Roots Ethiopia Inc

Analysis

Roots Ethiopia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Roots Ethiopia Inc reported income of $736k and spending of $614k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $381k to $736k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Roots Ethiopia Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Israel Firstfruits Inc ($735k), The Nazareth Project Inc ($736k) and Trek Medics International Inc ($735k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $570k against liabilities of $625, net assets of $569k.