 13$46K$31K$7K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$159$2K$549
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$55K$46K$4K$5K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$14K$4K$954
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$21K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$11K$5K$527
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$1.1M$893$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$42K$29K$12K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.6M$145K$126K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.5M$2.5M$59K$626K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.4M$2.3M$139K$567K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.8M$1.9M−$148K$429K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$2.0M$22K$423K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.9M−$21K$401K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$1.6M$314K$422K 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 $1,769,734 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,897,628$1,749,247
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,033$13,024
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,744$12,157
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $64,923−$4,694
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,974,328$1,769,734
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $441,559$549,637
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,510,475$1,367,891
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,952,034$1,917,528
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $22,294−$147,794
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,769,734 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$139,400
VIII-1e Government grants$62,290
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,547,757
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$956,458
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,749,247
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$13,024
VIII-3 Investment income$3,726
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$8,431
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$4,694
VIII-12 Total revenue$1,769,734
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,917,528 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $40,647 · Management $24,388 · Fundraising $16,259$81,294
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $292,609 · Management $54,820 · Fundraising $77,954$425,383
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,945 · Management $8,292 · Fundraising $7,723$42,960
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $24,286 · Management $20,347 · Fundraising $286$44,919
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $571 · Management $1,664 · Fundraising $3,429$5,664
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,043 · Management $123 · Fundraising $2,660$9,826
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,304 · Management $7,400 · Fundraising $7,756$46,460
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $159 · Management $2,046 · Fundraising $549$2,754
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,878 · Management $4,426 · Fundraising $4,624$54,928
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $13,607 · Management $3,746 · Fundraising $954$18,307
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $21,373$21,373
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,140 · Management $4,792 · Fundraising $527$16,459
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,102,585 · Management $893 · Fundraising $1,313$1,104,791
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $29,100 · Management $11,677 · Fundraising $1,633$42,410
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,647,247 · Management $144,614 · Fundraising $125,667$1,917,528
Part X · Balance sheet $625,542 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $279,942$157,812
X-4 Accounts receivable$153,008
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $53,424$53,736
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $106,692$97,229
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $38,597$163,757
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $478,655$625,542
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,652$47,354
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $28,666$149,637
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $55,318$196,991
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $393,337$398,551
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $30,000$30,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $423,337$428,551
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $478,655$625,542
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $428,551 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,769,734
XI-2 Total expenses$1,917,528
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$147,794
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$423,337
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$153,008
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$428,551

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