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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE RISING.

Totals

Total revenue
$340,335
Total expenses
$331,744
Contributions and grants received
$340,335
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$26,265
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,265
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$331,744
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$331,744

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $340,335

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,000 · program services $72,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,630 · program services $7,630

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $36,000 · program services $36,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $121,662 · program services $121,662

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,182 · program services $5,182

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,411 · program services $4,411

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,164 · program services $3,164

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,559 · program services $1,559

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: FENTANYL DEATH PREVENTION PRG

    total $79,961 · program services $79,961

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING & SUPPORT

    total $175 · program services $175

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,874 · end of year $23,965

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,800 · end of year $2,300

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $17,674 · end of year $26,265

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE BELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE HEALTHY RISKS, EXPLORE LIFE AND MAKE MISTAKES SAFELY WITHOUT LIFE-ALTERING CONSEQUENCES THAT CHANGE THEIR FUTURES. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE KIDS CAN ENTER ADULTHOOD WITHOUT THE EMOTIONAL SCARS AND TRAUMA THAT ARE PART OF STRUGGLIING TO RECOVER FROM A HIGH-POTENCY THC MARIJUANA ADDICTION, HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS DIE FROM FENTANYL POISONING, AND EXPERIENCING THE ANXIETY AND GRIEF THAT COMES FROM THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS GENERATION OF KIDS IS FACING NEW AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT THREATEN THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. THE RISK LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGES. COMMONSENSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, AND ADAPTED TO KEEP UP THE FAST-PACED CHANGES.

  • IN 2023 BLUE RISING'S FENTANYL DEATH PREVENTION CHECKLIST AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN,YOU CAN'T OUTSMART FENTANYL, REACHED OVER 50,000 STUDENTS ON COLORADO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. THE WORK IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE PREVALENCE AND RISKS THAT FENTANYL POSES TO STUDENTS, A SPIKE ALERT SYSTEM TO NOTIFY COMMUNITIES OF INCREASED RISKS AND FINALLY LEARN ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF FENTANYL POISONINGS AND ABOUT HOW TO INTERVENE WITH NALOXONE.

    Expenses $155,763

  • THE ORGANIZATION ALSO EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS ABOUT THE HARMS OF HIGH POTENCY THC SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED VOTES.

    Expenses $125,981

  • THE ORGANIZATION ALSO EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS ABOUT ISSUES SURROUNDING GUN VIOLENCE, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $50,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAWN REINFELD

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $72,000
    From this org
    $72,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • JASON ROBINSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DESERAI CROW

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • BLUE RISING TOGETHER

    501 C4 · LOBBY MARIJUANA REGULATIONS · CO

    Directly controlled by BLUE RISING COMMUNITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431529349301283

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