Washington · Nonprofit
ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER
ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER (Washington) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,180,056 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($695,309). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Roots Young Adult Shelter does
Mission
Roots partners with young adults on their journey to stability.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Roots Young Adult Shelter opened in 1999 because there was an unmet need for shelter specifically for young people between 18 and 25, as this population is too old for youth shelters but is uncomfortable in programs that serve older adults. This 45-bed shelter provides a safe, dry place to sleep, hot meals, hygiene facilities, and access to case management services for our guests 7 nights a week. Roots provided 12,892 bed nights to 497 unduplicated guests in 2024 and served approximately 29,760 meals during that period. Volunteers donated approximately 14,807 hours of their time to help provide these services.
$1,152,755 spentof which $95,218 as grants74% of program spendingRoots initially began directly providing case management services as an agency in 2017. In addition, we offer a weekly art group guests can attend after our shelter program closes. We also reintroduced our monthly book club drop-in program in late 2024. Our case management staff assisted 111 unduplicated guests in 2024 and helped with numerous goals large and smallthat ranged from replacing lost id cards and phones to finding permanent housing.
$176,458 spentof which $5,770 as grants11% of program spendingFriday feast is our weekly meal program and is the only allages dinner in the area. This program serves an average of 140-180 meals each week and celebrated its 28th anniversary of uninterrupted weekly operations in april 2024. Friday feast served approximately 8150 meals to approximately 350 unduplicated guests in 2024, and volunteers donated over 3000 hours of their time to help provide these services.
$132,809 spentof which $64,156 as grants9% of program spendingPublic engagement: in addition to providing critical direct services, roots' founding vision includes a dedication to the development of a stable and comprehensive network of youth and young adult services as well as the need for systems change, both in the university district and throughout the city of seattle, the broader region and society at large. To this end, roots works to bring together diverse groups and to build the partnerships that are required to address homelessness and poverty in a long-term manner, providing leadership in several issues of regionwide advocacy efforts (including the seattle-king county coalition on homelessness, the university district service providers alliance, and the national network for youth).
$95,775 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,557,797.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.9M to $6.4M (+246%).
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 41% · 2018 29% · 2019 20% · 2020 31% · 2021 52% · 2022 43% · 2023 44% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Eric Buley
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $273k → $467k.
13 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 YOUNG ADULT SHELTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
47% 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 YOUNG ADULT SHELTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 42% · 2019 75% · 2020 30% · 2021 35% · 2022 22% · 2023 19% — 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 ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
53% of ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 YOUNG ADULT SHELTER's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 24 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$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.
Organizations like ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER?
- ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER (Washington) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,180,056 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($695,309). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $4,180,056 in grants to ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $695,309 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 63 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