Sankofa Roots
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Sankofa Roots prepares frontline communities for climate resilience through emergency preparedness training ancestral ecological knowledge reclamation and career pathways into first responder and environmental leadership fields.
- Income
- $86,683
- Spending
- $74,327
- Reserves
- 5.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 61%
- Highest pay
- $10,000, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $36,400 spent. Sankofa Roots provided emergency preparedness training land-based skills education and ancestral ecological knowledge programming through workshops and community organizing events. Programming centered frontline communities in building practical crisis resilience skills alongside cultural grounding in land and lineage. During the reporting period Sankofa Roots served 700 participants across its training and organizing programs.
- $22,472 spent. Sankofa Roots contracted with trainers facilitators Native elders and land stewards to deliver culturally grounded expert-led programming. These partnerships ensured that instruction reflected lived expertise Indigenous land knowledge and community accountability. Contractor relationships supported direct service delivery across all program areas.
- $4,375 spent. Sankofa Roots funded professional certifications in land management and wilderness medicine for staff and community members creating career pathways into first responder and environmental leadership fields. Certifications obtained include Wilderness First Responder WFR and Wildland Firefighter credentials. This program advances Sankofa Roots mission by building a pipeline of credentialed practitioners from frontline communities.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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