PATIENTS RISING INC

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

H01

Classification

1000

Street

11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE SUITE 200

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

• THE PATIENT EMPOWERMENT CENTER AT PATIENTS RISING IS DEDICATED TO RECRUITING, DEVELOPING, AND MOBILIZING PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES. AT ITS CORE, THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER OFFERS THE ADVOCACY MASTERCLASS, TRAINING PARTICIPANTS IN ADVOCACY SKILLS NEEDED TO NAVIGATE AND INFLUENCE HEALTHCARE POLICY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THE 15-WEEK ADVOCACY MASTERCLASS, MODELED AS AN IMMERSIVE MINI-COLLEGE COURSE, PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM ON ADVOCACY, INCLUDING LIVE VIRTUAL SESSIONS WITH LEADING EXPERTS. TO DATE, NEARLY 300 PARTICIPANTS HAVE GRADUATED AS CERTIFIED PATIENT ADVOCATES. GRADUATES ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE PATIENTS RISING SENATE, WHERE THEY COLLABORATE ON ADVOCACY COMMITTEES AND SET POLICY PRIORITIES. THIS INITIATIVE IS FUNDED THROUGH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM OUR ANNUAL WE THE PATIENTS FLY-IN, HELD EACH JUNE. ALL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS.

  Expenses $435,481

• PATIENTS RISING STUDIOS IS BUILT ON THE BELIEF THAT STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE PERSPECTIVES, DRIVE ACTION, AND SHIFT THE NARRATIVE OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE. BY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF PATIENTS, WE AIM TO RESHAPE THE HEALTHCARE CONVERSATION, BRINGING AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES TO THE FOREFRONT OF POLICY DEBATES AND PUBLIC AWARENESS. THROUGH A PORTFOLIO OF HIGH-QUALITY MEDIA PLATFORMS, PATIENTS RISING STORYTELLING CONNECTS AUDIENCES WITH REAL-LIFE PATIENT STORIES THAT REVEAL THE HUMAN IMPACT OF HEALTHCARE POLICIES. THESE STORIES NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE STRUGGLES PATIENTS FACE WITH ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY BUT ALSO CELEBRATE RESILIENCE, ADVOCACY, AND THE PURSUIT OF BETTER HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES. OUR STORYTELLING PLATFORM HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS, AND INFLUENCERS TO MAKE COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES ACCESSIBLE AND RELATABLE TO A WIDER AUDIENCE. FEATURING THE PATIENTS RISING PODCAST, HEALTHCARE POLICY POP, AND ALWAYS ON CALL PODCASTS AS WELL AS OTHER VIDEO AND AUDIO STORYTELLING PROPERTIES. EACH IS DESIGNED TO UPLIFT PATIENT PERSPECTIVES, DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, AND FOSTER ADVOCACY FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE. THROUGH PATIENTS RISING STORYTELLING, WE BRING THE REALITY OF HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES TO LIGHT, EMPOWERING PATIENTS AND SPARKING NECESSARY REFORMS.

  Expenses $153,830

• THE PATIENTS RISING POLICY CENTER IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR MISSION TO CHAMPION PATIENT-CENTERED POLICY AND ADVOCACY. AS THE CENTRAL HUB FOR POLICY STRATEGY, THIS CENTER MERGES THE EXPERTISE OF OUR FORMER PATIENT ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY PROJECT WITH THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS OF PATIENTS RISING NOW, CREATING A UNIFIED PLATFORM FOR PATIENT-INSPIRED POLICY SOLUTIONS. AT THE HEART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS THE NEWLY LAUNCHED PATIENT SENATE, A BODY OF TRAINED ADVOCATES WHO BRING THEIR VOICES DIRECTLY INTO THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS. THE PATIENT SENATE SETS PRIORITIES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS ACROSS THE NATION, ENSURING THAT LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS REFLECT REAL-LIFE HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES. THIS GROUP WORKS CLOSELY WITH POLICY EXPERTS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO PRESSING HEALTHCARE ISSUES, GIVING PATIENTS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SHAPING SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY. THROUGH THE POLICY CENTER, PATIENTS RISING WILL IDENTIFY KEY AREAS FOR ANALYSIS AND ENGAGE IN INNOVATIVE POLICY DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES. SUPPORTED BY CORPORATE MEMBERS, THIS CENTER ENABLES US TO LEAD THE WAY IN ADVOCATING FOR PRACTICAL, PATIENT-FOCUSED REFORMS AT BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. THE PATIENTS RISING POLICY CENTER NOT ONLY SETS OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BUT ALSO ENSURES THAT THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE REMAINS AT THE CORE OF POLICY DECISIONS.

  Expenses $481,568

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,059,744

  Expenses

  $1,289,807

  Contributions

  $2,051,164

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,024,097

  Expenses

  $2,137,289

  Contributions

  $2,024,097

  Grants paid

  $223,987

• 2022

  Revenue

  $703,181

  Expenses

  $1,733,500

  Contributions

  $703,181

  Grants paid

  $213,565

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

  $1,012,386

  Expenses

  $989,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $373,372

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,050,140

  Expenses

  $999,325

  Assets (EOY)

  $107,745

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $750,115

  Expenses

  $750,236

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,992

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $330,000

  Expenses

  $293,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,912

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

• THE PATIENT HELPLINE FOUNDATION INC

  $223,987

  2023 · SUPPORT PATIENT ADVO

• PATIENTS RISING INC

  $213,565

  2022 · SUPPORT PATIENT ADVOCACY PROGRAMS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• STAND TOGETHER C4 FUND

  $350,000

  2024 · General Operating Support

• AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION INC

  $25,000

  2024 · Sponsorship

• AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION INC

  $25,000

  2023 · Sponsorship

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.

Other IRS files