Rooted in Cheyenne

Analysis

Rooted in Cheyenne is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheyenne, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Rooted in Cheyenne reported income of $97k and spending of $115k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $62k to $97k (+57%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rooted in Cheyenne sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Committee of the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens of Montclair ($97k), Brewster Ponds Coalition ($97k) and Friends of Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge ($97k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $47k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $47k.