Rising Up

Analysis

Rising Up is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Morgan, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rising Up reported income of $450k and spending of $470k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $489k to $450k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Rising Up sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ahepa 408 Inc ($449k), Nehemiah Project LA Inc ($450k) and Broadway Apartment Corporation ($449k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $164k. At year end it held assets of $201k against liabilities of $2,501, net assets of $199k. It reported 26 employees.