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GRASSROOT GIVERS INC

EIN 80-0267317 DELMAR, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,145,162
Expenses 2024
$934,749

Program services were 94.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 84

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

GRASSROOT GIVERS BELIEVES THAT DIGNITY BEGINS WITH THE BASICS. OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THAT NEIGHBORS WHO ARE FACING HARDSHIP CAN ACCESS CLEAN CLOTHING, ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AND BOOKS THAT SUPPORT LEARNING, COMFORT, AND HOPE. WE WORK TO CONNECT THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE RESOURCES TO SHARE, CREATING A SPACE WHERE GIVING FEELS PERSONAL, COMPASSIONATE, AND DEEPLY MEANINGFUL.

  • CLOTHING PROGRAM:IN 2024, GRASSROOT GIVERS FILLED 10,400 CLOTHING REQUESTS FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, SENIORS, AND NEWLY ARRIVED FAMILIES. MANY ARRIVE CARRYING DIFFICULT STORIES. A MOTHER ESCAPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. A FAMILY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. A REFUGEE CHILD PREPARING FOR A FIRST WINTER IN NEW YORK. EACH REQUEST IS PACKED WITH CARE TO ENSURE THAT RECIPIENTS RECEIVE CLOTHING THAT FEELS NEW AND RESPECTFUL. PEOPLE OFTEN SHARE THAT THIS SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS HELPS RESTORE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SENSE OF BELONGING.

    Expenses $686,043 · Grants $483,392

  • BOOKS AND LITERACY PROGRAMS:BOOKS ALLOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO LEARN, IMAGINE, AND FEEL CONNECTED. IN 2024, GRASSROOT GIVERS DISTRIBUTED 56,000 BOOKS TO STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND MAINTAINED 20 LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES IN ALBANY. TEACHERS RELY ON OUR DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BOOK COLLECTION TO HELP STUDENTS SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN STORIES AND TO SUPPORT STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH. FAMILIES SHARE THAT THE BOOKS THEY RECEIVE BRING JOY AND ENCOURAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING TIMES.

    Expenses $192,273 · Grants $114,000

  • HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS PROGRAM:GRASSROOT GIVERS PROVIDED 468 FAMILIES WITH THE BASIC ITEMS NEEDED TO CREATE A SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL HOME. BEDDING, TOWELS, DISHES, AND SMALL APPLIANCES HELP FAMILIES REBUILD AFTER A CRISIS OR TRANSITION. CASEWORKERS TELL US THAT THESE SIMPLE ITEMS OFTEN BRING IMMEDIATE COMFORT. A CHILD SEES A BED MADE JUST FOR THEM. A PARENT COOKS THE FIRST MEAL IN A NEW APARTMENT. THESE MOMENTS REPRESENT STABILITY AND POSSIBILITY DURING TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY.

    Expenses $5,234

  • VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY:OUR VOLUNTEERS REMAIN THE HEART OF GRASSROOT GIVERS. THEY SORT CLOTHING, ASSEMBLE HOUSEHOLD KITS, WELCOME TEACHERS, ORGANIZE BOOK DONATIONS, AND OFFER KINDNESS TO EVERY VISITOR. THEIR COMMITMENT ALLOWS US TO RESPOND TO GROWING NEEDS WITH CARE AND DIGNITY.GRASSROOT GIVERS CONTINUES TO GROW BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF SIMPLE GIVING. EVERY COAT, EVERY BOOK, AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD ITEM BECOMES MORE THAN A DONATION. IT BECOMES A MESSAGE OF HOPE, BELONGING, AND COMPASSION FOR A NEIGHBOR WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

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.

  • DEBORAH LIEBMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES BILIK

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERIN WENTWORTH-PING

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRADLEY SMITH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NATALIE MANTEY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOLANDA KIRBY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL JOHNSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAREY FUSCO

    MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,145,162
    Expenses
    $934,749
    Contributions
    $925,087
    Grants paid
    $597,392
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $838,597
    Expenses
    $802,414
    Contributions
    $769,834
    Grants paid
    $550,480
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $670,124
    Expenses
    $677,955
    Contributions
    $621,148
    Grants paid
    $518,840

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
    $733,383
    Expenses
    $530,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $468,184

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $833,383
    Expenses
    $630,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $468,184

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $392,074
    Expenses
    $321,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $264,911

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,502
    Expenses
    $325,986
    Assets (EOY)
    $211,557

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $334,150
    Expenses
    $324,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $182,516

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $724,584
    Expenses
    $699,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,768

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $458,142
    Expenses
    $446,507
    Assets (EOY)
    $166,617

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $71,852
    Expenses
    $63,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,426

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $46,711
    Expenses
    $45,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,262

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
Roberta Sandler
Mailing address
PO Box 84Delmar NY 12054
Website
www.grassrootgivers.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.