Sowingroots
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461302229
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- University Place, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2064913852
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,286
- Expenses
- $12,357
- Assets
- $86,090
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNIFER L ANGELO (PRESIDENT)
- NATE ANGELO (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER L ANGELO (PRESIDENT)
- NATE ANGELO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- GARY NORLUND (TREASURER)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sowingroots exists to love and care for orphans worldwide. Sowingroots' goal is to minimize the financial burden that adoptive families face through merit based grants. Sowingroots also desires to physically and financially support orphans globally through faith based service, work and gifts.
What it reported doing in 2019
Contributions to other organizations benefiting orphans, foster children, and adoptive families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.97; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.