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← GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,686,332
Total expenses
$48,650,334
Contributions and grants received
$41,003,071
Grants paid
$44,078,450
Program service revenue
$7,214
Investment income
$676,047
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,883,812
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,126,287
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,757,525
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$46,315,252
Management and general expenses
$1,222,858
Fundraising expenses
$1,112,224
Program service expenses (Part III)
$46,315,252

Program services were 95.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $99

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $41,002,972

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $766,077

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $7,214 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $509,454 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $509,454

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,969,632 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,789,365 · other assets $13,674

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $180,267 · other assets -$13,674

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $166,593 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $166,593

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,393,782 · program services $5,393,782

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $38,684,668 · program services $38,684,668

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $764,195 · program services $399,674 · management and general $200,219 · fundraising $164,302

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,774,893 · program services $918,113 · management and general $449,788 · fundraising $406,992

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $90,656 · program services $47,050 · management and general $23,208 · fundraising $20,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $409,263 · program services $212,408 · management and general $104,771 · fundraising $92,084

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $227,129 · program services $117,880 · management and general $58,145 · fundraising $51,104

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,549 · program services $0 · management and general $34,549 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,475 · program services $0 · management and general $24,475 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $39,297 · program services $0 · management and general $39,297 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $180,750 · program services $32,235 · management and general $73,844 · fundraising $74,671

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $123,194 · program services $63,939 · management and general $31,536 · fundraising $27,719

  • 17 · Travel

    total $138,488 · program services $83,166 · management and general $19,157 · fundraising $36,165

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $109,233 · program services $109,233 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,692 · program services $8,144 · management and general $4,018 · fundraising $3,530

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,917 · program services $6,185 · management and general $3,051 · fundraising $2,681

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS/SP PROJECTS/CRISIS RESPONSE

    total $995 · program services $905 · management and general $90 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $6,757 · program services $3,507 · management and general $1,730 · fundraising $1,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $19,823 · program services $0 · management and general $7,773 · fundraising $12,050

  • 24d · Other expenses: FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $786 · program services $0 · management and general $786 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $599,792 · program services $234,363 · management and general $146,421 · fundraising $219,008

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $970,256 · end of year $1,101,157

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,616,095 · end of year $17,795,444

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $500,800 · end of year $205,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,457 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $10,266 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,847 · end of year $56,044

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $77,920

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $56,675

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,535 · end of year $21,245

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,022,946 · end of year $3,596,090

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,036 · end of year $2,224

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,538 · end of year $106,608

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $281,107 · end of year $314,679

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,222,500 · end of year $6,705,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,538 · end of year $106,608

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,212,887 · end of year $15,353,925

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $509,744 · end of year $403,600

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WITH GLOBAL MOVEMENTS THAT DEFEND LAND, TERRITORY, WATER, FOOD, SEEDS AND THE EARTH. TOGETHER WE ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION, AND BUILD ALTERNATIVES THAT NUTURE HUMAN RIGHTS, ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE, AND LIBERATION. WE DO THIS THROUGH GRANTMAKING, SOCIAL ACTION, AND PHILANTHROPIC LEADERSHIP.

  • 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 CHANGE; HUMAN RIGHTS TO LAND, WATER AND FOOD; AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

    Expenses $45,729,499 · Grants $44,078,450 · Revenue $41,010,285

  • EDUCATION - SPONSORS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO OVERSEAS GRANTS PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT IN THESE PROGRAMS BY NORTH AMERICANS.

    Expenses $585,753

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria Aguiar

    PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kalila Barnett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hendrix Berry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bridget Brehen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerrod MacFarlane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maywa Montenegro De Wit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mateo Nube

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Perry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mamyrah Prosper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesenia A Santana

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diala Shamas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janvieve Williams Comrie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Gilje

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Chung-Wha Hong

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,428
    From this org
    $131,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,796
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,532
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,100
    Deferred
    $5,345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,947
    Filer's total
    $158,924

  • Sara Mersha

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,183
    From this org
    $130,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,804
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,748
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,067
    Deferred
    $5,353
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,897
    Filer's total
    $159,065

  • Orson Moon

    DIR OF FIN & INFO SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $138,888
    From this org
    $114,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,068
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carol Schachet

    DIR OF PPL & PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $125,388
    From this org
    $119,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,336
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jovanna Garcia Soto

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,991
    From this org
    $117,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,273
    Hours/week
    40

  • Saulo Araujo

    DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $142,208
    From this org
    $108,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,662
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christina Schiavoni

    SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $136,174
    From this org
    $102,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,237
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202602589349300310

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