Totals
- Total revenue
- $276,001
- Total expenses
- $272,313
- Contributions and grants received
- $276,001
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $29,953
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $29,953
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $272,313
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $272,313
Program services were 100.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$276,001
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
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 $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $72,830 · program services $72,830
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11b · Fees: legal
total $416 · program services $416
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,925 · program services $7,925
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $20,000 · program services $20,000
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $113,364 · program services $113,364
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $2,165 · program services $2,165
-
14 · Information technology
total $9,700 · program services $9,700
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $563 · program services $563
-
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 $1,302 · program services $1,302
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24a · Other expenses: FENTANYL DEATH PREVENTION PRG
total $37,725 · program services $37,725
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24b · Other expenses: POLICY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
total $4,244 · program services $4,244
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24c · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING & SUPPORT
total $1,926 · program services $1,926
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24d · Other expenses: PARKING
total $153 · program services $153
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $23,965 · end of year $29,953
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,300 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $26,265 · end of year $29,953
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WE BELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE HEALTHY RISKS, EXPLORE LIFE AND MAKE MISTAKES SAFELY WITHOUT LIFE-ALTERING CONSEQUENCES THAT CHANGE THEIR FUTURES. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE KIDS CAN ENTER ADULTHOOD WITHOUT THE EMOTIONAL SCARS AND TRAUMA THAT ARE PART OF STRUGGLIING TO RECOVER FROM A HIGH-POTENCY THC MARIJUANA ADDICTION, HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS DIE FROM FENTANYL POISONING, AND EXPERIENCING THE ANXIETY AND GRIEF THAT COMES FROM THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS GENERATION OF KIDS IS FACING NEW AND COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT THREATEN THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. THE RISK LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED. COMMONSENSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, AND ADAPTED TO KEEP UP THE FAST-PACED CHANGES.
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BLUE RISING HELD 3 REGIONAL NONPARTISAN LUNCHES COVERING 5 COUNTIES- ADAMS, JEFFERSON, DOUGLAS, EL PASO, AND TELLER. MORE THAN 50 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PARTICIPATED TOGETHER WITH CONTENT EXPERTS, YOUTH AND FAMILIES. BR BRIEFED AND PARTNERED WITH 10 NEW ORGANIZATIONS, ENSURING THEY UNDERSTAND THE CORRELATION TO THE HARMS OF HIGH-POTENCY THC MARIJUANA, FENTANYL POISONINGS RISKS AND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS DANGEROUS DRUGS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. BR WORKED TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEATH CONTINUED RECEIVING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR STATEWIDE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF BR'S PREVIOUS YEARS' POLICY EFFORTS TO REDUCE TEEN ACCESS TO MARIJUANA,THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARDS FOR 18-20 YEAR OLDS HAS DROPPED OVER FOUR YEARS. BLUE RISING ALSO WORKS TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS FROM LOCAL TO STATEWIDE ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THE LIVES OF TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
Expenses $153,896
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BLUE RISING (BR) REACHED 65,000 STUDENTS WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RISKS AND AND PREVALANCE OF FENTANYL THROUGH THE "YOU CAN'T OUTSMART FENTANYL" EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, BR DISTRIBUTED 35,400 EDUCATION MATERIALS TO STUDENTS AT 13 COLLEGES AND 10 HIGH SCHOOLS, RAN A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN GEOFENCING CAMPUSES THAT GENERATED 2 MILLION EXPOSURES AND 3,195 CLICK INTERACTIONS. ADDITIONALLY BR TRAINED 165 STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF FENTANYL POISONING AND HOW TO INTERVENE AND REACHED 525 STUDENTS THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND ON-CAMPUS STUDENT EVENTS.
Expenses $93,417
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ENGAGE, TRAIN AND MOBILIZE YOUTH AND FAMILIES. BLUE RISING CONDUCTS TRAININGS TO IMPACTED YOUTH AND FAMILIES ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY TELL THEIR STORIES TO POLICY MAKERS AND THE MEDIA TO SHIFT AND INFORM STATE WIDE POLICY. THE ISSUES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FACING RANGE FROM ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SOCIAL MEDIA HARMS, AND LOSS OF A CHILD TO THESE HARMS.
Expenses $25,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jason RobinsonJASON ROBINSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deserai CrowDESERAI CROW
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dawn ReinfeldDAWN REINFELD
Executive Dir.
- 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.
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.
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501 C4 · POLICY & PROGRAMS: MARIJUANA, FENTANYL · CO
Directly controlled by BLUE RISING
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503109349304225
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