Root Cause Coalition

Analysis

Root Cause Coalition is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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, Root Cause Coalition reported income of $826k and spending of $843k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $826k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Root Cause Coalition sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Realism Is Loyalty ($826k), Adventures of the Heart Ministries Inc ($826k) and Northfield Township Food Pantry ($826k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $673k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $673k.