Michigan · Nonprofit
Workin Rootz
Workin Rootz (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,320 to it, the largest being Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc ($160,873). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $256k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $49k
What Workin Rootz does
Mission
Our mission is to revitalize and re-engage the community by reconnecting to the Earth through land stewardship, food sovereignty, sustainability, and herbalism.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Contract grant agreement for the Detroit Farmer Collective activities as outlined in the grant proposal
$176,170 spentof which $202,864 as grants79% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$45,453 spent$4,015 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,623.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $46k → $60k.
From the IRS filings of Workin Rootz’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
Workin Rootz leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
99% 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 Workin Rootz.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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
94% of Workin Rootz's grant income comes from Michigan 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
Workin Rootz runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Workin Rootz receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.3M
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 Workin Rootz
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Workin Rootz: 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 Workin Rootz?
- Workin Rootz (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,320 to it, the largest being Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc ($160,873). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Workin Rootz have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $173,320 in grants to Workin Rootz, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Workin Rootz?
- Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc is the largest funder on record, with $160,873 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Workin Rootz find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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