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Society to Benefit Everyone Inc

EIN 20-5280780 · Ashfield, MA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak35 out of 100GovernanceFair69 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Common Good shifts power from big business and distant government back to communities, where we see what's needed and care enough to support each individual in reaching their full potential, by ensuring that everyone has enough to eat, a place to live, and guaranteed work. In a Common Good Economy, we gather locally to decide for ourselves our funding priorities -- with plenty of money to fund those decisions. Our mission is to design and establish the framework for that new economy.

Income
$990,829
Spending
$1.6 million
Spent on programs
96%
Reserves
1.3 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 61%
Employees
4
Volunteers
20
Highest pay
$137,150, software engineer

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 35 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 1.3 months of spending.

  • Debt

    10 of 20

    It owes 35% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 58% of income.

  • Income trend

    0 of 15

    Income fell 43% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    96% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 69 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    18 of 25

    3 of 3 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (21)
  1. $745,674 spent. The Truth Telling Project: to support and implement grassroots, community-centered truth-telling and reparations processes to achieve Black liberation and BIPOC solidarity, amplify traditionally silenced and disenfranchised voices, and abolish white supremacy.
  2. $163,175 spent. Common Good Democratic Economics System: We design, promote, and support software, strategies, and contracts for a community-centered democratic economy.
  3. $137,150 spent. Solar Subscriber Management System: We design and maintain software for managing subscriptions to cooperatively-owned community solar electric arrays, as a way to leverage more participation in our Common Good Democratic Economics System (see above)
  4. $116,268 spent. Mutual Aid Medford And Somerville: Taking collective responsibility for getting everyone through times of crisis.
  5. $105,550 spent. Nonprofit Accountability Group:promoting racial equity, education, and environmental justice through the arts.
  6. $54,783 spent. North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival: A celebration of the artistic, agricultural and cultural bounty of the North Quabbin region.
  7. $92,099 spent. Kibilio Community and Farm: an intergenerational, intentional community dedicated to embodied healing, and reparative, ecological, and reproductive justice, working cooperatively toward educating for indigenous land justice and ecological balance.
  8. $47,000 spent. Ile Orunmila Oshun: Empowering people through spiritual activism to access earth-based wisdom, spiritual guidance, herbally based remedies, and somatic practices, the tools needed to pursue their "freedom dreams".
  9. $23,750 spent. Ubuntu Freedom: Building self-governance and freedom by creating a global society based on an understanding of our connection to each other, the earth, and the whole of nature.
  10. $9,635 spent. North End Little Pantries: Combatting food insecurity in North Hartford, CT.
  11. $8,373 spent. reparationWorks: Creating a thriving, lush Philadelphia through the sacred power of reparations.
  12. $2,375 spent. Reentry Community Charitable farm: Supporting all who wish to return to the land to find freedom through agriculture and communal land stewardship.
  13. $2,121 spent. Shelburne Falls Community Orchard: An edible landscape of fruit trees, berries, herbs and pollinator plants and a food resource for local neighbors w/food insecurity, providing a welcoming space for climate education, art, music, and connecting to nature.
  14. $2,004 spent. Montague Neighbors: Helping adults over sixty residing in the town of Montague to age in place with dignity and independence by offering volunteer services, access to information and community connections.
  15. $1,900 spent. Haven's Harvest: offering timely and reliable surplus food pick-up and delivery in the New Haven, Connecticut area, connecting businesses with community sites through the transfer of high quality excess food. Recovered food is a community resource. Don't let good food go to waste!
  16. $1,000 spent. ZEAL Co-Op: Cultivating emergent creative community development strategies to cooperatively own and steward the means of our cultural production.
  17. $62 spent. Food Fund: supporting members in helping others who are food insecure.
  18. $25 spent. Susie King Taylor Square Foundation: Harnessing strength in numbers to influence public opinion in a positive way for all its citizens on the Georgia coast.
  19. $10 spent. On Native Land: Promoting awareness of our colonial settler history and its impact on Indigenous peoples of Leverett, MA.
  20. Albita's Gift Fund: Providing a means for communities to support local businesses.
  21. Homegrown Maroons: Providing respite and reconnection to nature, to deepen a shared understanding of our relationship to and vision for freedom.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since August 2007.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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