Common Future
EIN 20-1544255 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 11 grants · $330.0k
Who it funds most
10 of its 75 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Common Future's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202513189349302451
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $17.4m | — | $8.0m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $19.8m | — | $10.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202513189349302451 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202443209349327644 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202323199349331317 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202203199349330900 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202113199349328491 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Common Future made 89 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $5.0m as filed.
- Grants
- 89
- Total, as filed
- $5.0m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MANDELA PARTNERS | 3 | $271.8k |
| TIDES CENTER | 2 | $250.0k |
| CHANGE LABS | 3 | $195.0k |
| CommonWealth Kitchen | 2 | $171.7k |
| Boston Impact Initiative | 1 | $125.0k |
| Cincinnati Union Co-op Init | 1 | $125.0k |
| CSU at Fresno | 1 | $125.0k |
| East Cleveland Growth Assoc | 1 | $125.0k |
| Everyday People for Change | 1 | $125.0k |
| Heirs Property Preservation | 1 | $125.0k |
| Higher Purpose Co | 1 | $125.0k |
| ICA | 1 | $125.0k |
| LAUNCH | 1 | $125.0k |
| Local First AZ Foundation | 1 | $125.0k |
| Lowcountry Local First | 1 | $125.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | $3.3m |
| 2021 | 2 | $175.0k |
| 2022 | 20 | $514.0k |
| 2023 | 9 | $441.0k |
| 2024 | 16 | $630.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-201544255. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified