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ROOF ABOVE INC

ROOF ABOVE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 154 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,518,682 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($6,913,711). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$33M
Funders on record
154
Grants received
$36M
Net assets
$57M
91/154 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Roof Above Inc does

Mission

Roof above, inc. Is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to unite the community to end homelessness, one life at a time. We do so by providing an array of homeless services and housing services in the charlotte metro region. In fiscal year 2025, roof above helped move 551 individuals from homelessness to housing.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Homeless to homes program - through this permanent supportive housing program, roof above connects chronically homeless individuals with a rent subsidy, which is used in the private market. The roof above scattered-site team provides supportive services within the home of tenants in this program. Moore place - moore place is a 120-unit apartment building, owned by roof above that provides single-room occupancy, permanent supportive housing units to people who have been chronically homeless.housing first charlotte-mecklenburg program - this is a scattered-site permanent supportive housing program in partnership with mecklenburg county that provides housing for 80 people coming out of chronic homelessness. Shared rehousing - roof above provides short-term rental assistance and support services to households moving out of homelessness. Services can last as short as one month or as long as 24 months. These services are largely targeted towards households experiencing situational homelessness.substance abuse treatment program with housing ("saber") - the saber treatment program combines intensive outpatient and group therapy with transitional housing.hillrock estates - roof above is…

    $16,954,360 spentof which $3,335,475 as grants$6,937,923 earned by the program
    67% of program spending
  2. Shelter operations - roof above operates three emergency shelter facilities in charlotte, north carolina, comprised of more than 510 beds, for the purpose of sheltering and providing services for men experiencing homelessness. Through shelter operations, roof above focuses on increasing guests' employment income and obtaining housing. Embedded in one of the three shelters is a wellness wing comprised of organizational partnerships to provide substance use, mental illness, and physical healthcare services to guests. In addition, roof above operates room in the inn, a community-based winter shelter.roof above operates a day services center focused on meeting the basic needs of our neighbors who are unsheltered, including access to showers, laundry, mail, a daily meal, while also working to connect with resources including emergency shelter and housing.

    $8,241,248 spentof which $110,795 as grants
    33% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,195,608.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($6.1M) Expenses 100 ($6.6M) Net assets 100 ($17M)2019 Revenue 383 ($23M) Expenses 127 ($8.3M) Net assets 186 ($32M)2020 Revenue 342 ($21M) Expenses 198 ($13M) Net assets 233 ($40M)2021 Revenue 597 ($36M) Expenses 363 ($24M) Net assets 308 ($53M)2022 Revenue 505 ($31M) Expenses 354 ($23M) Net assets 347 ($60M)2023 Revenue 372 ($23M) Expenses 390 ($26M) Net assets 329 ($57M)2024 Revenue 396 ($24M) Expenses 435 ($29M) Net assets 303 ($53M)2025 Revenue 540 ($33M) Expenses 436 ($29M) Net assets 328 ($57M)
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Revenue (540)Expenses (436)Net assets (328)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $44M to $97M (+120%).

$19M
$35M
$44M
$97M
$104M
$102M
$97M
$106M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 22% · 2019 8% · 2020 16% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 27% · 2024 16% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

78% of ROOF ABOVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 810 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$530k
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$15M
’19
$7.6M
’20
$12M
’21
$7.3M
’22
−$3.1M
’23
−$4.7M
’24
$4.0M
’25
2.5
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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

Elizabeth A Clasen-Kelly

CEO

Board chair

Joy Patterson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2431293126282827
Joined·+16+2+8+8+7+5+4
No longer listed·94613555
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 79 funders, grant income rose $597k → $4.9M.

33 of 154 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 ROOF ABOVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 154 funders by total. 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

ROOF ABOVE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left

62% 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 ROOF ABOVE INC.

19%
largest funder
34%
top three
~15
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 43% · 2019 78% · 2020 26% · 2021 18% · 2022 26% · 2023 10% — 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

54% of ROOF ABOVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

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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

81% of ROOF ABOVE INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ROOF ABOVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve2.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding ROOF ABOVE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.5M on record.

Federal$8.5M
grants $6.4Mcontracts $2.1M
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  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.5M
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$4.0M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 9%Fundraising 3%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Windsor Park Noah LLC · disregarded
  • Kings on Lamar LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC?
ROOF ABOVE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 154 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,518,682 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($6,913,711). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ROOF ABOVE INC have?
IRS filings report 154 organizations giving $35,518,682 in grants to ROOF ABOVE INC, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ROOF ABOVE INC?
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $6,913,711 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ROOF ABOVE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 154 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing