Shared Humanity Project
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Creating economic and social change through the development of a community dedicated to ending poverty.The Shared Humanity Project puts thoughts into action to end poverty. We challenge the status-quo--redefining poverty and empowering persons of all backgrounds and from all sectors to take action to end poverty. We work within communities to advise entrepreneurial non-profit organizations. We foster connections across sectors to work together to create economic change.
- Income
- $134,244
- Spending
- $211,339
- Reserves
- 4.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 78%
- Highest pay
- $92,642, co-founder and president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 57% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 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 (3)
- $16,992 spent. National Plan to End Poverty: Our systemic change model - The National Plan to End Poverty - redefines and measures what "poverty" means, offers concrete steps that individuals and organizations can take to end poverty, and creates a community of actors from all sectors that works together to create positive change.
- $101,954 spent. Working with individuals, sector leaders and institutions, we communicate problems with the status quo approach to poverty in the United States, identify keys to social transformation and cultivate synergies to create a fundamental transformation in how Americans approach economic and social issues.
- $50,977 spent. Institute staff provides advice and guidance in the following areas: Start-up, strategic planning; development; corporate social responsibility (CSR); and outcomes-based programming. Advisement services are targeted toward individuals with lived experience and new organizations serving in areas of need.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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.
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.
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.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2021.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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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