Civic Intelligence

United States Common Sense

990 • Fiscal year 2012 • EIN 27-3128463

Jan 01, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012 • Filed on May 14, 2013

Organization ProfileWWW.ARGIVE.ORG/WWW.USCOMMONSENSE.ORG
5050 El Camino Real94022
Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

23rd percentile

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

2012 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Source year 2012

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.

Source year 2012

Net Margin

Score unavailable

No value available

Net margin requires both revenue and expenses on this filing.

Source year 2012

Top Officer Pay

Score unavailable

No value available

This filing does not contain officer compensation rows.

Source year 2012

Asset Growth

90th percentile

48%

Faster asset growth than 90% of similar nonprofits.

2012 filings • 501(c)3 • $500k-$1M nonprofits • Annualized from 2011 to 2012

Revenue Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No valid filing value is available for this score.

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets23rd percentile

Assets

Up

$339,326

Up $109,554 (+48%) from 2011

Net Assets

Up

$339,326

Up $109,554 (+48%) from 2011

Liabilities

Flat

$0

Flat from 2011

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet MarginScore unavailable

Revenue

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Expenses

Up

$522,735

Up $326,885 (+167%) from 2011

Net Income

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth90th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$600K$400K$200K$0Assets 2010: $95,332Net Assets 2010: $95,3322010Assets 2011: $229,772Liabilities 2011: $0Net Assets 2011: $229,7722011Assets 2012: $339,326Liabilities 2012: $0Net Assets 2012: $339,3262012Assets 2013: $310,372Liabilities 2013: $0Net Assets 2013: $310,3722013Assets 2014: $417,100Liabilities 2014: $0Net Assets 2014: $417,1002014Assets 2015: $211,782Liabilities 2015: $0Net Assets 2015: $211,7822015Assets 2016: $82,537Liabilities 2016: $0Net Assets 2016: $82,5372016Assets 2017: $127,521Liabilities 2017: $0Net Assets 2017: $127,5212017Assets 2018: $13,569Liabilities 2018: $0Net Assets 2018: $13,5692018Assets 2019: $11,691Liabilities 2019: $0Net Assets 2019: $11,6912019Assets 2020: $10,091Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $10,0912020

Highlighted filing

2012

Assets$339,326
Liabilities$0
Net Assets$339,326
Open 2012 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue GrowthScore unavailable

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$1.0M$500K$0-$500KRevenue 2010: $139,000Expenses 2010: $43,668Net Income 2010: $95,3322010Expenses 2011: $195,8502011Expenses 2012: $522,7352012Revenue 2013: $332,026Expenses 2013: $360,980Net Income 2013: -$28,9542013Revenue 2014: $648,270Expenses 2014: $541,543Net Income 2014: $106,7272014Revenue 2015: $750,429Expenses 2015: $955,749Net Income 2015: -$205,3202015Revenue 2016: $214,836Expenses 2016: $344,836Net Income 2016: -$130,0002016Revenue 2017: $397,123Expenses 2017: $352,922Net Income 2017: $44,2012017Revenue 2018: $2,025Expenses 2018: $115,952Net Income 2018: -$113,9272018Revenue 2019: $907Expenses 2019: $2,785Net Income 2019: -$1,8782019Revenue 2020: $3,594Expenses 2020: $3,682Net Income 2020: -$882020

Highlighted filing

2012

Revenue-
Expenses$522,735
Net Income-
Open 2012 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012
Signed
May 14, 2013
Return Version
2012v2.0
Gross Receipts
$632,052
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

United states common sense (uscs) is a non-partisan non-profit policy group dedicated to opening government data and resources to the public, developing data-driven policy analysis, and educating citizens about how their governments work.

Major Activities

Activity 2
Aggregated data sources and designed interactive data visualizations so users could explore data.
Activity 3
Engaged california citizens to foster understanding of local and state government structure and interaction with governments at those levels.
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

EIN
27-3128463
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Filings

Displayed year

2012 • Form 990Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.

Open filing
Assets
$339,326
Liabilities
$0
Net assets
$339,326
Revenue
-
Expenses
$522,735
Net income
-
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.10$0.00$0.10$0.04$0.04$0.00
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.12$0.00$0.12$0.01$0.03$0.02
2018XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.14$0.00$0.14$0.02$1.16$1.14
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.28$0.00$1.28$3.97$3.53$0.44
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.83$0.00$0.83$2.15$3.45$1.30
2015XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$2.12$0.00$2.12$7.50$9.56$2.05
2014XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$4.17$0.00$4.17$6.48$5.42$1.07
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$3.10$0.00$3.10$3.32$3.61$0.29
2012Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$3.39$0.00$3.39$5.23
2011Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$2.30$0.00$2.30$1.96
2010Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.95$0.95$1.39$0.44$0.95