Totals
- Total revenue
- $670,124
- Total expenses
- $677,955
- Contributions and grants received
- $621,148
- Grants paid
- $518,840
- Program service revenue
- $47,060
- Investment income
- $682
- Other revenue
- $1,234
- Total assets, end of year
- $505,174
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $45,617
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $459,557
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $649,857
- Management and general expenses
- $18,867
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,231
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $649,857
Program services were 95.9% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$317
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$620,831
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$457,600
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2a · Program service revenue: Clothing Recycling Bin
total $1,696 · related or exempt $1,696
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2b · Program service revenue: HATAS - Feed and Read
total $18,870 · related or exempt $18,870
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2c · Program service revenue: Home Essentials
total $26,494 · related or exempt $26,494
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3 · Investment income
total $682 · excluded $682
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$1,281
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$47
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $1,234 · excluded $1,234
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $518,840 · program services $518,840
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $97,706 · program services $81,090 · management and general $8,308 · fundraising $8,308
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,494 · program services $7,050 · management and general $722 · fundraising $722
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,650 · management and general $4,650
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $49 · program services $49
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13 · Office expenses
total $776 · management and general $776
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14 · Information technology
total $5,806 · program services $5,574 · management and general $232
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $22,348 · program services $21,454 · management and general $894
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,740 · program services $1,740
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23 · Insurance
total $3,220 · program services $3,220
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24a · Other expenses: Program expenses
total $8,157 · program services $8,157
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24b · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $2,800 · management and general $2,800
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24c · Other expenses: Payroll Processing Fees
total $2,359 · program services $1,957 · management and general $201 · fundraising $201
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24d · Other expenses: Volunteer Expenses
total $664 · program services $664
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24e · All other expenses
total $346 · program services $62 · management and general $284
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $146,496 · end of year $220,886
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $143,526 · end of year $119,760
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $172,946 · end of year $111,706
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,216 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$10,434
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,740
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $8,694
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $44,128
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $796 · end of year $1,271
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $44,346
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $451,564 · end of year $459,557
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $15,824
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
To make a connection between the needs in our community and those with resources to share. Our two main programs, a community store and a book project, distribute like-new donations to those in need in our community.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Grassroot Givers continued its mission of making a connection between the needs in our community and those with resources to share. Our two main programs, a community store and a book project, distribute like-new donations to those in need in our community. In 2022, Grassroot Givers gave away, free of charge, $405,840 worth of donated clothing and housewares and $113,000 worth of donated books to people in need. This environmentally friendly business model keeps donations out of the landfill by recycling and re-purposing beautiful in-kind donations.We support individuals and families in poverty. This includes those leaving a shelter and setting up an apartment, refugee families who do not have access to basic essentials, as well as adults and children in Albany who dont have the means to purchase books for their home library. We supply these items free of charge to those living in poverty.In 2022, we could carry out our mission because:- $337,600 worth of clothing and housewares were d
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To further literacy and to make a connection between those in need of specific supplies and material resources and those who have supplies and resources to share.
Expenses $649,857 · Revenue $669,083
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Bradley Smith
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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James Bilik
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Natalie Knarvik
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ellen Kelly
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Katherine Wentworth-Ping
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deborah Liebman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 31 October 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202343049349300944
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