Root Source
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850583428
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Van Alstyne, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5616804894
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,356
- Expenses
- $157,892
- Assets
- $83,811
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELLSHEVA C AARONSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELLSHEVA C AARONSON (PRESIDENT)
- REVIS DAGGETT (SECRETARY)
- AL MCCARN (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Root source is a primarily web based organization that exists to enable, encourage and enrich relationships between pro-israel christians and jews on a basis of mutual respect and love. What we have in common is greater than what separates us! We address the messianic times vision of isaiah 11:9: ""...the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the lord as the waters cover the sea."" our flagship program brings knowledgeable, authentic israeli teachers and inquisitive christians together to study the jewish texts and concepts that are foundational to christian faith. As a foundation for all this, root source builds bridges of friendship and fellowship between the jewish and christian faith communities, in our effort to reverse two thousand years of animosity and conflict.
What it reported doing in 2023
Christian-jewish engagement project: online events, meetings, recordings, newsletters, books, symposia and teachings. Over fifteen thousand christians impacted.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 70.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.