Academy for Grassroots Organizations

Analysis

Academy for Grassroots Organizations is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Hills, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 2022, Academy for Grassroots Organizations reported income of $147k and spending of $212k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $359k to $147k (-59%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Academy for Grassroots Organizations 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 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HST Ministries Inc ($147k), Spirithorse Therapeutic Riding Center ($147k) and The Pantry ($147k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $481k against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $461k.