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TAPROOT EARTH

EIN 87-1961840 SLIDELL, LA

Revenue 2023
$32,761,810
Expenses 2023
$14,270,821

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C01
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 6270

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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mana Tahaie

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $300,901
    From this org
    $297,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,065
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,836
    Filer's total
    $300,901

  • Colette Pichon Battle

    President

    Total calculated
    $253,191
    From this org
    $243,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,921
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,270
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,390
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,531
    Filer's total
    $253,191

  • Anthony Giancatarino

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $202,157
    From this org
    $200,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,883
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,274
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $453
    Filer's total
    $202,157

  • Veronica Fike

    Senior Advisor

    Total calculated
    $139,146
    From this org
    $134,277
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,869
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sriram Madhusoodanan

    Int'l Policy Dir

    Total calculated
    $127,062
    From this org
    $125,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,265
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Laura Cahn

    Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $123,773
    From this org
    $113,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,196
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Paul

    Communications Dir

    Total calculated
    $121,340
    From this org
    $113,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,177
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kendall Dix

    Nat'l Policy Dir.

    Total calculated
    $113,244
    From this org
    $112,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,211
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kate Barron-Alicante

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Guilloud

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chief Thomas Dardar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Fox Bettis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joia Crear-Perry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sudha Nandagopal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miya Yoshitani

    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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $32,761,810
    Expenses
    $14,270,821
    Contributions
    $32,663,013
    Grants paid
    $6,050,776
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,357,513
    Expenses
    $5,727,369
    Contributions
    $6,188,113
    Grants paid
    $908,332

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 10 September 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.