Root Cause Uganda

Analysis

Root Cause Uganda is a registered charity in United States, based in Chillicothe, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Root Cause Uganda reported income of $94k and spending of $100k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $94k (+16%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Root Cause Uganda sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Way of Gentry Inc ($94k), The Foundation for Newlife Homes ($94k) and Cmri Foundation Inc ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2,813 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2,813.