Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc

Analysis

Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hinsdale, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 August 2023, Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc reported income of $151k and spending of $141k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2023, income fell from $280k to $151k (-46%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicas Poderosas Inc ($151k), Williams Francisco Initiative ($151k) and Yoga 4 the World ($151k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $202k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $175k.