Up From Slavery Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853882451
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bremerton, WA, USA
Phone
3602868628
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Financial Counseling

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,461
Expenses
$215,253
Assets
$216,871

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Darryl Riley (President)
  • DeAndrea Williams (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Darryl Riley (President)
  • Matt Macklin (Chairman)
  • DeAndrea Williams (Vice President)

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

The Up From Slavery Initiative provides underserved youth and adults of color with a pathway to freedom from the school-to-prison pipeline in Washington State.

What it reported doing in 2025

1)Provide local youth Financial Literacy Education & Fundamentals. Provided local Youth, K-12, 50 students with Savings Account Stipend and Financial Resources & Tools. 2)Reentry simulation after Incarceration focusing on reflection and actionable outcomes to reduce recidivism. Provided 19 previously incarcerated local men & women with resources, training materials and place of safe haven for expression, concern and their future endeavors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 33%; rating input score 33

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 33% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 47/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.