ROOTED IN WYOMING

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B99

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 382

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• ROOTED IN WYOMING IS DEDICATED TO CULTIVATING THRIVING, SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES BY GROWING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. ROOTED IS GUIDED BY A SENSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND THE AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE THAT HAS SHAPED OUR STATE FOR GENERATIONS. SINCE 2016, WE HAVE SUPPORTED OVER 20 GARDEN AND LOCAL FOOD PROJECTS LOCALLY, WORKING WITH SCHOOLS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY TO ENGAGE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. FROM 202 TO 2024 ROOTED MINI-GRANTS SUPPORTED 23 FOOD PROJECTS IN 12 WYOMING COMMUNITIES. THROUGH VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS, WE LIVE OUR MISSION TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES THROUGH LOCAL FOOD, INCLUDING THE WYOMING HUNGER INITIATIVE'S GROW A LITTLE EXTRA PROGRAM.OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP IN WYOMING'S AGRICULTURAL TRADITION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE VALUES OF HARD WORK AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND ARE CENTRAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT PRESERVING THESE VALUES MEANS ADAPTING THEM FOR THE FUTURE. THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS, FOOD ADVOCATES, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THROUGH SCHOOL GARDENS, CULINARY PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL FOOD PROJECTS, WE ARE SOWING THE SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE, INSTILLING A RESPECT FOR THE LAND, AND TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE THE POWER OF LOCAL FOOD TO FOSTER HEALTHY, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.AT THE CORE OF OUR MISSION IS A BOLD VISION: THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IN WYOMING CAN GROW ITS OWN FOOD. TO ACHIEVE THIS, COMMUNITIES NEED THE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE TO EXPAND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION. ROOTED IS HELPING PROVIDE THIS THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR INCUBATOR GARDEN AT BRIDGES, WHERE NEW FARMERS ARE TRAINED AND SUPPORTED IN GROWING FOOD FOR THE LOCAL MARKET. THIS PROJECT, LIKE ALL OUR WORK, IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN WYOMING'S FOOD SYSTEM BY CREATING PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PRODUCERS AND ENSURING THAT OUR AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN TODAY'S WORLD.ROOTED IN WYOMING ALSO OFFERS VITAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL PRODUCERS WHO ARE WORKING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES NOURISHED WITH LOCALLY GROWN GOODS. OUR MINI-GRANTS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO SMALL FARMERS, ENABLING THEM TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE WYOMING FOOD COALITION, A MEMBER DRIVEN ORGANIZATION OF WYOMING PRODUCERS WHOSE GOODS ARE AVAILABLE AT FARMERS MARKETS AND LOCAL STOREFRONTS.EVERY STEP WE TAKE IS DRIVEN BY A DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE: TO CREATE A FUTURE WHERE WYOMING COMMUNITIES ARE HEALTHIER, MORE RESILIENT, AND SELF-SUSTAINING THROUGH LOCAL FOOD. WITH EVERY GARDEN WE PLANT AND EVERY FARMER WE SUPPORT, WE ARE NOT JUST CULTIVATING FOOD - WE ARE CULTIVATING A MOVEMENT. ROOTED IN THE STRENGTH OF WYOMING'S PAST, WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE, POWERED BY LOCAL FOOD AND THE COLLECTIVE WILL TO GROW TOGETHER.ROOTED IN WYOMING'S WORK RELIES ON THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS AND GRANT-MAKERS. FINANCIAL SUPPORT ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, SEEDS, AND TOOLS FOR OUR GARDENS, MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OFFER FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES THAT OTHERWISE LACK ACCESS. AS WE GROW, WE NEED CONTINUED INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP PROJECTS LIKE THE INCUBATOR GARDEN, HYDROPONIC FARM WALLS, AND GREENHOUSE INITIATIVES THAT WILL BOOST LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND ENSURE LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY TO ALL WYOMING COMMUNITIES FROM K1-12 STUDENTS/FAMILIES TO VETERANS. EVERY CONTRIBUTION HELPS BUILD A MORE RESILIENT WYOMING.ROOTED IN WYOMING'S SUCCESS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO BRING A DEEP PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, GUIDING THE ORGANIZATION WITH A CLEAR VISION FOR THE FUTURE WHILE FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFITS. UNDER THIS LEADERSHIP, ROOTED IN WYOMING HAS BUILT A STRONG FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND COLLABORATION, POSITIONING US TO CONTINUE OUR GROWTH AND MAKE LASTING CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

  Expenses $281,943 · Grants $13,400

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $288,761

  Expenses

  $308,121

  Contributions

  $280,133

  Grants paid

  $13,400

• 2023

  Revenue

  $238,321

  Expenses

  $199,975

  Contributions

  $191,673

  Grants paid

  $7,193

• 2022

  Revenue

  $247,784

  Expenses

  $157,116

  Contributions

  $253,444

  Grants paid

  $10,406

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $163,161

  Expenses

  $117,141

  Assets (EOY)

  $263,613

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $148,311

  Expenses

  $60,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $217,593

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $48,411

  Expenses

  $63,847

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,632

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

  $2,500

  2022 · PROVIDE LETTUCE GROW TOWERS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AARP

  $15,000

  2024 · Community Challenge Grant to support AARP's Livable Communities initiative

• WYOMING GOVERNORS RESIDENCE FOUNDATION

  $11,000

  2024 · FOOD, MEAL, AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

• WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  $7,070

  2023 · General support

• WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  $6,806

  2022 · General support

• WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  $5,457

  2024 · General support

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