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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROOTS OF HUMANITY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$250,203
Total expenses
$1,208,362
Contributions and grants received
$19,934
Grants paid
$2,568
Program service revenue
$31,062
Investment income
$169,793
Other revenue
$29,414
Total assets, end of year
$8,772,379
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,939
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,756,440
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$412,110
Management and general expenses
$188,304
Fundraising expenses
$607,948
Program service expenses (Part III)
$412,110

Program services were 34.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,934

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Product Sales

    total $31,062 · related or exempt $31,062

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $169,793 · related or exempt $169,793

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $13,663 · related or exempt $13,663

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $15,700

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $15,700

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $15,700 · related or exempt $15,700

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc Revenue

    total $51 · related or exempt $51

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,568 · program services $2,568

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $31,154 · management and general $15,577 · fundraising $15,577

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $130,306 · management and general $65,153 · fundraising $65,153

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,298 · management and general $12,149 · fundraising $12,149

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,030 · management and general $7,015 · fundraising $7,015

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $88,278 · program services $88,278

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,068 · management and general $10,068

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $457,570 · fundraising $457,570

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $234,407 · program services $229,561 · management and general $4,846

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,586 · program services $2,586

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,875 · management and general $11,875

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $4,920 · program services $4,920

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100,969 · management and general $50,485 · fundraising $50,484

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,874 · program services $21,874

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,543 · management and general $3,543

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,086 · program services $2,086

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production Costs

    total $59,954 · program services $59,954

  • 24b · Other expenses: Software & Technology

    total $7,593 · management and general $7,593

  • 24c · Other expenses: License & Permits

    total $153 · program services $153

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $130 · program services $130

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,289,040 · end of year $984,808

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,296 · end of year $5,028,984

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $480 · end of year $648

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $32,782 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69 · end of year $8,113

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

    $18,327

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

    $4,258

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,318,079 · end of year $14,069

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,426 · end of year $3,426

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $100,225 · end of year $100,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,632,106

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,423 · end of year $15,939

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,684,974 · end of year $8,756,440

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ROOTS OF HUMANITY FOUNDATION, INC IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT WITH A TIMELESS MISSION: TO CELEBRATE LIGHT, CONNECT PEOPLE, AND CULTIVATE PEACE; THROUGH ART, STORY AND EDUCATION.

  • EDUCATION - THE PURPOSE OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS TO TEACH AND INSPIRE THROUGH ART. SPECIFICALLY, TEACHING THROUGH STAINED GLASS ART THROUGH THE USE OF PROGRAMS, TECHNOLOGY, CLASSES AND MORE.

    Expenses $193,691

  • THE SPHERE OF LIGHT - WILL STAND AS A BEACON OF UNITY, EMBODYING THE ROOTS OF HUMANITY FOUNDATION'S MISSION TO CONNECT AND INSPIRE THROUGH ART AND EDUCATION. THIS ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL WILL SYMBOLIZE OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND THE POWER OF CREATIVITY TO UNITE US. DESIGNED TO BE MORE THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL, THE SPHERE OF LIGHT WILL BE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL INVITE PERSONAL REFLECTION, HEALING, AND GROWTH. IT WILL SERVE AS A DYNAMIC EDUCTAIONAL SPACE, ILLUSTRATING THE COMMON THREADS THAT BIND US ALL, REGARDLESS OF OUR BACKGROUNDS OR BELIEFS.

    Expenses $119,511

  • BELIEVE IN HIM - THIS WINDOW WAS CREATED IN OUR DAY TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE GLOBE SHARING THE SAME GOOD NEWS. IT IS AN INVITATION TO VIEWERS EVERYWHERE TO FEEL CHRIST'S LOVE AND BELIEVE IN HIM. THE PURPOSE OF THE MAJESTIC WINDOW IS TO BRING LIGHT AND INSPIRATION TO REMEMBERANCE OF THE LIFE AND MISSION OF JESUS CHRIST.

    Expenses $98,908

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Max Brown

    President

    Total calculated
    $31,154
    From this org
    $31,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Greg Lambright

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Blake Davis

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Muir

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611339349303771

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