South Carolina · Private foundation
Rooted in Africa
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $88k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $56k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Rooted in Africa funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $94k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masiphumelele Corporation | $186,463 | 6 | 17% |
| Friends of Ithemba | $64,000 | 3 | 62% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.
About Rooted in Africa
- How much does Rooted in Africa give?
- Rooted in Africa reported 3 grants totaling $88,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Rooted in Africa fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (54%), Religion (28%), International (19%).
- Who are Rooted in Africa's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Masiphumelele Corporation ($186k), Friends of Ithemba ($64k).
- Does Rooted in Africa fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rooted in Africa accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Rooted in Africa based?
- Rooted in Africa is based in SC.
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