Rootsuprising Incorporated
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
RootsUprising is dedicated to raising and lifting up the untold stories of marginalized groups of people especially the BIPOC communities through the language of dance as a means for transformation. RootsUprising is grounded in the belief that there is healing in the act of storytelling stories that are housed in the body that become understood through the body in motion. Considering dance as text and text as dance RootsUprising aims to deepen the conversation of what equitable social justice can be.
- Income
- $34,556
- Spending
- $28,030
- Reserves
- 2.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2023, 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, 2023, 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, 2023, 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 (1)
- $28,000 spent. Who We Say We Are WWSWA - This program was a choreographic multimedia town hall on citizenship that centered the question: Who gets to call themselves a member of this community and how in fact do they do it? WWSWA employed film audio interviews dance and community conversations to expose the present and lived reality of systemic racism tethering Boston. The dancers of RootsUprising a collective of intergenerational BIPOC women with diverse origins and connections with Boston offered a glimpse into their lived experiences as dancers and as people with multiple intersecting identities. Through a choreographic weaving of audio voice-overs movement documentation and live dance performance WWSWE helped viewers navigate through the social construct of race and identity in Boston interspersed with recorded interviews with Boston-area leaders for an additional layer of perspectives. There were three hundred and five audience members.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2023, 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 October 13, 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 April 2023.
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 October 21, 2026.
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