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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMUNITIES RISE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,665,197
Total expenses
$1,892,685
Contributions and grants received
$1,508,637
Grants paid
$367,483
Program service revenue
$156,348
Investment income
$212
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,864,274
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,547
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,813,727
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,415,613
Management and general expenses
$346,332
Fundraising expenses
$130,740
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,415,613

Program services were 74.8% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $626,099

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $882,538

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Fees

    total $156,348 · related or exempt $156,348 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $212 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $212

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $367,483 · program services $367,483

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,933 · program services $74,325 · management and general $26,624 · fundraising $9,984

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $858,904 · program services $534,535 · management and general $241,414 · fundraising $82,955

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,267 · program services $33,812 · management and general $10,151 · fundraising $4,304

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,898 · program services $53,054 · management and general $22,788 · fundraising $8,056

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,341 · management and general $1,341

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,259 · program services $6,546 · management and general $17,713

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $273,578 · program services $263,628 · fundraising $9,950

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,646 · program services $10,442 · management and general $4,606 · fundraising $1,598

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,102 · program services $14,910 · management and general $2,685 · fundraising $4,507

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,641 · program services $40,462 · management and general $15,223 · fundraising $5,956

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,001 · program services $1,263 · management and general $547 · fundraising $191

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,487 · program services $2,833 · management and general $1,226 · fundraising $428

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

    total $11,213 · program services $8,390 · management and general $574 · fundraising $2,249

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fees and Dues

    total $3,754 · program services $2,518 · management and general $872 · fundraising $364

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staff Development

    total $2,178 · program services $1,412 · management and general $568 · fundraising $198

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $846,896 · end of year $1,055,112

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,455,177 · end of year $975,612

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $934,415 · end of year $780,338

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $36,732

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,184 · end of year $5,554

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,500 · end of year $10,926

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,557 · end of year $43,121

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $149,400

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $7,426

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,148,500 · end of year $2,037,329

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,892,715 · end of year $776,398

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Communities Rise fosters movements to build power in communities impacted by systemic oppression. To create an equitable system, we pursue cross-sector collaboration, and provide capacity building and legal services for community organizations and microenterprises.

  • Capacity-Building: Communities Rise provides capacity-building services to nonprofit organizations that are led by and serving communities impacted by systemic oppression, primarily from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities in the following programs: 9-month nonprofit Capacity Building Cohort, providing peer-to-peer learning, one-on-one coaching, and workshops to 8-10 grassroots community organizations Fundraising Clinics, providing one-on-one consultation with a fundraising professional to leaders of nonprofit organizations Grant Writing Clinics, providing one-on-one consultation with a grant writing professional to leaders of nonprofit organizations Collaborate with community partners on analyzing capacity building service gaps and creating a system of capacity building support and increased resources for BIPOC organizations and small businesses.

    Expenses $995,295 · Grants $367,083 · Revenue $70,125

  • Small Business and Nonprofit Legal Services: Communities Rise provides low-income small business owners and nonprofit organizations pro bono legal services on business transactional matters through our limited engagement legal clinics or through direct representation. Communities Rise receives and screens applications for pro bono legal services and determines if the matter is appropriate for our monthly legal clinics (1-hour limited engagement legal consultation) or in-depth assistance through direct representation. Communities Rise matches legal services clients with a volunteer attorney or an in-house Communities Rise attorney.

    Expenses $334,199 · Revenue $43,600

  • Educations & Trainings: Communities Rise hosts legal trainings for community members and attorneys on topics relevant to nonprofits and small businesses. Most legal trainings are approved for CLE credits for attorneys. Communities Rise creates and publishes written materials and webinars designed to help nonprofits and small businesses understand the law and legal concepts that are relevant to their work. In 2022, in partnership with Communities of Opportunity, Communities Rise published a Community Collaboration Toolkit. Legal education webinars included: Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act (Youth on Boards and Membership); Trademarks; E-commerce Best Practices and Compliance for Small Businesses and Nonprofits; So You Started a Nonprofit...What Now

    Expenses $86,119 · Grants $400 · Revenue $42,623

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jodi Nishioka

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,933
    From this org
    $110,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diana Singleton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine West

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Lawson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marnina Cherkin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caroline Shelton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Claire White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Renato Foz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stan Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tachini Pete

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303079349302685

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