Illinois · Nonprofit
ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,300 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $52k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $73k
What Roots & Wings Charitable Foundation does
Mission
Our mission at Roots & Wings Charitable Foundation is to offer support to integrative & wellness programs that increase emotional, physical & spiritual well-being during the continuous oncology treatment for metastatic breast cancer (mbc).
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Roots & wings supported the metastatic breast cancer (mbc) community with 100 complimentary acupuncture & oncology massage appointments at rush cancer center in chicago, il. The program was called "we see you. We honor you." it commenced on october 1, 2020 in honor of breast cancer awareness month. The complimentary appointments will be available at rush until they have been completed. 50% of our appointments were delayed due to covid at the end of 2020 and resumed in 2021. Roots & wings created postcard-sized invitations for oncologists to "invite" rush mbc patients to participate in the complimentary appointments. In october 2021, rush created a video series presenting the evidence-based benefits of exercise and yoga in cancer thanks to roots & wings' financial support. The goal of the 15 videos is to help patients improve their quality of life throughout their cancer journey. Using educational and interactive techniques, patients can be met where they are and when they need the support. Videos will range in length from 10 minutes (informative) to 45 minutes (example classes) and cover several topics: lymphedema, fatigue, stress management, movement & strength. The video series…
$49,875 spentof which $41,100 as grants94% of program spendingRoots & wings supported wildfire, a publication for the young metastatic breast cancer (mbc) community, as underwriters in 2021. Wildfire is a magazine specifically designed for young breast cancer survivors and fighters. Every contributor to the magazine is diagnosed under the age of 45 - a growing population that is decades younger than the average breast cancer fighter with very few age-appropriate resources available. The roots & wings logo, mission statement and website were printed in the magazine that reaches over 17,000 readers.
$2,998 spentof which $2,998 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,873.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $86k to $79k (−8%).
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.
100% of ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $64.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’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
ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
56% 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 ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 98% · 2022 92% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
56% of ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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
ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION's revenue fell 43% between 2020 and 2022.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,253 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,300 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $10,300 in grants to ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROOTS & WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 5 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