CNY Rise Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820609331
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3155521544
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,176
Expenses
$123,551
Assets
$294,870
Liabilities
$100,545

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melek Yavuz (President)
  • Timur Saka (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Melek Yavuz (President)
  • Halis Mutlu (Board Member)
  • Timur Saka (Vice President)

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

CNY Rise Center seeks to build relationships within communities via educational programs, interfaith events, cultural and religious programs, and collaborative initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Organization carried on various activities to serve the changing needs of the CNY community, including coffee nights which bring people from different cultures together, Muslim holiday celebrations where people from different cultures attend to get a better understanding of the relevance and importance of different Muslim holidays, and public service awards to recognize individuals who have provided service to the public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.