Rootsaction Education Fund

Analysis

Rootsaction Education Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Rootsaction Education Fund reported income of $581k and spending of $666k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $732k to $581k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rootsaction Education Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kelso Public Schools Foundation ($580k), Infant and Child Nutrition Inc ($581k) and Iowa Council of Foundations ($580k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $94k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $481k. At year end it held assets of $660k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $660k. It reported 2 employees.