Organizations Filed Purposes:
To dramatically increase the number of DPS students attending schools that partner authentically with communities to deliver a high quality education for all.
See page 2 , part III, line 1.
Strategic Partner - RootED will coalesce partners in support of a vision and strategies to improve academic outcomes, and hold all of the stakeholders accountable for achieving those outcomes, RootED's independence will allow it to approach this task with urgency, long-term commitment and stability, and a focus on both high quality schools and equity. RootED believes that the best way for our public education system to dramatically expand access to a high quality education for all children is to support school autonomy and autonomous leaders and empower and partner with the communities most impacted by educational inequity.
Investor - RootED will raise and coordinate the use of philanthropic resources aligned with achieving the organizations mission. RootED will ensure that the resources available are aligned with effective high quality seats and community partnership strategies and are used to support the most critical strategies, tactics, and partners. RootED will focus on investments in quality school development, community empowerment partnership/advocacy and effective school leader and teacher talent.
Advocate -RootED will work to ensure the existence of a policy environment that supports the success of quality schools. RootED will seek an environment where school leaders and communities have the autonomy they need to make and advocate for decisions in the best interests of students: where schools operate under clear performance expectations and accountability and where parents/families are provided information and agency to make informed choices for their children, and have resources that are equitably allocated to support high quality education.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Patrick Donovan | Managing Partner | 40 | $173,558 |
| Nathan Easley | CEO (thru 3/2019) | 40 | $107,169 |
| Brenda J Allen | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Ethan Gray | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nick Bolt | Director (thru 6/2020) | 1 | $0 |
| Luis De La Fuente | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jesus Salazar | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Seawell | Treasurer (thru 3/2020) | 1 | $0 |
| Abigail Schaller | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Hollie Velasquez-Horvath | Chair | 1 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202100609349301605_public.xml