MALI RISING FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B90

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 277

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

• ACCESS - MALI RISING CREATES ACCESS BY BUILDING SAFE, DURABLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE STUDENTS HAVE NO VIABLE PATH BEYOND PRIMARY SCHOOL. MALI RISING WORKS WITH MALI'S CENTRES FOR PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES (CENTRES D'ANIMATION PEDAGOGIQUE, OR CAP) AND WITH LOCAL VILLAGES TO MAINTAIN EACH SCHOOL AND ENSURE LONG-TERM IMPACT. EACH SCHOOL INCLUDES THREE CLASSROOMS, LATRINES, A PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, AND ESSENTIAL FURNISHINGS. CONSTRUCTION IS LED BY LOCAL MALIANS, CREATING JOBS AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY PRIDE. THE ACCESS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES SCHOOL FEE SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH THE INSPIRATION SCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL FEE SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS. EACH SCHOOL AND SCHOLARSHIP HELPS ENSURE THAT DISTANCE AND COST NO LONGER STAND IN THE WAY OF EDUCATION.

  Expenses $46,610

• QUALITY - MALI RISING STRENGTHENS EDUCATION IN RESOURCE-LIMITED COMMUNITIES BY TRAINING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN STUDENT-CENTERED TECHNIQUES. EDUCATORS ARE EVALUATED ON LESSON PREPARATION, TEACHING STYLE, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE, GROUP WORK, AND GENDER EQUITY PRACTICES. AFTER COMPLETING OUR TRAINING, TEACHERS SHOW IMPROVEMENTS OF 30% ON AVERAGE ACROSS THESE CORE AREAS. TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING, THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES SPACE FOR PEER-TO-PEER EXCHANGE AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REGULAR KNOWLEDGE-SHARING SESSIONS AND ACTIVE WHATSAPP GROUPS FOR EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.MALI RISING ALSO PROVIDES NEW TEXTBOOKS CORE SUBJECTS FOR 7TH AND 8TH GRADE CLASSROOMS. CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS ARE REINFORCED THROUGH TARGETED INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE FRENCH LANGUAGE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (FLIP), WHICH HELPS STUDENTS BUILD FLUENCY IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE OF FRENCH. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 10 VILLAGES PARTICIPATE IN FLIP EACH YEAR, DEMONSTRATING AN IMPROVEMENT OF 20% ON AVERAGE IN THEIR FRENCH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT SCORES. AS PART OF MALI RISING'S BROADER COMMITMENT TO LITERACY AND GIRLS' EDUCATION, MALI RISING'S GIRLS LITERACY PROGRAM STRENGTHENS READING LEVELS AND ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, 80% OF PARTICIPANTS EVALUATE THEMSELVES AS READING AT A COMPETENT OR STRONG LEVEL AND NONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE UNABLE TO READ BY THE END.

  Expenses $44,197 · Grants $1,967

• INSPIRATION - MALI RISING INSPIRES STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES NOT JUST AS LEARNERS, BUT AS LEADERS. WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY EXPLORE THEIR FUTURES THROUGH MENTORSHIP, CAREER EXPOSURE, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE GIRLS PROJECT, WE PROVIDE MENSTRUAL KITS SO GIRLS CAN ATTEND SCHOOL WITH DIGNITY AND CONSISTENCY. EACH YEAR, MALI RISING DISTRIBUTES OVER 500 REUSABLE MENSTRUAL KITS ACCOMPANIED BY HEALTH EDUCATION SESSIONS, ALONG WITH SOCCER TEAMS THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE AND TEAMWORK. CAREER DAYS AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO NEW POSSIBILITIES AND CONNECT THEM WITH ROLE MODELS FROM THEIR OWN VILLAGES. THROUGH HOPE GRANTS, FORMER STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH SMALL BUSINESSES AND RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS MENTORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

  Expenses $964 · Grants $184

• ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

  Expenses $66,898

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.

• ALLEN WILKES

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KATIE MURPHY

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MUJTABA AHMED

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JILL MILLER

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARV LYONS

  IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• AJ DAVIS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• SCOTT DIXON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• ANDREA LEWIS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• JOSH LOFTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• JOHN THOMAS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• CARL TRUJILLO

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• JACKIE TRUJILLO

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• PAUL WILLIAMS

  DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/31/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• ELISABETH HUDSON

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/30/25)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• MERRITT FREY

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/30/24)

  Total calculated

  $73,170

  From this org

  $73,170

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $195,109

  Expenses

  $205,498

  Contributions

  $195,106

  Grants paid

  $2,151

• 2023

  Revenue

  $210,011

  Expenses

  $211,595

  Contributions

  $209,996

  Grants paid

  $7,584

• 2022

  Revenue

  $253,937

  Expenses

  $251,639

  Contributions

  $253,895

  Grants paid

  $5,524

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $136,478

  Expenses

  $146,677

  Assets (EOY)

  $180,431

• 2021 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $185,922

  Expenses

  $205,493

  Assets (EOY)

  $161,142

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $178,594

  Expenses

  $194,243

  Assets (EOY)

  $190,213

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $227,220

  Expenses

  $176,354

  Assets (EOY)

  $194,360

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $269,534

  Expenses

  $258,856

  Assets (EOY)

  $139,930

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $242,658

  Expenses

  $207,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,398

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $117,298

  Expenses

  $164,272

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,601

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $234,552

  Expenses

  $150,377

  Assets (EOY)

  $142,456

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $155,353

  Expenses

  $118,676

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,934

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $106,265

  Expenses

  $165,291

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,878

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND

  $50,000

  2022 · Support Charity

• PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND

  $50,000

  2023 · Support Charity

• PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND

  $50,000

  2025 · Support Charity

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