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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by RISE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$121,092
Total expenses
$122,037
Contributions and grants received
$121,092
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$5,959
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$4,041
Program service expenses (Part III)
$103,673

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

PROVIDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • YOUTH PROGRAMMING INCLUDES AFTER SCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL, AND IMPACT ON YOUTH. WE SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 75 - 100 SCHOLARS AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE YEAR. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO TEACH READING, WRITING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING THROUGH CULTURALLY REPRESENTATIVE MATERIAL, THE ARTS, AND SMALL GROUP OR ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS. ATTENDING SCHOLARS IMPROVE THEIR READING LEVELS FROM 1 TO 2 GRADE LEVELS AND THEIR CONFIDENCE GROWS TREMENDOUSLY.

    Expenses $103,673

  • THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO RISE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE OUR RISE FAMILY. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS OUR RISE FAMILIES SO THAT OUR SCHOLARS CAN LIVE AND LEARN HEALTHY AND THRIVING LIVES. SUPPORT IS GIVEN THROUGH VARIOUS WAYS- FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER SEMINARS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, FIRST DAY OUTFITS, FAMILY FUN NIGHT.

  • THE ALL BLACK LIBRARY IS USED AS A MAIN FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING READING AND COMPREHENSION. NEW BOOKS ARE PURCHASED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR GROUP BOOK READING AND WRITTEN BOOK REPORTS. OVER 1500 BOOKS ARE IN THE COLLECTION RANGING FROM PRE-K TO ADULTS AND OF ALL GENRES. IT SERVES AS A LOANER LIBRARY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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

Listed in Part IV

  • SHARON FITZ

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    Compensation
    $2,000
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    20
  • CHANDA MCGUFFIN

    CO FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    20
  • SONYA PAYNE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6
  • JENNIFER NICHOLLS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6
  • LORI MAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6
  • DR LAUREN CARTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6
  • LORIE AKANBI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    6

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
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543169349201774

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