Washington · Private foundation
Roots and Wings
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $890k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Roots and Wings’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $890,100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $890,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Roots and Wings funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every Woman Treaty Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Action Kivu Inc | $5,305 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
About Roots and Wings
- How much does Roots and Wings give?
- Roots and Wings reported 1 grants totaling $890,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Roots and Wings fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), International (8%).
- Who are Roots and Wings's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Every Woman Treaty Inc ($250k), Action Kivu Inc ($5k).
- Does Roots and Wings fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Roots and Wings 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 Roots and Wings based?
- Roots and Wings is based in WA.
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