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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUSTICE RISING INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,180,428
Total expenses
$1,404,020
Contributions and grants received
$1,158,273
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$20,921
Investment income
-$342
Other revenue
$1,576
Total assets, end of year
$459,817
Total liabilities, end of year
$111,494
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$348,323
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,064,152
Management and general expenses
$219,080
Fundraising expenses
$120,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,064,152

Program services were 75.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,158,273

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $48,533

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $18,108 · related or exempt $18,108

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION

    total $2,813 · related or exempt $2,813

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$342 · excluded -$342

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,576 · excluded $1,576

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,576

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $228,393 · program services $138,184 · management and general $39,948 · fundraising $50,261

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $302,189 · program services $237,547 · management and general $43,267 · fundraising $21,375

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,739 · management and general $2,739

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,064 · program services $2,216 · management and general $17,848

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,807 · program services $10,623 · management and general $7,458 · fundraising $5,726

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,074 · program services $3,332 · management and general $10,742

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,947 · management and general $38,947

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,669 · program services $3,812 · management and general $1,957 · fundraising $6,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,935 · program services $5,088 · fundraising $12,847

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,484 · program services $706 · management and general $26,448 · fundraising $330

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,816 · program services $2,172 · management and general $2,573 · fundraising $71

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71,641 · program services $51,821 · management and general $8,445 · fundraising $11,375

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,446 · management and general $4,406 · fundraising $2,040

  • 20 · Interest

    total $311 · management and general $311

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,355 · management and general $2,355

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,218 · program services $13,218

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCHOOL OPS/TRAINING

    total $552,272 · program services $552,272

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOOL BUILDS

    total $42,866 · program services $42,866

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $21,594 · program services $295 · management and general $11,436 · fundraising $9,863

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $200 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $368,556 · end of year $312,196

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $102,106 · end of year $1,513

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $132,376 · end of year $141,126

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,640 · end of year $3,308

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

    $7,244

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

    $5,570

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,029 · end of year $1,674

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,792 · end of year $111,494

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $363,508 · end of year $255,304

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $208,407 · end of year $93,019

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

JUSTICE RISING TRANSFORMS WAR ZONES BY STRENGTHENING EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL OPERATORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TRANSFORMING WAR ZONES THROUGH EDUCATION.

  • SINCE 2015, JUSTICE RISING HAS BEEN LAUNCHING AND OPERATING SCHOOLS IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED AREAS OF EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE 23 SCHOOLS, PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION TO MORE THAN 4,000 CHILDREN WHOSE ACCESS TO SAFETY AND LEARNING IS CONTINUALLY THREATENED BY DECADES OF CONFLICT AND INSTABILITY. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES AND LIMITED OPERATING RESOURCES, OUR STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORM NATIONAL ACADEMIC AVERAGES, AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE RECOGNIZED AS SOUGHT-AFTER WORKPLACES FOR TEACHERS ACROSS THE REGION. OUR SUCCESS IS DRIVEN BY EVIDENCE-BASED PEDAGOGY AND LOCALLY LED SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, REFINED OVER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN CONTEXTS OF PROTRACTED CRISIS.IN 2024, DESPITE ONGOING CONFLICT-RELATED CHALLENGES, OUR STUDENTS CONTINUED TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS PASSED THE NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL EXIT EXAMS, AND THEY CONTINUED TO OUTPERFORM NATIONAL AVERAGES IN EARLY-GRADE READING AND MATH ASSESSMENTS. OUR SCHOOLS MAINTAINED GENDER PARITY (52% GIRLS ENROLLED), AND ALL CAMPUSES PASSED GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND SANITATION INSPECTIONS.IN SEPTEMBER 2024, JUSTICE RISING ALSO LAUNCHED A 30-SCHOOL PILOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (EDU-NC) TO STRENGTHEN EDUCATION DELIVERY AND BUILD PUBLIC-SECTOR CAPACITY ACROSS THE PROVINCE. THE PILOT EXPANDS JUSTICE RISING'S EVIDENCE-BASED MODEL THROUGH TEACHER TRAINING, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AND DATA-DRIVEN MONITORING OF LEARNING OUTCOMES. EARLY IMPLEMENTATION SHOWED STRONG COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND MOMENTUM TOWARD SUSTAINABLE, SYSTEM-WIDE IMPACT.

    Expenses $1,064,152 · Revenue $20,921

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Edison Lee Co-Fndr Man Dir

    INTERIM TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $115,280
    From this org
    $99,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,507
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cassandra Lee

    CO-FNDR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,113
    From this org
    $95,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,745
    Hours/week
    40

  • Warren Allan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Tam Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathalie Kalombo

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Taylor

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Wendle

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shaun Zacharia

    BOARD 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • JUSTICE RISING CANADA

    SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · CA

  • JUSTICE RISING DRC

    SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · CG

  • JUSTICE RISING UK

    SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · UK

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • No recipient named

    $1,064,152

    Disposition · EXPENDITURE OF ASSETS FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE · Dec 31, 2024

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349305050

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