Humanity Rising Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462302334
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lake Zurich, IL, USA
Phone
8478467615
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$191,376
Expenses
$181,395
Assets
$75,808
Liabilities
$152

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Debbie Ferruzzi (President)

People named in this filing

  • Debbie Ferruzzi (President)
  • Carey Siegel (Treasurer)
  • Theresa Rowley (Secretary)

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

Humanity Rising is a student-led movement to create a better world through service. Our mission is to build the next generation of leaders and social innovators.

What it reported doing in 2025

Anti-Bullying and Mental Health Programs: Humanity Rising's signature cause is anti-bullying and suicide prevention. We empower students to become upstanders and create compassionate, resilient school communities. Programs include a powerful assembly led by a father who lost his 11-year-old son to bullying; student-led anti-bullying and mental health podcasts and workshops; a student-created cyberbullying curriculum titled Behind the Scenes; youth-hosted podcasts with mental-health professionals; the Humanity Rising Student Film Festival highlighting stories of bullying, resilience, and kindness; and scholarships for outstanding changemakers. Thousands of students nationwide participate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.9%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 37.9%; rating input score 38

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: 5.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.9% of revenue deployed · 37.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 36/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.