Public Charity

COMMON GROUND RELIEF INC

COMMON GROUND RELIEF INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $346K revenue, $375K expenses, $293K total assets. 26 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $530K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 061816720 NEW ORLEANS, LA Disaster Preparedness & Relief Services NTEE: M20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$346K
Total Expenses$375K
Total Assets$293K
Grant Records26
Funding Total$530K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

TO CREATE RESILIENT GULF COAST COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND PERSONALLY COHESIVE. COMMON GROUND RELIEF REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS GRASSROOTS, VOLUNTEER-BASED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. ACHIEVES ITS MISSION BY FOCUSING ON RESTORING AND PRESERVING LOUISIANA'S DISAPPEARING COASTAL WETLANDS. THE ORGANIZATION GROWS PLANT MATERIAL IN ITS LOWER NINTH WARD NURSERY, EDUCATES ABOUT WETLAND ECO-SYSTEMS AND HORTICULTURE, AND PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, NON-GOVER

Where $100 goes at Common Ground Relief Inc

How Common Ground Relief Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$35
Restored dozens of linear miles of coastland throughout southeastern louisiana by planting 6,126 native trees, 28,527 plugs of marsh grass, and 5,000 native irises
40% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 6,126 trees
$34
Hosted, guided,and educated 1,600 volunteers between the wetlands restoration and free pantry programs
40% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,600 volunteers
$17
Maintained operations despite increased demand of the free pantry,which served an average of 75 families per week in 2024
20% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Amelie Guthrie
TREASURER Annie Birkentall
BOARD MEMBER Annie Moran
BOARD MEMBER Bek Markel
BOARD MEMBER Blaise Pezold
SECRETARY Charles Chaisson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$325,410 19 grants
Economic Development
$75,000 1 grant
Housing & Homelessness
$70,350 3 grants
Environment & Conservation
$30,612 1 grant
Unspecified
$28,705 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $346K $375K $293K
2023 $228K $285K $333K
2022 $249K $231K $396K
2020 $162K $165K $366K
2019 $129K $166K $379K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $129K to $346K (+168%), with total assets most recently reported at $293K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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