Friends of Roots

Analysis

Friends of Roots is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2017, 9 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, Friends of Roots reported income of $507k and spending of $445k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $307k to $507k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Friends of Roots sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include TLC Relief Inc ($507k), The Aja Project ($507k) and Gospel to Haiti Inc ($507k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $67k. At year end it held assets of $157k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $157k.