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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RISE ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,539,212
Total expenses
$2,291,540
Contributions and grants received
$2,539,212
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,394,734
Total liabilities, end of year
$149,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,244,810
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,821,109
Management and general expenses
$288,688
Fundraising expenses
$181,743
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,821,109

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $2,539,212

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $196,467 · program services $162,984 · management and general $17,450 · fundraising $16,033

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,190,633 · program services $997,577 · management and general $88,064 · fundraising $104,992

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $294,506 · program services $232,146 · management and general $47,982 · fundraising $14,378

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,447 · program services $81,543 · management and general $16,854 · fundraising $5,050

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,130 · program services $814 · management and general $181 · fundraising $135

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,998 · program services $22,344 · management and general $4,952 · fundraising $3,702

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,337 · program services $23,309 · management and general $5,166 · fundraising $3,862

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,544 · program services $6,542 · management and general $12,535 · fundraising $12,467

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $74,495 · program services $34,880 · management and general $36,283 · fundraising $3,332

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,492 · program services $39,269 · management and general $5,399 · fundraising $7,824

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,613 · program services $54,346 · management and general $12,993 · fundraising $2,274

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,317 · management and general $2,317

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,651 · management and general $13,651

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT ASSISTANCE

    total $74,831 · program services $73,626 · management and general $1,205

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & REFRESHMENTS

    total $72,544 · program services $56,635 · management and general $13,540 · fundraising $2,369

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $23,642 · program services $18,311 · management and general $1,853 · fundraising $3,478

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $11,526 · program services $9,672 · management and general $1,620 · fundraising $234

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,367 · program services $7,111 · management and general $6,643 · fundraising $1,613

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,943,511 · end of year $2,367,681

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $931,400 · end of year $987,058

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,477

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $37,835

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,317

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,835 · end of year $35,518

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,608 · end of year $149,924

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,596,124 · end of year $2,168,089

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,401,014 · end of year $1,076,721

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

RISE ACADEMY'S (FKA DEFY NEBRASKA, INC.) MISSION IS THAT ALL PEOPLE FIND FREEDOM FROM CYCLES OF INCARCERATION. AT RISE, TRANSFORMATION STARTS PRE-RELEASE AND CONTINUES POST-RELEASE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RISE ACADEMY'S (FKA DEFY NEBRASKA, INC.) MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

  • RISE ACADEMY'S IN-PRISON PROGRAM IS A SIX MONTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPLOYMENT READINESS AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT PREPARES INCARCERATED MEN, WOMEN, AND YOUTH NOT JUST FOR SUCCESSFUL RE-ETNRY, BUT ALSO FOR "LIFE BEYOND RE-ENTRY."

    Expenses $643,605

  • RISE ACADEMY'S RE-ENTRY PROGRAM OFFERS PROGRAM GRADUATES CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT UPON RELEASE. POST-RELEASE SERVICES INCLUDE RE-ENTRY PLANNING, JOB READINESS TRAINING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

    Expenses $844,184

  • RISE ACADEMY'S POLICY & ADVOCACY CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SYSTEM IMPACTED PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR CONCERNS AND IDEAS VOICED AND HEARD DURING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM, ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE A COALITION TO WORK IN SOLIDARITY TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES IN THE NEBRASKA CRIMINAL JUSTICE LANDSCAPE AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM. LOBBY SUCCESSFULLY FOR POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THAT IMPACT THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES THAT INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, LIVING CONDITIONS AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, SKILLS, TRAINING AND BUILT CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN POLICY AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

    Expenses $333,320

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ken Stinson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • William Ochsner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Leah Smejkal

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jeff Slobotski

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Naomi Hattaway

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dr Mark Foxall

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Wallace Todd Johnson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ava Thomas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Carla Walker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bill Hobbs

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dan Walker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jamie Berglund

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jeremy Bouman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $196,467
    From this org
    $163,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,805
    Filer's total
    $196,467

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302529349300700

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