South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE ROO CREW
THE ROO CREW (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being MARY BLACK FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $72k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $29k
What The Roo Crew does
Mission
Just as our area schools develop individualized educational programs (iep) for students with special needs, The Roo Crew takes an individualized approach to our work with children and their families. Our motto is "helping families leap obstacles." you can read more about our l.e.a.p. Method (listen, educate, advocate, prepare) on our website (theroocrew.org). Although our work varies from family to family, some of our regular support includes: participating in iep and 504-plan meetings. Advocating for and supporting special educators in our community. Helping families connect with local specialists related to their child's educational and medical diagnoses. Matching children wiht tutors trained in their child's particular learning needs. Providing opportunities to learn more about special education to the community. In 2025, The Roo Crew served approximately 87 families across spartanburg county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, The Roo Crew served approximately 87 families across spartanburg county.
$39,780 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $39,780.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $32k to $29k (−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.
89% of THE ROO CREW’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% 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.
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
Mark Johnsen
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of THE ROO CREW’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
THE ROO CREW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE ROO CREW's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
THE ROO CREW has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like THE ROO CREW
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% 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 THE ROO CREW: 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 THE ROO CREW?
- THE ROO CREW (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being MARY BLACK FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ROO CREW have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to THE ROO CREW, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ROO CREW?
- MARY BLACK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ROO CREW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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