Mountain Roots Food Project

Analysis

Mountain Roots Food Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Gunnison, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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, Mountain Roots Food Project reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $372k to $1.8m (+380%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mountain Roots Food Project sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community for Learning ($1.8m), Social Innovation Forum Inc ($1.8m) and St Paul & Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $779k. At year end it held assets of $933k against liabilities of $112k, net assets of $821k. It reported 50 employees.