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ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER

EIN 91-2110379 SEATTLE, WA

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Revenue 2024
$1,951,215
Expenses 2024
$1,945,100

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L41
Classification
1000
Street
4541 19TH AVE NE

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

Mission

ROOTS PARTNERS WITH YOUNG ADULTS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO STABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ROOTS PROVIDES SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS AND RUNS A WEEKLY MEAL PROGRAM FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

  • THE ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER OPENED IN 1999 BECAUSE THERE WAS AN UNMET NEED FOR SHELTER SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 18 AND 25, AS THIS POPULATION IS TOO OLD FOR YOUTH SHELTERS BUT IS UNCOMFORTABLE IN PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OLDER ADULTS. THIS 45-BED SHELTER PROVIDES A SAFE, DRY PLACE TO SLEEP, HOT MEALS, HYGIENE FACILITIES, AND ACCESS TO CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR OUR GUESTS 7 NIGHTS A WEEK. ROOTS PROVIDED 12,892 BED NIGHTS TO 497 UNDUPLICATED GUESTS IN 2024 AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 29,760 MEALS DURING THAT PERIOD. VOLUNTEERS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 14,807 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO HELP PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

    Expenses $1,152,755 · Grants $95,218

  • ROOTS INITIALLY BEGAN DIRECTLY PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS AN AGENCY IN 2017. IN ADDITION, WE OFFER A WEEKLY ART GROUP GUESTS CAN ATTEND AFTER OUR SHELTER PROGRAM CLOSES. WE ALSO REINTRODUCED OUR MONTHLY BOOK CLUB DROP-IN PROGRAM IN LATE 2024. OUR CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF ASSISTED 111 UNDUPLICATED GUESTS IN 2024 AND HELPED WITH NUMEROUS GOALS LARGE AND SMALLTHAT RANGED FROM REPLACING LOST ID CARDS AND PHONES TO FINDING PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Expenses $176,458 · Grants $5,770

  • FRIDAY FEAST IS OUR WEEKLY MEAL PROGRAM AND IS THE ONLY ALLAGES DINNER IN THE AREA. THIS PROGRAM SERVES AN AVERAGE OF 140-180 MEALS EACH WEEK AND CELEBRATED ITS 28TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNINTERRUPTED WEEKLY OPERATIONS IN APRIL 2024. FRIDAY FEAST SERVED APPROXIMATELY 8150 MEALS TO APPROXIMATELY 350 UNDUPLICATED GUESTS IN 2024, AND VOLUNTEERS DONATED OVER 3000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO HELP PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

    Expenses $132,809 · Grants $64,156

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CRITICAL DIRECT SERVICES, ROOTS' FOUNDING VISION INCLUDES A DEDICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SERVICES AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE, BOTH IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE BROADER REGION AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. TO THIS END, ROOTS WORKS TO BRING TOGETHER DIVERSE GROUPS AND TO BUILD THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY IN A LONG-TERM MANNER, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN SEVERAL ISSUES OF REGIONWIDE ADVOCACY EFFORTS (INCLUDING THE SEATTLE-KING COUNTY COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS, THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE PROVIDERS ALLIANCE, AND THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH).

    Expenses $95,775

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.

  • Eric Buley

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Laura Lee Sturm

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Anito

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emma Palumbo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Chapman-Smith

    EXEC. DIR. START MAY; DIR. END APRIL

    Total calculated
    $90,815
    From this org
    $90,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nima Dani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richie Magpayo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Virzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerred Clouse

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR END MAY

    Total calculated
    $45,481
    From this org
    $45,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,951,215
    Expenses
    $1,945,100
    Contributions
    $1,932,661
    Grants paid
    $165,144
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,704,329
    Expenses
    $1,906,138
    Contributions
    $1,687,156
    Grants paid
    $171,091
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,708,254
    Expenses
    $1,839,432
    Contributions
    $1,730,673
    Grants paid
    $0

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

    Revenue
    $2,431,388
    Expenses
    $2,001,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,779,011

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,866,765
    Expenses
    $2,068,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,385,871

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,069,653
    Expenses
    $1,669,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,428,968

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,269,281
    Expenses
    $1,529,160
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,857,431

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,237,138
    Expenses
    $1,357,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,115,407

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,039,745
    Expenses
    $1,076,311
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,969,582

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,113,743
    Expenses
    $1,003,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,007,561

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $851,759
    Expenses
    $893,462
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,887,883

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $712,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,929,304

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $641,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,943,536

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.