Root Cause Research Center Inc.

Fiscal year ending 2025. Filed on November 18, 2025.

900 South Shelby St
Louisville, Kentucky 40203

Root Cause Research Center Inc. (EIN: 61-1260839) has filed an IRS Form 990 since fiscal year 2020. In its fiscal year 2025 IRS Form 990 filing, Root Cause Research Center Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 3 out of 3 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $59,777. The highest compensated employee at Root Cause Research Center Inc. is Linda Omer with fiscal year 2025 compensation of $78,500. Root Cause Research Center Inc. changed its name from Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation Inc. in 2023.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$323,949

Expenses

$324,450

Employee compensation

$226,470
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Non-Employee Board Members

No board members were reported during this fiscal year.

Mission Statement

Root Cause Research Center - We build structured tenant-lead campaigns and produce knowledge in solidarity with communities under threat of displacement, surveillance, and police violence. We define our base-building practices as (1) expanding the number of people committed to struggling alongside you politically; (2) developing their skills, analysis, and leadership; and (3) deepening our relationships with them. Our base-building practices include regular canvasses and phone banks to connect with new people; deepening relationships with people in our base through regular one-on-ones; providing training for members to develop skills and analysis; and identifying members of our base to develop into leaders and working with them on leadership development plans. Our target base is poor and working-class people in Kentucky, who are impacted by houselessness and police violence, especially Black people and people living in rural areas. We build economic power by organizing tenant unions in

Revisions to this organization profile

November 18, 2025:
2025 Root Cause Research Center Inc. 990 filed
January 18, 2025:
2024 Root Cause Research Center Inc. 990 filed
December 21, 2023:
2023 Root Cause Research Center Inc. 990 filed

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