New Roots Fund FY2020 filing

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Auburn, WA501(c)(3)InternationalEIN 38-3885237Revenue $460K in FY2020

On file with the IRSnewrootsfund.org515 B St Ne, 98002-4003 · Auburn, WATax-exempt since Jul 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The New Roots Fund helps refugees, asylees, and low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The Fund accomplishes this by providing business capital and technical assistance. Formed in 2011 and associated with the Diocese of Olympia, NRF is an independent 501(c)3.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $9K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
22 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 21.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $107
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$798K
74% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 74% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$460K
Spent
$475K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$285K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$460K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$460K
FY2021$572K
FY2022$666K
FY2023$504K
FY2024$611K
Expenses
$475K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$475K
FY2021$551K
FY2022$663K
FY2023$500K
FY2024$582K
Net assets
$285K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$285K
FY2021$324K
FY2022$279K
FY2023$291K
FY2024$303K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2014.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $437K Management & general 6% · $28K Fundraising 2% · $10K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
- Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Governor
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides business capital and technical help for refugees and low-income individuals to become self-sufficient.

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1 program · $437K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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OVERALL PROGRAM. In 2020 New Roots Fund began in earnest our contract with the Small Business Administration. In the first complete year we made 29 loans. We disbursed 43 additional loans in our established program funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

$437Kprogram 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$107

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$460K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$454K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$475K
Ln 25
Programscol B$437K
Managementcol C$28K
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
$285K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$853K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$798K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$454K
Government grantsLn 1e$424K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$460K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$815K
SavingsLn 2$38K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$853K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$798K
Net assetsLn 32$285K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$388K$853K
Total assetsLn 16$604K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$305K$798K
Net assetsLn 32$299K$285K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$376K$353K$15K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$10K$8K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$5K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$20K$19K$526$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$23K$22K$920$460
TravelLn 17$5K$5K$119$79
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$114$114$0$0
InterestLn 20$21K$21K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$3K$197$131
Total functional expensesLn 25$475K$437K$28K$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $611K$582K$28K$303K 990 PDF
FY2023 $504K$500K$5K$291K 990 PDF
FY2022 $666K$663K$3K$279K 990 PDF
FY2021 $572K$551K$21K$324K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $460K$475K−$15K$285K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $460,019 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $450,094$453,569
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,650$6,450
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $460,744$460,019
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $433,519$474,550
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $433,519$474,550
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $27,225−$14,531
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $460,019 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$424,208
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$29,361
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$453,569
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $6,434 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16$6,450
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,434 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16$460,019
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $474,550 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $353,414 · Management $14,991 · Fundraising $7,495$375,900
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,541 · Management $7,801 · Fundraising $0$17,342
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,585 · Management $3,756$8,341
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $18,587 · Management $526 · Fundraising $1,343$20,456
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $21,610 · Management $920 · Fundraising $460$22,990
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,143 · Management $119 · Fundraising $79$5,341
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $114 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$114
IX-20 InterestPrograms $20,552 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$20,552
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,186 · Management $197 · Fundraising $131$3,514
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $436,732 · Management $28,310 · Fundraising $9,508$474,550
Part X · Balance sheet $1,082,837 assets, 11 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $134,234; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $383,637$815,293
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,366$38,003
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $120,407$95,307
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $604,229$1,082,837
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $247,178$670,317
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $58,000$128,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $305,178$798,317
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $269,051$254,520
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $30,000$30,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $299,051$284,520
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $604,229$1,082,837
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $284,520 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$460,019
XI-2 Total expenses$474,550
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$14,531
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$299,051
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$284,520

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