Grassroots Leadership Inc

Analysis

Grassroots Leadership Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1984, 42 years ago. 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, Grassroots Leadership Inc reported income of $878k and spending of $2.1m, spending 240% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $878k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Grassroots Leadership Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity at Home Inc ($878k), Safe Harbor ($879k) and Stonegate at St Stephen Inc ($878k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $265k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $781k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 21 employees.