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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by SOUTHERN SECTOR RISING.

Totals

Total revenue
$176,618
Total expenses
$721,481
Contributions and grants received
$173,914
Grants paid
$34,575
Program service revenue
$2,250
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$193
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$261
Total assets, end of year
$401,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$238
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$400,930
Program service expenses (Part III)
$386,360

Program services were 53.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND AID.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP LOUISIANA COLORS OF CHANGE FORMATION - PROVIDING NONPROFIT (501(C)(3)) STATUS COVERAGE, ALLOWING GRASSROOTS GROUPS OR PROJECTS TO RECEIVE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS AND GRANTS UNDER SSR'S UMBRELLA. RECEIVING AND MANAGING FUNDS, DONATIONS AND GRANTS GO THROUGH SSR, WHICH ENSURES FUNDS ARE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATIVE & COMPLIANCE SUPPORT, FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, REPORTING, AND ENSURING ALIGNMENT WITH IRS AND GRANT REQUIREMENTS. CAPACITY BUILDING & CREDIBILITY, HELPING SMALLER OR EMERGING INITIATIVES GAIN LEGITIMACY AND ACCESS FUNDING THEY OTHERWISE COULDN'T.

    Expenses $202,835 · Grants $3,700

  • SANDBRANCH WATER PROJECT - SANDBRANCH IS A FORMER FREEDMAN'S TOWN LOW-INCOME, BLACK, BROWN, AND WHITE COMMUNITY WITH NO RUNNING WATER, NO SEWER, OR SANITATION. SANDBRANCH RESIDENTS HAVE WELLS, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN USE BECAUSE THE WELL WATER WAS TESTED AND DETERMINED TO BE NON-DRINKABLE AND HARMFUL TO THEIR HEALTH. THE WATER CONTAMINATION IS BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE COMMUNITY. SSR PROVIDES 275-GALLON WATER TOTES TO EACH RESIDENT, REFILLS THOSE WATER TOTES BI-WEEKLY, FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE NONPOTABLE WATER TO TAKE BATHS, USE FOR SANITATION, WATER THE ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND OTHER NECESSARY USES. THIS IS A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS THE SANDBRANCH DEVELOPMENT WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION BOARD, TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR RESIDENTS TO OBTAIN RUNNING WATER AND SANITATION ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

    Expenses $130,073

  • TEXAS ENVIROMENTAL HUB - PROVIDING NONPROFIT (501(C)(3)) STATUS COVERAGE, ALLOWING GRASSROOTS GROUPS OR PROJECTS TO RECEIVE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS AND GRANTS UNDER SSR'S UMBRELLA. RECEIVING AND MANAGING FUNDS, DONATIONS AND GRANTS GO THROUGH SSR, WHICH ENSURES FUNDS ARE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATIVE & COMPLIANCE SUPPORT, FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, REPORTING, AND ENSURING ALIGNMENT WITH IRS AND GRANT REQUIREMENTS. CAPACITY BUILDING & CREDIBILITY, HELPING SMALLER OR EMERGING INITIATIVES GAIN LEGITIMACY AND ACCESS FUNDING THEY OTHERWISE COULDN'T.

    Expenses $51,340 · Grants $30,875

  • OTHER: FLORAL FARMS, ENVIROMENTAL JUSTICE

    Expenses $2,112

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Marsha Jackson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,301
    Compensation
    $134,301
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Allen McGill

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $19,604
    Compensation
    $19,604
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Bonnie Mathias

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Danielle Ayers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202640829349200309

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