Smp Rise

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873630556
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
9102328814
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,314
Expenses
$45,001
Assets
$78,821
Liabilities
$60,808

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alonzo Van Wilson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Alonzo Van Wilson (Executive Director)
  • Antionette Miller (Secretary)
  • Sharen Davis (Board Member)

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

Workforce development and training in the arts, including film, stage production, digital media, television, and podcasting, with a focus on supporting artists and creatives through education, production experience, and fiscally sponsored projects.

What it reported doing in 2025

SMP RISE provided workforce development and professional training opportunities in the arts during the year through hands on production activities, educational programming, and fiscal sponsorship support. Programs focused on film, stage production, digital media, television, and podcasting. The organization supported creative projects, assisted artists with administrative and financial oversight, and facilitated production related activities designed to increase skills, professional experience, and access to resources for emerging creatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 101.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.