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Nonprofit · EIN 86-3502300

ROOTS OF PROGRESS

Tax-exempt · BEAVERTON, OR 97008

Financials

$293K$641K2023$1.9M$958K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ROOTS OF PROGRESS by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,908,185$957,960$950,225$1,249,923$21,096$1,228,827
December 31, 2023990$292,659$641,103-$348,444$258,483$5,881$252,602
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,837,276
Program service revenue
$55,498
Investment income
$14,346
Net gain from sales of assets
$49
Other revenue
$1,065

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$354,375
Other salaries and wages
$93,810
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$499,210
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$5,449
Accounting fees
$19,930
Travel
$57,148
Program services (functional)
$677,220
Management and general (functional)
$112,542
Fundraising (functional)
$168,198

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$258,483
Total assets, end of year
$1,249,923
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,096
Net assets, end of year
$1,228,827
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,228,827
Gross receipts
$1,912,886
Employees
3
Volunteers
25
Year formed
2021
State of legal domicile
OR

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JASON CRAWFORDPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$200,000$0
HEIKE LARSONVP OF PROGRAMS
Key employee
30$154,375$14,043
RAMANDEEP GIRNSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ANIL VARANASITREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JASON CRAWFORDPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$202,668
HEIKE LARSONVP OF PROGRAMS
Key employee
40$168,203
RAMANDEEP GIRNSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
ANIL VARANASITREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
9450 SW GEMINI DR PMB 74328, BEAVERTON, OR 97008-7105
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JASON CRAWFORD, 9450 SW GEMINI DR PMB 74328, BEAVERTON, OR 97008
Signed the 990
JASON CRAWFORD, PRESIDENT
Phone
(650) 781-6281
Return prepared by
UHY ADVISORS GREAT LAKES INC

Mission

THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF OREGON. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF HUMAN PROGRESS. 'PROGRESS' IS THAT WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE BETTER LIVES: ANYTHING THAT INCREASES HEALTH, HAPPINESS, WEALTH, FREEDOM, KNOWLEDGE, PEACE, AND THE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO EACH INDIVIDUAL. OUR MISSION IS TO DEFINE AND COMMUNICATE A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. WE STUDY THE NATURE, VALUE, AND CAUSES OF PROGRESS, AND PRESCRIBE WAYS THAT HUMANITY CAN ACCELERATE AND STEER IT. WE WILL ALLOCATE 100% OF OUR TIME TOWARDS OUR ACTIVITIES; WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING: RESEARCH: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, AND ON THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, INDUSTRIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. MOST OF THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BE MADE FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE. WRITING: SPONSORING WRITERS TO CREATE BOOKS AND MAGAZINE/JOURNAL ARTICLES ON THE SAME TO

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • THE PROGRESS CONFERENCEIN 2024, THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS HOSTED ITS FIRST-EVER PROGRESS CONFERENCE, A MAJOR EVENT BRINGING TOGETHER THINKERS, WRITERS, SCIENTISTS, AND INNOVATORS TO DISCUSS THE PHILOSOPHY AND FUTURE OF HUMAN PROGRESS. THE CONFERENCE DREW OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS AND FEATURED TALKS, PANELS, AND NETWORKING SESSIONS ON TOPICS INCLUDING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, THE HISTORY OF PROGRESS, AND ITS MORAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS. THE EVENT SERVED AS A CENTRAL GATHERING FOR THE GROWING PROGRESS COMMUNITY AND MARKED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN ADVANCING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.
    Expenses $221,522 · revenue $55,498
  • FELLOWSHIPTHE ROOTS OF PROGRESS FELLOWSHIP CONTINUED ITS MISSION TO ACCELERATE THE CAREERS OF PROGRESS INTELLECTUALS. ITS SECOND ANNUAL BLOG-BUILDING INTENSIVE WAS HELD IN 2024, WITH 24 FELLOWS PARTICIPATING. THE PROGRAM PROVIDED WRITING INSTRUCTION, EDITORIAL FEEDBACK, AND AUDIENCE-BUILDING SUPPORT. MANY FELLOWS LAUNCHED NEW PUBLICATIONS OR EXPANDED THEIR READERSHIP THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
    Expenses $212,529
  • WRITINGFOUNDER AND PRESIDENT JASON CRAWFORD PUBLISHED 17 ESSAYS IN 2024, TOTALING OVER 37,000 WORDS. ABOUT HALF OF THE ESSAYS WERE CHAPTERS AND EXCERPTS FROM HIS BOOK-IN-PROGRESS, THE TECHNO-HUMANIST MANIFESTO. THESE WERE ALSO SOME OF THE LONGEST AND MOST IN-DEPTH PIECES.THE MOST POPULAR PIECES, BASED ON LIKES AND COMMENTS, WERE: "ANNOUNCING THE TECHNO-HUMANIST MANIFESTO" "WHAT IS PROGRESS?" "WHY YOU, PERSONALLY, SHOULD WANT A LARGER HUMAN POPULATION" "BIOLOGICAL RISK FROM THE MIRROR WORLD"OVERALL, HIS READERSHIP AND ONLINE REACH GREW SIGNIFICANTLY. EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS ON SUBSTACK INCREASED 82% TO NEARLY 33,000, WHILE FOLLOWERS ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK X (FORMERLY TWITTER) ROSE 17% TO 36,700. CRAWFORD ALSO EXPANDED HIS PRESENCE ON OTHER PLATFORMS, INCLUDING FARCASTER (3,400 FOLLOWERS), BLUESKY (1,700), AND THREADS (OVER 1,000). ACROSS ALL CHANNELS, HIS WORK RECEIVED ABOUT 360,000 UNIQUE VIEWS ON SUBSTACK AND 192,000 PAGE VIEWS ON THE LEGACY ROOTS OF PROGRESS BLOG.TALKS AND INTERVIEWSCRAWFORD GAVE MULTIPLE TALKS AND INTERVIEWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING AT: PROGRESS CONFERENCE 2024 ABUNDANCE 2024 FORESIGHT INSTITUTE'S VISION WEEKEND
    Expenses $81,787
  • THE PROGRESS FORUMTHE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO SPONSOR THE PROGRESS FORUM, AN ONLINE DISCUSSION PLATFORM FOR THE PROGRESS COMMUNITY, FOSTERING THOUGHTFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN ADVANCEMENT.VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES WERE ALSO INCURRED.
    Expenses $161,382

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
86-3502300
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2021
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Human services (P20)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,249,923
Income (IRS master file)
$1,912,886

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,908,185$957,960$1,249,923XML
990December 2023$292,659$641,103$258,483XML
990December 2022$504,709$290,445$602,605IRS
990December 2021–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 86-3502300).

Questions about ROOTS OF PROGRESS

What is the EIN of ROOTS OF PROGRESS?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ROOTS OF PROGRESS is 86-3502300.
Is ROOTS OF PROGRESS tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2021.
Are donations to ROOTS OF PROGRESS tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does ROOTS OF PROGRESS file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of ROOTS OF PROGRESS due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ROOTS OF PROGRESS last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of ROOTS OF PROGRESS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JASON CRAWFORD.
Who are the officers and directors of ROOTS OF PROGRESS?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 4 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $200,000 (JASON CRAWFORD, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does ROOTS OF PROGRESS have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,908,185, expenses of $957,960 and total assets of $1,249,923 at year end.

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