Common Roots Inc

Analysis

Common Roots Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in S Burlington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Common Roots Inc reported income of $604k and spending of $539k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $304k to $604k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Common Roots Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services ($604k), Developmental Living Center ($604k) and The Arc of Allen County ($603k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 49% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $210k. At year end it held assets of $125k against liabilities of $144k, net assets of -$19k. It reported 13 employees.