The Interoots Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831986105
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
9175585115
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,600
Expenses
$15,761
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • RONALD KIBIRIGE PHD (CHAIR)
  • MOLLY FRANK MD (SECRETARY)
  • TIM HARRELL (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Interoots partnerships provide development support, funding, and access to expertise. We work with communities - on their own terms - cultivating sustainable solutions for self-identified needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The interoots initiative partners with projects both domestically and internationally. Interoots works with communities - on their own terms - as they develop and implement sustainable solutions for self-identified needs. In pursuit of this mission, interoots works as a partner and facilitator, assisting in the development of systems of accountability unique to partner projects, and working to remove barriers between communities and the resources they need to achieve change. Ultimately, interoots steps aside once a project is finanically independent, thus redefining the legacies of charitable giving. Rather than designing, implementing and evaluating projects from the top down, interoots believes that communities know best what they need, and can accomplish these steps from the roots up. The 2025-26 fiscal year was the final year interoots initiative was in operation. They wound down operations and closed their doors as of 3/31/26.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; 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: -138.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.