Riseup Community School

Analysis

Riseup Community School is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Riseup Community School reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.6m to $3.1m (+90%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Riseup Community School sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seal Legacy Foundation ($3.1m), Southern New Jersey Hospital Workers Compensation Trust ($3.1m) and Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $855k. It reported 26 employees.