Georgia · Nonprofit
ROOT LOCAL INC
ROOT LOCAL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,228 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($135,225). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $207k
- Net assets
- $109k
What Root Local Inc does
Mission
Root local is a group of like-minded people with a common goal of bringing more awareness to consumption of natural resources in our society and how to reduce it's impact on our world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Root local delivered its mission in 2023 by serving the metro atlanta area as the backbone organization for collective impact planning; facilitating collaboration among diverse stakeholders and guiding the collective towards a shared vision for positive environmental impact and sustainability.
$37,931 spent34% of program spendingIn 2023, root local continued its work toward collective environmental impact through its pollinator network and network map.the pollinator network is a community of individuals that shares ideas, volunteers, and learns from each other. The network aims to assess the health of environmental sectors, take part in collective action toward a common goal, and measure our impact through those actions.the network map empowers our environmental allies with a visual map, showcasing interconnectedness and guiding users to local, eco-friendly organizations.
$31,404 spent28% of program spendingDuring 2023, root local regularly hosted, partnered with other organizations and participated in events that convened environmental allies, connected stakeholders, and educated communities on positive environmental impact and sustainability.
$43,013 spent38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,348.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $20k to $109k (+448%).
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.
99% of ROOT LOCAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $70k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 ROOT LOCAL INC’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
ROOT LOCAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 ROOT LOCAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
93% of ROOT LOCAL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Georgia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $192k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ROOT LOCAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ROOT LOCAL INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROOT LOCAL INC: 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 ROOT LOCAL INC?
- ROOT LOCAL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,228 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($135,225). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROOT LOCAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $207,228 in grants to ROOT LOCAL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROOT LOCAL INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $135,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROOT LOCAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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