United Roots engages and empowers marginalized youth in socially innovative ways, through arts and media training, career and workforce development, community engagement, and wellness services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
11¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 2% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
11%
of spending
Concern: 11% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $18
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$186K
57% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 57% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$4K
-79% vs prior year
Spent
$6K
To programs
11%
Net assets
$143K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4K
FY2024▼ -79%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$387K
FY2023$20K
FY2024$4K
Expenses
$6K
FY2024▼ -99%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$871K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$947K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$6K
Net assets
$143K
FY2024▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$152K
FY2023$144K
FY2024$143K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

11 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 11% · $711

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

2 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rosalyn Reed’s $125K as Co-Exec. Dir. is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K education 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Rosalyn Reed$125,265$76,374
Galen Silvestri—$61,279
Tammy Chan—$42,582

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.

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Programs and updates

Empowers marginalized youth through arts, media, career training, and wellness.

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1 program · $367K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Youth Programs-United Roots provided youth ages 13-24 with free educational programming & co-working office space at our 4,095 square foot facility located at 2781 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612.Youth members of United Roots have been highly impacted by street, domestic, sexual, emotional and/ or economic violence.

$367Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$18

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4K
Money outPt IX
$6K
Ln 25
Programscol B$711
Owns and owesPt X
$143K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$329K
LiabilitiesLn 26$186K
PeoplePt VI, VII
2
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4K
Total revenueLn 12$4K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$329K
LiabilitiesLn 26$186K
Net assetsLn 32$143K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4K$6K−$2K$143K 990 PDF
FY2023 $20K$144K 990 PDF
FY2022 $387K$947K−$560K$152K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.4M$247K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$871K$264K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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