Roots Community Health Center

Analysis

Roots Community Health Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Roots Community Health Center reported income of $23.7m and spending of $23.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $7.8m to $23.7m (+206%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Roots Community Health Center sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspire Indiana Health ($23.7m), Amoskeag Health ($23.8m) and Carelink Community Support Services of Pa Inc ($23.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $421k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $12.3m. At year end it held assets of $19.6m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $15.6m. It reported 148 employees.