The Common Ground Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830813780
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Emigrant, MT, USA
Phone
4066005767
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,132
Expenses
$197,306
Assets
$82,537
Liabilities
$5,107

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DANIEL ANDERSON (Director)
  • HANNIBAL ANDERSON (Chairman)
  • BILL STODDART (Treasurer)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to experience the power of wild landscapes to foster learning, promote community, and encourage healing for people and the environment worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2023

Life in the Land is a documentary series produced by Lara Tomov & Stories for Action. The series features and promotes community-led collaborative partnerships in Montana. The Common Ground Project supports Life in the Land by acting as the fiscal sponsor and participating in planning discussions with the series Steering Committee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -72.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $104K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.