- Revenue 2024
- $1,180,428
- Expenses 2024
- $1,404,020
Program services were 75.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B90
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 1360 S FIGUEROA ST D371
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
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.
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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.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Edison Lee Co-Fndr Man DirEDISON 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
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Cassandra LeeCASSANDRA LEE
CO-FNDR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $113,113
- From this org
- $95,368
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,745
- Hours/week
- 40
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Warren AllanWARREN ALLAN
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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April Tam SmithAPRIL TAM SMITH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nathalie KalomboNATHALIE KALOMBO
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Deborah TaylorDEBORAH TAYLOR
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jason WendleJASON WENDLE
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Shaun ZachariaSHAUN 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,180,428
- Expenses
- $1,404,020
- Contributions
- $1,158,273
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,036,734
- Expenses
- $1,194,738
- Contributions
- $1,036,577
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,137,135
- Expenses
- $1,087,860
- Contributions
- $1,138,362
- Grants paid
- $652,752
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,146,560
- Expenses
- $918,784
- Assets (EOY)
- $669,184
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $901,902
- Expenses
- $729,991
- Assets (EOY)
- $452,316
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $783,717
- Expenses
- $895,914
- Assets (EOY)
- $262,905
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $729,943
- Expenses
- $685,182
- Assets (EOY)
- $362,359
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $691,702
- Expenses
- $434,264
- Assets (EOY)
- $316,994
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $239,006
- Expenses
- $298,122
- Assets (EOY)
- $57,173
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $175,857
- Expenses
- $59,568
- Assets (EOY)
- $116,289
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT
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GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000
2024 EDUCATIONAL
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2022 POVERTY
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 POVERTY
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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JUSTICE RISING CANADA
SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · CA
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JUSTICE RISING DRC
SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · CG
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JUSTICE RISING UK
SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN CONGO · UK
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.