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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ROOT CAUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$224,058
Total expenses
$199,173
Contributions and grants received
$224,058
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$101,087
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$101,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$159,339
Management and general expenses
$39,834
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$159,339

Program services were 80.0% 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

    $224,058

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH SERVICES

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $132,250 · program services $105,800 · management and general $26,450

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,182 · program services $1,746 · management and general $436

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $495 · program services $396 · management and general $99

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,807 · program services $7,046 · management and general $1,761

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,055 · program services $13,644 · management and general $3,411

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,300 · program services $5,040 · management and general $1,260

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $152 · program services $122 · management and general $30

  • 24a · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $27,900 · program services $22,320 · management and general $5,580

  • 24b · Other expenses: BACK TAXES PAID

    total $3,999 · program services $3,199 · management and general $800

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYPALL FEES

    total $18 · program services $14 · management and general $4

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS LICENSES & FEES

    total $15 · program services $12 · management and general $3

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $76,362 · end of year $101,087

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,362 · end of year $101,087

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation is acting as a fiscal sponsor for Root Cause Research Center per an MOU agreement signed 4/29/2020. Root Cause Research Center, Inc. has taken over the EIN of CART as of 5/2/23The Root Cause Research Center's purpose is to provide research, data collection, data analysis, project incubation, and data resources to further examine and address systemic gaps and oppressions that affect social determinants of health (SDOH). The following are SDOH: food security, post-secondary education attainment and employment sustainability, financial assets security, social connectedness, and housing security as a human right-which is the foundation for all other social determinants.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Root Cause Research Center - 2022/23 Accomplishments- Built a base of tenant power in Louisville- Passed a Metro Council resolution to remove one of the worst slumlords from the city and cancelled the all contracts for over 1200 units- Wrote an anti-displacement ordinance with over 200 residents in historically Black neighborhoods and in co-governance relationship with Councilperson- Passed Right to Counsel legislation-Was part of the first tenant delegation to meet with the White House -Took the first tenant delegation to meet with the Kentucky Housing Corporation- Won better maintenance standards for tenants in over 12 buildings

  • oalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation is acting as a fiscal sponsor for Root Cause Research Center per an MOU agreement signed 4/29/2020. Root Cause Research Center, Inc. has taken over the EIN of CART as of 5/2/23The Root Cause Research Center's purpose is to provide research, data collection, data analysis, project incubation, and data resources to further examine and address systemic gaps and oppressions that affect social determinants of health (SDOH). The following are SDOH: food security, post-secondary education attainment and employment sustainability, financial assets security, social connectedness, and housing security as a human right-which is the foundation for all other social determinants.Root Cause Research Center - 2022/23 Accomplishments- Built a base of tenant power in Louisville- Passed a Metro Council resolution to remove one of the worst slumlords from the city and cancelled the all contracts for over 1200 units- Wrote an anti-displacement ordinance with over 200 residents in historically Black neighborhoods and in co-governance relationship with Councilperson- Passed Right to Counsel legislation-Was part of the first tenant delegation to meet with the White House -Took the first tenant delegation to meet with the Kentucky Housing Corporation

    Expenses $159,339

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Bellamy

    President

    Total calculated
    $50,500
    From this org
    $50,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joshua Poe

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $50,500
    From this org
    $50,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Greg Capillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherlena Watkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reggie Roberts

    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
21 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343559349300524

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