Rise Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351112612
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Angola, IN, USA
- Phone
- 2606659408
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Sheltered Employment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,701,960
- Expenses
- $1,994,170
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MIKE CARPER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER STACKHOUSE (EXEC DIRECTO): $70,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rise, inc.compassionately partners with families and individuals experiencing economic, physical, and developmental challenges by providing personalized services and advocacy for independence, quality of life and hope.
What it reported doing in 2019
Habilitation training programs - services in this program consist of instruction to educate and train in daily living skills. Classes are designed according to individual needs to educate and train in self-help and self-sufficiency for independence. Each consumer of rise is instrumental in helping to design classes that fit their desires, hopes, dreams, and basic needs. Classes are provided in groups as small as one on one, or in groups with up to eight participants. A 3,400 sq. Foot expansion was completed in 2017 to allow for the development of the learning center. This center teaches classes in education, health & wellness, financial stability and employment training. Twenty-two classes were designed with clients participating in groups of four for concentrated learning. During fy 2019 rise provided over 22,614 hours in facility classes and community integration. One hundred twenty persons serviced participated in one or both programs. Adult day programs - classes are for severe and profound population and are designed according to individual needs to educate and train in self-help, working on fine motor skills, socialization, communication, and community integration. This program is geared to the consumer who needs more 1:1 or small group assistance. Nursing staff, medical needs and personal care assistance is available. Four consumers were served in fy 2019. Participant assistance and care (pac) - service allows clients to remain and live successfully in their own homes, function and participate in their communities and avoid institutionalization. Pac services support and enable the participant in activities of daily living, self-care, and mobility with the hands-on assistance. Most consumers who receive pac services do not attend the day program and are high functioning. For the fy 2019, rise provided 1,146 hours and served 13 consumers total from surrounding counties.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 84% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 12
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.4% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.