R.i.s.e.
Legal name: Rise
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 384313561
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- Phone
- (708) 697-5395
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,210
- Expenses
- $351,385
- Assets
- $170,478
- Liabilities
- $390,653
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM WINSTON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WILLIAM WINSTON (PRESIDENT)
- BELINDA WHITFIELD (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
- CROSBY HARRIS JR (DIRECTOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Offer comprehensive reentry planning, pre-release, by addressing spiritual and practical needs for successful assimilation of individuals experiencing instances of short-term/long-term detention and incarceration back into their communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rise is dedicated to ministering to incarcerated individuals and their families through holistic approach rooted in spiritual guidance, mentorship, and education. Their mission is to "set the captives free" by sharing the gospel of jesus christ with juveniles and adults in correctional institutions, and by supporting their reintegration into society. Programmatic activities include institutional visitations at cook county department of corrections, inmate pen-pal correspondence, legal service referrals, and one-on-one spiritual counseling. The ministry also extends support to families affected by incarceration, addresses substance abuse through seminars and literature, and partners with mental health facilities to provide care. Additionally, they facilitate educational seminars in correctional institutions, churches, schools, and businesses to promote healing and transformation.
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 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
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: -167.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.29; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $281K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.