Rise Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922829705
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New Albany, IN, USA
Phone
5026937629
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Autism

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,331
Expenses
$271,009
Assets
$5,649
Liabilities
$100,025

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JERRY ROBY (BOARD CHAIR)
  • MELANIE HENDERSON (VICE CHAIR)
  • JOSH HAWKINS (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

The purpose for which the corporation is organized is to engage in activities that promote thedevelopment of autism awareness, education, and opportunity in the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Teaching, behavior modification, individualized education plans

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% 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

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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -59.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 17.71; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 89.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $254K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.