THE ROOTS INITIATIVE

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $166K · expenses $199K · assets $215K

EIN

32-0659999

Address

12105 S LA SALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60628-6618

Website

https://www.therootsinitiative.org

NTEE code

O50

Subsection

501(c)(3)

Ruling year

2021

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Mission

TO NBSP;ACTIVATE NBSP;BLACK NBSP;YOUTH NBSP;AS NBSP;THE NBSP;ARCHITECTS NBSP;AND NBSP;LEADERS NBSP;OF NBSP;TRANSFORMATIVE NBSP;CIVIC NBSP;AND NBSP;SOCIAL NBSP;CHANGE NBSP;IN NBSP;THEIR NBSP;COMMUNITIES NBSP;AND NBSP;BEYOND NBSP;WE NBSP;BELEIVE NBSP;THT NBSP;WHEN NBSP;YOUTH NBSP;ARE NBSP;PROVIDED NBSP;THE NBSP;SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NBSP;SUPPORTS NBSP;EDUCATION NBSP;AND NBSP;RESOURCES NBSP;TO NBSP;UNDERSTAND NBSP;THEIR NBSP;POWER NBSP;IDENTITY NBSP;CULTURE NBSP;AND NBSP;INHERENT NBSP;GENIUS NBSP;THEN NBSP;THEY NBSP;WILL NBSP;HAVE NBSP;A NBSP;GREATER NBSP;SENSE NBSP;OF NBSP;RESPONSIBILITY NBSP;AS NBSP;WELL NBSP;AS NBSP;CONFIDENCE NBSP;AND NBSP;KNOWLEDGE NBSP;TO NBSP;ENGAGE NBSP;CIVICALLY NBSP;RESULTING NBSP;IN NBSP;POSITIVE NBSP;ECONOMIC NBSP;CIVIC NBSP;AND NBSP;SOCIAL NBSP;CHANGE NBSP;IN NBSP;THEIR NBSP;COMMUNITIES NBSP;AND NBSP;CITY

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $317,200 in all, tax years 2022 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.