More in Common Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823043917
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6037248705
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,314,364
Expenses
$3,461,455
Assets
$2,632,054
Liabilities
$198,083

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THEODORE R JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • MATHIEU LEFEVRE (CEO / TREASURER)
  • DANIEL VALLONE TO MAR 2024 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY)
  • JASON MANGONE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF MAY 2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • MATHIEU LEFEVRE (CEO / TREASURER): $276,339 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY E DIXON (DIRECTOR): $196,569 total reported compensation
  • STEPHEN HAWKINS (RESEARCH DIRECTOR): $156,990 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help create communities that are safer, more resilient, and more enjoyable places to live, both for long-time residents and for newcomers, and to counter current threats to such communities from economic insecurity, dear of terrorism, and cultural and demographic changes.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, more in common advanced its mission to understand the forces driving americans apart, find common ground, and help bring people together to tackle shared challenges by conducting research, convening partners, and equipping organizations to strengthen social cohesion. The organization surveyed over 7,000 americans and produced six research publications and seventeen newsletters, which received coverage in more than 500 media outlets. More in common staff presented findings in 51 external briefings to civil society, philanthropy, government, academia, and media audiences. Major 2024 projects included a national study exploring religion and polarization in the u.s., a mixed-methods study on attitudes toward generative ai, and a study on americans' interest in and barriers to connecting across difference. More in common also collaborated with sister entities in europe on a comparative study examining the impact of social media and smartphones on people's lives. All activities directly furthered the organization's exempt purpose of advancing public understanding and strengthening social cohesion in the united states.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed · 72% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $276K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $939K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.