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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RISE MEMPHIS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,448,807
Total expenses
$983,115
Contributions and grants received
$1,431,917
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,985
Investment income
$38,031
Other revenue
-$34,126
Total assets, end of year
$2,245,361
Total liabilities, end of year
$247,882
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,997,479
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$533,128
Management and general expenses
$323,297
Fundraising expenses
$126,690
Program service expenses (Part III)
$533,128

Program services were 54.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $49,153

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $846,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $536,264

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $12,985 · related or exempt $12,985

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,031 · excluded $38,031

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,158

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

    $49,153

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,809

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$34,651 · excluded -$34,651

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $525 · related or exempt $525

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $525

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,009 · program services $25,402 · management and general $44,453 · fundraising $57,154

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $401,233 · program services $271,831 · management and general $129,402

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,679 · program services $31,339 · management and general $1,103 · fundraising $3,237

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,012 · program services $23,043 · management and general $13,051 · fundraising $4,918

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,206 · program services $37,906 · management and general $4,313 · fundraising $9,987

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,128 · management and general $7,128

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,049 · program services $67 · management and general $949 · fundraising $23,033

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,602 · management and general $36,602

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,017 · program services $2,989 · management and general $668 · fundraising $360

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,055 · program services $9,554 · management and general $35,181 · fundraising $1,320

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $52,861 · program services $47,100 · management and general $2,029 · fundraising $3,732

  • 24b · Other expenses: IDA MATCH AND EXPENSES

    total $47,099 · program services $47,099

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSE

    total $30,437 · program services $19,375 · management and general $8,983 · fundraising $2,079

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $29,968 · management and general $29,968

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,760 · program services $17,423 · management and general $9,467 · fundraising $20,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $639,495 · end of year $1,413,102

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,074 · end of year $23,146

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $70,887

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $70,887

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,006,481 · end of year $751,528

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $67,059 · end of year $57,585

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,689 · end of year $100,159

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $135,388 · end of year $147,723

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,221,501 · end of year $1,730,948

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $266,531 · end of year $266,531

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RISE FOUNDATION, INC. EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT BY BUILDING AND SUSTAINING HUMAN AND FINANCIAL ASSETS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT BY BUILDING AND SUSTAINING HUMAN AND FINANCIAL ASSETS.

  • SAVE UP, RISE'S SIGNATURE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (IDA) PROGRAM, INVOLVES FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND MATCHED SAVINGS FOR ASSET DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW TO MODERATE-INCOME WORKING CITIZENS IN SHELBY COUNTY. GOAL CARD IS RISE'S INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 5TH TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS LIVING IN ZIP CODES 38126 AND 38106. THE FOCUS IS ON FINANCIAL EDUCATION, GOAL SETTING, MENTORING AND IMPROVEMENT IN CONDUCT, ATTENDANCE AND GRADES. THE GREATER MEMPHIS FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHELBY COUNTY TRUSTEE'S OFFICE, FOCUSES ON ONE-ONE-ONE PERSONAL FINANCIAL COUNSELING WITH EMPHASIS ON DEBT REDUCTION, SAVINGS AND IMPROVED CREDIT SCORES. COMMON CENTS IS RISE'S FINANCIAL EDUCATION COURSE PROVIDED AS FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS REQUESTED. SILVER NEIGHBORS IS RISE'S PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS OLDER ADULTS TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES ABOUT THEIR FINANCES AND OFFERS PEER SUPPORTED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. SILVER NEIGHBORS ALSO ENHANCES DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS FOR OLDER ADULTS.

    Expenses $533,128 · Revenue $13,510

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

Listed in Part VII

  • RANDY WILLIAMS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM REBER

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR CHRISTOPHER DAVIS

    PROGRAM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DANA L POINTER

    BOARD DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KEITH L COLLINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GERRIE F CURRIE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SHEA GABRIELLESCHI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARKITA C JACK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KRISTIN LOCKHART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARCEZ MITCHELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CRYSTAL R OLIVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHANIE SCURLOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRODERICK WAMBLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN WERKHOVEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARY MCCONNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SEAN NORRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SHELIA TERRELL

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,009
    From this org
    $124,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,164
    Hours/week
    50
  • MALCOM RAWLS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
12 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640729349301589

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