Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,385,590

Total expenses

$1,622,038

Contributions and grants received

$1,308,547

Grants paid

$217,281

Program service revenue

$74,646

Investment income

$2,397

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,606,668

Total liabilities, end of year

$29,389

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,577,279

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,152,499

Management and general expenses

$320,661

Fundraising expenses

$148,878

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,152,499

Program services were 71.1% 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 · 2023

• 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 $644,313 · Grants $217,281 · Revenue $17,475

• 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 $391,964 · Revenue $17,499

• Education & Training: 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 2023, in partnership with Communities of Opportunity, Communities Rise published a Community Collaboration Toolkit. Legal education webinars included: -Risk Management for Programs Serving Children and Youth; -Independent Contractor Protections; -Nonprofit Boards Training

  Expenses $116,222 · Revenue $39,672

As filed on the 2023 return.

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

• Byrd Barr Place

  $25,000

  Capacity Building

• Center for Ethical Leadership

  $25,000

  Capacity Building

• Latino Community Fund of Washington State

  $25,000

  Capacity Building

• Potlatch Fund

  $25,000

  Capacity Building

• Rainier Valley Corps (now called RVC Seattle)

  $25,000

  Capacity Building

• Casa Surya Healings

  $7,000

  Capacity Building

• Cierra Sisters

  $7,000

  Capacity Building

• Fiscal Sponsorship Allies

  $7,000

  Capacity Building

• House of Hope 360

  $7,000

  Capacity Building

• Khmer Community of Seattle King County

  $7,000

  Capacity Building

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

29 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202423049349302097

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