Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1983.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $675K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Chung-Wha Hong’s $130K as Co-Executive Director is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 345 $10–100M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chung-Wha Hong | $129,500 | $120,819 | $112,151 | $103,359 | $95,863 |
| Orson Moon | $117,154 | $118,122 | $101,557 | — | — |
| Carol Schachet | $115,576 | $110,690 | $106,663 | — | — |
| Sara Mersha | $107,619 | $101,128 | — | — | — |
| Saulo Araujo | $104,525 | — | — | — | — |
| Jovanna Garcia Soto | $100,459 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Grassroots International INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Funds global social movements and advocates in the US to protect human rights to land, water, and food through grantmaking and public education.
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Humanitarian/Social Justice
Grassroots international supports hands-on solutions to some of the most pressing challenges we face: hunger, violations of human rights, climate change and economic disparity. Through a combination of strategic grantmaking, advocacy and support for learning exchanges, grassroots international supports projects for democratic social…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 04-2791159) · Dispute this lineEducation
Sponsors education programs, events and publications related to overseas grants program designed to increase awareness and involvement in these programs by north americans.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 04-2791159) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $16.1M | $17.4M | $18.3M | $4.8M | $3.8M |
| AddedLn 1b | $150K | $150K | $14.2M | $1.0M | $2.6M |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $1.5M | $1.0M | $772K | $0 | $0 |
| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $20.6M | $16.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $4.9M | $7.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $40K | $33K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $26.6M | $24.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.9M | $1.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $23.7M | $22.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $8.7M | $8.7M | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $726K | $380K | $190K | $156K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.6M | $825K | $413K | $339K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $87K | $45K | $23K | $19K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $354K | $185K | $93K | $76K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $197K | $103K | $52K | $42K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $17K | $0 | $17K | $0 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $17K | $0 | $17K | $0 |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $63K | $0 | $63K | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $148K | $22K | $62K | $63K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $81K | $42K | $21K | $17K |
| TravelLn 17 | $209K | $129K | $15K | $65K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $67K | $35K | $18K | $14K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $19K | $10K | $5K | $4K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $5K | $2K | $2K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $32K | $4K | $13K | $16K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $667K | $287K | $165K | $215K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $14.3M | $12.1M | $1.2M | $1.0M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 25, 2025 | $13.2M | $14.3M | −$1.1M | $22.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 21, 2024 | $13.2M | $12.3M | $940K | $23.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 11, 2023 | $23.8M | $12.2M | $11.7M | $22.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 3, 2022 | $12.5M | $8.8M | $3.7M | $11.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 13, 2021 | $11.0M | $8.3M | $2.7M | $8.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $13,173,897 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,173,897 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,291,896 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $24,241,776 assets, 20 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $22,722,631 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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