Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$195,109

Total expenses

$205,498

Contributions and grants received

$195,106

Grants paid

$2,151

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$130,971

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,805

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$129,166

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$158,669

Management and general expenses

$34,147

Fundraising expenses

$12,682

Program service expenses (Part III)

$158,669

Program services were 77.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ACCESS - MALI RISING CREATES ACCESS BY BUILDING SAFE, DURABLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE STUDENTS HAVE NO VIABLE PATH BEYOND PRIMARY SCHOOL. MALI RISING WORKS WITH MALI'S CENTRES FOR PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES (CENTRES D'ANIMATION PEDAGOGIQUE, OR CAP) AND WITH LOCAL VILLAGES TO MAINTAIN EACH SCHOOL AND ENSURE LONG-TERM IMPACT. EACH SCHOOL INCLUDES THREE CLASSROOMS, LATRINES, A PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, AND ESSENTIAL FURNISHINGS. CONSTRUCTION IS LED BY LOCAL MALIANS, CREATING JOBS AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY PRIDE. THE ACCESS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES SCHOOL FEE SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH THE INSPIRATION SCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL FEE SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS. EACH SCHOOL AND SCHOLARSHIP HELPS ENSURE THAT DISTANCE AND COST NO LONGER STAND IN THE WAY OF EDUCATION.

  Expenses $46,610

• QUALITY - MALI RISING STRENGTHENS EDUCATION IN RESOURCE-LIMITED COMMUNITIES BY TRAINING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN STUDENT-CENTERED TECHNIQUES. EDUCATORS ARE EVALUATED ON LESSON PREPARATION, TEACHING STYLE, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE, GROUP WORK, AND GENDER EQUITY PRACTICES. AFTER COMPLETING OUR TRAINING, TEACHERS SHOW IMPROVEMENTS OF 30% ON AVERAGE ACROSS THESE CORE AREAS. TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING, THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES SPACE FOR PEER-TO-PEER EXCHANGE AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REGULAR KNOWLEDGE-SHARING SESSIONS AND ACTIVE WHATSAPP GROUPS FOR EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.MALI RISING ALSO PROVIDES NEW TEXTBOOKS CORE SUBJECTS FOR 7TH AND 8TH GRADE CLASSROOMS. CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS ARE REINFORCED THROUGH TARGETED INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE FRENCH LANGUAGE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (FLIP), WHICH HELPS STUDENTS BUILD FLUENCY IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE OF FRENCH. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 10 VILLAGES PARTICIPATE IN FLIP EACH YEAR, DEMONSTRATING AN IMPROVEMENT OF 20% ON AVERAGE IN THEIR FRENCH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT SCORES. AS PART OF MALI RISING'S BROADER COMMITMENT TO LITERACY AND GIRLS' EDUCATION, MALI RISING'S GIRLS LITERACY PROGRAM STRENGTHENS READING LEVELS AND ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, 80% OF PARTICIPANTS EVALUATE THEMSELVES AS READING AT A COMPETENT OR STRONG LEVEL AND NONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE UNABLE TO READ BY THE END.

  Expenses $44,197 · Grants $1,967

• INSPIRATION - MALI RISING INSPIRES STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES NOT JUST AS LEARNERS, BUT AS LEADERS. WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY EXPLORE THEIR FUTURES THROUGH MENTORSHIP, CAREER EXPOSURE, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE GIRLS PROJECT, WE PROVIDE MENSTRUAL KITS SO GIRLS CAN ATTEND SCHOOL WITH DIGNITY AND CONSISTENCY. EACH YEAR, MALI RISING DISTRIBUTES OVER 500 REUSABLE MENSTRUAL KITS ACCOMPANIED BY HEALTH EDUCATION SESSIONS, ALONG WITH SOCCER TEAMS THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE AND TEAMWORK. CAREER DAYS AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO NEW POSSIBILITIES AND CONNECT THEM WITH ROLE MODELS FROM THEIR OWN VILLAGES. THROUGH HOPE GRANTS, FORMER STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH SMALL BUSINESSES AND RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS MENTORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

  Expenses $964 · Grants $184

• ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

  Expenses $66,898

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

4 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202600699349300745

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