Mosaic Community Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470842143
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Omaha, NE, USA
- Phone
- 4029336672
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $696,082
- Expenses
- $988,943
- Assets
- $5,692,449
- Liabilities
- $616,237
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MELANIE PHELAN (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID MILLIGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RACHEL BAHL (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- CHRISTIAN GRAY (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- RACHEL BAHL (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $80,860 total reported compensation
- CHRISTIAN GRAY (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $77,531 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of incommon community development is to alleviate poverty at a root level by uniting and strengthening vulnerable neighborhoods. Because we believe the greatest strength of any neighborhood are the residents who call these places home, incommon is committed to transforming neighborhoods through neighbors themselves. By building on neighbors' strengths and empowering neighbors to work together to lead neighborhood change, incommon is building strong and safe neighborhoods for future generations who might otherwise grow up under the detrimental conditions of poverty.
What it reported doing in 2024
Neighborhood development - incommon empowers neighbors to lead change in their neighborhood so that every family has an opportunity to raise their kids in a safe + thriving environment. Incommon works with residents of all ages to identify and foster leadership skills, develop community-building programs, build playgrounds and community spaces, and take on beautification and clean-up projects in our neighborhoods. In 2024, 20 neighbors graduated from local leader school, an empty lot was transformed into a skatepark, 14 youth participated in a paid summer internship program, and every month, incommon partnered with neighbors to host community meals, neighborhood clean-ups, and other community-building activities. Since 2012, violent crime has decreased 11%, graduation rates have increased 15%, and poverty has decreased by 17%! And in walnut hill, since incommon's presence in the neighborhood in 2018, there has been a 4.2% decrease in poverty rates, a 1.8% increase in graduation rates, and a 16% decrease in violent crime.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -42.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.76; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $844K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.