Common Space Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
395019926
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
6073422106
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$350,001
Expenses
$0
Assets
$350,001
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • William Greer (Co-Founder)
  • Rhiannan Price (Co-Founder)
  • Kathleen Chapman (Board member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Common Space Incorporated is building the first community-governed, openly licensed humanitarian satellite constellation to make high-resolution Earth observation data freely and reliably available to organizations working on the front lines of the world's most critical humanitarian crises. The organization advances charitable, educational, and scientific purposes by developing open satellite infrastructure that serves populations affected by conflict, climate change, displacement, poverty, and food insecurity - populations that are currently invisible to the commercial satellite market. All data collected by the Common Space constellation will be released under an open license and made freely available to humanitarian organizations, civil society, researchers, and the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Common Space Incorporated conducted and published a comprehensive community needs assessment to identify gaps in access to high-resolution satellite imagery for humanitarian use. The organization designed and implemented a structured survey and outreach process engaging humanitarian organizations, civil society groups, academic institutions, and practitioners. The assessment collected responses from 241 organizations across 195 institutions operating in multiple countries. Findings identified critical barriers to access, including cost, licensing restrictions, and delays in data availability, and documented priority needs across disaster response, conflict monitoring, food security, and climate resilience. The report was completed and published in 2025 and is being used to inform program design and system requirements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 49
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.