Together Rising

What it reported doing in 2024

Organization grants: $3,544,702.45in our largest program, together rising invested in dozens of boots-on-the-ground organizations meeting the most urgent needs of their communities. The board voted to approve a total of $3,544,702.45 in organization grants. For example, in response to increased attacks on reproductive freedom and access to reproductive health care in the united states, together rising invested $900,000 in organizations including holler health justice (hhj) to secure safe, accessible abortion and reproductive healthcare for those most marginalized, including bipoc, lgbtq+, low-income, and rural communities who are disproportionately impacted by restrictions and bans on reproductive healthcare. (continued on schedule o)in response to repeated nationwide attacks on lgbtq+ communities and transgender youth, together rising invested $875,500 in partner organizations to support lgbtq+ communities and to help provide life-saving gender-affirming care. Together rising invested $750,000 in out youth, an organization serving lgbtq+ youth in central Texas and their families and allies. This grant funded a safe place for youth, aged 9 to 23, to receive comprehensive, culturally-sensitive support to ensure they have the opportunity to develop into happy, healthy, successful adults. Together rising invested $305,905 in the looking out foundation (lof) to support mental health services for youth and their families, and to expand community food and water access. In 2024, together rising invested $100,000 in the Georgia resilience and opportunity (gro) fund to support the in her hands program. In her hands, gro's flagship guaranteed income program, provides an average of $1,000 per month to recipients, who are predominantly black women and parents, for two years. One woman shared that these funds allowed her to dream again: she was able to live within her lower-paying job while earning a teaching certification, and now works at her dream job as a teacher in her home district. Family reunification grants: $1,506,306.37together rising invested a total of $1,506,306.37 in grants to continue to support and reunify families who were separated at the u.s. Border under the federal government's "zero-tolerance policy." together rising invested $830,000 in al otro lado (aol), a trusted, long-term partner of together rising, in the work of reunifying separated migrant families at the mexico-u.s. Border. This grant allowed aol to continue their work to ensure that asylum seekers will not be illegally turned away at the port of entry and will not be unlawfully deported. Together rising also distributed $236,306.37 to kids in need of defense (kind) to fund free, high-quality legal representation in 75 new cases for separated families through the provision of direct legal representation.international humanitarian crises: $1,013,256.48in the face of the violence, destruction, and humanitarian crisis in gaza, together rising turned again to support two partner organizations, the middle east children's alliance (meca) and american near east refugee aid (anera). With our investments totaling $663,256.48, these partners were able to notwithstanding very grave danger to their personal safety expand their provision of hot meals and fresh produce, water, medical supplies, and medicine, as well as trauma-informed psychosocial support for children and adults. This past year, as conflict between rival military factions in sudan erupted, more than 8.7 million people fled their homes, including 4.6 million children resulting in a devastating humanitarian disaster and displacement crisis. Together rising invested $100,000 in shelterbox to support at least 6,500 newly arrived displaced families (approximately 32,500 people) in chad with emergency shelter and basic household items. Together rising invested $100,000 in the ongoing work of action against hunger (aah) in the democratic republic of congo (drc) to support the people of drc amid increased violen

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $18.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• 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: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -171.8%; rating input score 0; 0th 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: 10.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings