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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RAISE THE BARR.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,381,302
Total expenses
$1,530,298
Contributions and grants received
$1,234,448
Grants paid
$311,197
Program service revenue
$15,000
Investment income
$20,961
Other revenue
$110,893
Total assets, end of year
$1,612,751
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,548,544
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,307,388
Management and general expenses
$79,263
Fundraising expenses
$143,647
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,307,388

Program services were 85.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,234,448

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees

    total $15,000 · related or exempt $15,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,961 · excluded $20,961

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $341,925

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $232,382

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $109,543

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $1,350 · related or exempt $1,350

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,350

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $311,197 · program services $311,197

  • 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 $166,707 · program services $140,535 · management and general $7,269 · fundraising $18,903

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $510,836 · program services $430,638 · management and general $22,273 · fundraising $57,925

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,353 · program services $47,580 · management and general $2,349 · fundraising $6,424

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $76,441 · program services $51,403 · management and general $8,643 · fundraising $16,395

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $325 · program services $219 · management and general $36 · fundraising $70

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,020 · program services $52,464 · management and general $8,822 · fundraising $16,734

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,339 · program services $84,284 · management and general $14,173 · fundraising $26,882

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,511 · program services $3,416 · fundraising $95

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,935 · program services $10,822 · management and general $973 · fundraising $140

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,855 · program services $34,937 · management and general $918

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,215 · program services $5,215

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,461 · program services $25,422 · management and general $8,039

  • 24a · Other expenses: Activity and program supplies

    total $49,596 · program services $44,631 · management and general $4,965

  • 24b · Other expenses: Operational and board expenses

    total $64,522 · program services $63,640 · management and general $803 · fundraising $79

  • 24c · Other expenses: Special events - indirect expenses

    total $985 · program services $985

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,155 · end of year $80,818

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $431,374 · end of year $550,389

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,265,968 · end of year $942,489

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,089 · end of year $37,055

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,046 · end of year $64,207

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,468,315 · end of year $678,030

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $229,225 · end of year $870,514

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To increase opportunity and economic mobility for low-income single-parent students and their children through higher education. We aim to reduce the generational impacts of poverty through programs including access to affordable housing, educational and career advising, mentorship, financial literacy, and family wellness.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To increase opportunity and economic

  • Refer to Schedule O.

    Expenses $1,307,388

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lori Barr

    CEO/Co-founder

    Total calculated
    $171,003
    From this org
    $166,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,707
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $4,296
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $171,003
  • Colby Owens

    Director of Program

    Total calculated
    $117,265
    From this org
    $102,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,527
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anthony Barr

    Co-founder/President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lela Diaz

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Heitzinger

    Treasurer/Finance Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Croom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samantha Gammell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Hoffert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Jahnke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mabel Munoz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malik Rucker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mai-Anh Tran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kierra Bennett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janine Radoc

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Klink

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Durham

    Director

    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. 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
2024
Filed
13 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511649349301901

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