Washington · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE
COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,845,417 to it, the largest being SCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON ($844,689). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Communities of Rooted Brilliance does
Mission
Embracing traditional customs and values, Communities of Rooted Brilliance (CRB) provides newcomers with community-inspired educational opportunities that create pathways for self- determination as they weave into the fabric of their newfound home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Migrant and asylum seekers support (mass): the mass program provides services to advance the economic, social, and career prospects of newcomers resettled in south king county.
$254,883 spent13% of program spendingLeadership, education, and access program (leap): the leap program supports diverse, multi-ethnic communities living in kent, wa. Leap is a home-based early learning program that enhances parenting knowledge, healthy child development, school readiness, parent-child attachment, cultural knowledge sharing for home visitors, building parent networks through gatherings and events, and providing opportunities for children to play and learn together.
$442,696 spent22% of program spendingResilience, integration, support, and empowerment (rise): the r.I.s.e. Program will enhance the integration of health services, promote student well-being, and improve access to behavioral health support. This role will be embedded in a middle or high school and focus on coordinating comprehensive care for students, ensuring they receive the necessary services to address the mental, physical, and social determinants of their health.
$458,567 spent23% of program spendingGifts laughter opportunities wisdom (glow): the glow program is tailored for multilingual caregivers, a community-driven initiative to foster connections and promote self-sufficiency, empowering families to draw upon their own experiences and learn collectively. This program is a healing space where individuals can share their stories, support one another, and navigate the challenges faced by newcomers.kyp-ela/bsk - experiential learning academy (ela): the ela program is an out-of-school time enrichment program that aims to close the opportunity gap for newcomer refugee youth by building their soft skills and leadership skills. Ela combines peer-to-peer mentoring and targeted academic enrichment opportunities in a supportive out-of-school time and space for newly arrived refugee and immigrant youth.promoting refugee integration, mobility, & empowerment (prime): the prime program offers individualized case management for refugees with significant cultural barriers or those who are struggling with academic performance.youth voices program (yv/riyac): the youth voices program is designed to build and strengthen community capacity and youth leadership through a series of trainings,…
$846,927 spent42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,003,073.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $287k to $758k (+164%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 18% · 2018 45% · 2019 53% · 2020 76% · 2021 88% · 2022 92% · 2023 88% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mona T Han
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $35k → $322k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 55% · 2019 66% · 2020 49% · 2021 50% · 2022 67% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE?
- COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,845,417 to it, the largest being SCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON ($844,689). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,845,417 in grants to COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE?
- SCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $844,689 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing