Cadets Rising
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 392687391
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Carteret, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7329270071
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,838
- Expenses
- $46,944
- Assets
- $18,894
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brian Prioleau (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Brian Prioleau (Executive Director)
- Shana Prioleau (Director of Operations)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cadets Rising is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The organization's primary exempt purpose is to empower youth through sports, education, mentorship, and community development programs that promote leadership, character, discipline, teamwork, and academic achievement. Cadets Rising provides athletic training, camps, leagues, mentoring initiatives, educational workshops, and life-skills programming designed to support underserved and at-risk youth and families. The organization also develops partnerships with schools, community groups, and nonprofit organizations to create safe, positive opportunities that encourage healthy lifestyles, personal growth, and civic engagement. Through these activities, Cadets Rising seeks to help young people succeed in sports, lead in life, and become productive members of their communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Cadets Rising Lunch Clubs Program Accomplishment Cadets Rising successfully operated the "Cadets Rising Lunch Clubs" enrichment program from October 2025 through May 2026 at an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York. The program was developed to provide students in grades 1 through 5 with structured recreational, educational, and character-building activities during lunchtime hours in a safe and engaging environment. The Lunch Clubs program consisted of three enrichment tracks: Chess Club, Basketball Club, and Martial Arts Club. Each club session operated for one hour and was held four days per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays throughout the school year. Students participated in supervised activities designed to promote teamwork, discipline, leadership, confidence, critical thinking, and positive social interaction. The Chess Club focused on strategy development, concentration, patience, and problem-solving skills. Students learned the fundamentals of chess while improving decision-making abilities, sportsmanship, and focus in an interactive learning setting. The program encouraged students to think critically and develop cognitive skills that support academic achievement and classroom engagement. The Basketball Club provided structured physical activity and instruction that emphasized teamwork, communication, coordination, and healthy lifestyle habits. Students participated in skill-building drills, organized games, and leadership exercises that promoted self-confidence, cooperation, and positive peer relationships. The club also reinforced discipline, accountability, and respect through sports-based learning experiences. The Martial Arts Club introduced students to foundational martial arts principles centered on self-control, discipline, respect, fitness, and personal responsibility. Participants engaged in age-appropriate training activities that encouraged focus, perseverance, confidence-building, and conflict-resolution skills while promoting physical wellness and emotional self-regulation. The Cadets Rising Lunch Clubs program created a positive and supportive atmosphere that helped students remain engaged during the school day while providing constructive alternatives for recreation and personal growth. The consistent structure and frequency of the program allowed students to build relationships with mentors and peers while participating in activities that supported both social-emotional development and academic readiness. Through this initiative, Cadets Rising furthered its mission of empowering youth through education, mentorship, athletics, and enrichment programming. The program successfully provided elementary school students in the Bronx with access to safe, structured, and development-focused activities that encouraged leadership, healthy behavior, and lifelong learning skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.2%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 54.9%; rating input score 55
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.2% of revenue deployed · 54.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.