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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOWEGA RISING.

Totals

Total revenue
$626,930
Total expenses
$561,086
Contributions and grants received
$626,030
Grants paid
$5,675
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$900
Total assets, end of year
$822,485
Total liabilities, end of year
-$225
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$822,710
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$456,956
Management and general expenses
$104,130
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,975

Program services were 81.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $11,650

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $614,380

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $900 · related or exempt $900

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,075 · program services $3,075

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,600 · program services $2,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $224,785 · program services $224,785

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $417 · program services $417

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,488 · program services $18,488

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $500 · program services $500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,984 · program services $72,984

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,835 · program services $63,835

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,074 · management and general $47,074

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,535 · management and general $35,535

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,521 · management and general $21,521

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,471 · program services $45,471

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,801 · program services $24,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $665,099 · end of year $738,278

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

    $99,600

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

    $15,393

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $84,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,475 · end of year -$225

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $663,624 · end of year $822,710

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We mobilize people and resources to improve the well-being, quality of life and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We mobilize people and resources to improve the wellbeing quality of life and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians

  • Civic Engagement:Engaged a total of 19,669 voters in Southwest Georgia Collected a total of 276 pledges to vote, Made 17,808 calls to voters, Canvassed 1,585 households, Recruited 12 new canvassers, Launched a Higher Ed Initiative Rural Health: Medicaid Unwinding Phoebe partnership- $15,000 Investment, Participated in over 75 events Launched Good Life Family Health Fest- July 29, 2024 Advocacy:Black Maternal Health- Eradicate Maternal Mortality in Georgi NOW Campaign, Federal Medicaid Expansion advocacy Research:Pathways to Prosperity- Georgia Budget and Policy Institute SNAP Listening Sessions, Colquitt County,, $17K- Georgia Department

    Expenses $3,975 · Grants $3,975

  • Public Health Black Maternal Health:Morehouse School of Medicine Center for Maternal Health Equity Partnership - White papers released and published Perinatal Community Navigator training and certification program for 20 women in SWGA Early County Family Connection: Early County Baby Shower & Cuthbert Baby Shower

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sherrell Byrd

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
  • Amna Farooqi

    Chair Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Michael Harper

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Clinton Banks Vicks

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Alana Simmons

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Maggie Boxey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Dr Kizzie Donaldson-Richard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Corey Morgan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402749349301505

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