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WE ARE R I S E INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $204K · expenses $166K · assets $67K

EIN
85-1008090
Address
2100 E GRAND AVE, EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245-5024
Website
WWW.WEARERISEINC.ORG
NTEE code
O50
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2020
Cross-check
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Mission

Our mission is to empower girls of color through equipping them with social emotional and developmental skills they can use in their everyday lives.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Ebone Smith CEO/ PRESIDENT2022-2024 $41,332$41,332 1
Ariana Melton COO/ VICE PRESIDENT2022-2024 $38,745$38,745 1
Penelope Perez ADMIN ASSISTANT2024 $11,227$11,227 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Samuel Faulkner (former) TREASURER2022 2 $0 reported 1
Brittany Jones (former) SECRETARY2022 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $91K · 8 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
EBONE SMITH CEO/ PRESIDENT40 $41,332$0$0 $41,3321
ARIANA MELTON COO/ VICE PRESIDENT40 $38,745$0$0 $38,7451
PENELOPE PEREZ ADMIN ASSISTANT40 $11,227$0$0 $11,2271
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
EBONE SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR10 $0-- $01
SAMUEL FAULKNER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
BRITTANY JONES SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
ARIANA MELTON VICE PRESIDENT8 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$204,352$166,282 $67,030$67,030 $204,352$0 $122,495810
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,795$31,780 $58,601$104,861 $37,112- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $8,730 in all, tax years 2021 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$8,730 2021$8,730
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $166,282 spent · pay $122,495 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $122,495$122,495-- 73.7%
Other (as described)PROGRAM EXPENSES $31,484$27,768$3,716- 18.9%
Other (as described)PROJECT MANAGEMENT $11,865$6,405$5,460- 7.1%
Fees: professional fundraisers $438--$438 0.3%
Total$166,282100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $31,780 spent · pay $6,965 · grants $0 · events $256
LineAs describedTotalShare
Benefits paid to members $21,265 66.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $6,965 21.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,516 4.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,320 4.2%
Printing, publications, postage $714 2.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$256reported apart
Total$31,780100%

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