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US nonprofit · EIN 461527090 · Madison, WIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 461527090) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2013.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Roots Ethiopia Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$524k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$754k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$339k
$620 liabilities
Net assets
$339k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.9y av
Staff
0
7 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Jeanne M Olson
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Roots Ethiopia Inc's network

8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Jeanne M Olson ChairStrategy Chair2018
8 yrs
Meghan Walsh ChairBoard Chair2018
8 yrs
Aschelaw ChamisoBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Cami BlumenthalBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Kongit GirmaBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Michael JacobsBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Wendi AilorBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Wendy HarperTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Meghan WalshBoard Chair40$0
Jeanne M OlsonStrategy Chair20$0
Aschelaw ChamisoBoard Member5$0
Kongit GirmaBoard Member10$0
Wendy HarperTreasurer15$0
Cami BlumenthalBoard Member5$0
Wendi AilorBoard Member5$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

Colorado roster

9 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253033205). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Jeanne OlsonBoard Vice Chair
Wendy AilorBoard Member
Camlyn BlumenthalBoard Member
Wendy Harper Martin
Meghan WalshChair
Wendy Harper MartinBoard Treasurer
Aschalew (Che) ChamisoBoard Member
Meghan WalshBoard Chair
Kongit GirmaBoard Member

About

Legal name
Roots Ethiopia Inc
EIN
461527090
Address
14 Longmeadow Cir, Madison, WI, 53717-1072
State
Wisconsin
Mission
Roots ethiopia is a non-profit that exists because we believe access to work and education are the foundations for building a poverty-free world. We believe there should be no barriers to ethiopian families succeeding in work and school. We assist families to send their children to school, we support women to create valuable local market work, and we join with communities to improve their... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q30 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Meghan Walsh (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJeanne M Olson
≥8years on the filingsMeghan Walsh
≥8years on the filingsAschelaw Chamiso
≥8years on the filingsKongit Girma

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$339k
Total liabilities
$620
Net assets or fund balances
$339k
Contributions and grants received
$519k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$616k
Employees
0
Volunteers
7