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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebone Smith | CEO/ PRESIDENT | 2022-2024 | $41,332 | $41,332 | 1 |
| Ariana Melton | COO/ VICE PRESIDENT | 2022-2024 | $38,745 | $38,745 | 1 |
| Penelope Perez | ADMIN ASSISTANT | 2024 | $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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Faulkner (former) | TREASURER | 2022 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Brittany Jones (former) | SECRETARY | 2022 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $91K · 8 employees · 10 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBONE SMITH | CEO/ PRESIDENT | 40 | $41,332 | $0 | $0 | $41,332 | 1 |
| ARIANA MELTON | COO/ VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $38,745 | $0 | $0 | $38,745 | 1 |
| PENELOPE PEREZ | ADMIN ASSISTANT | 40 | $11,227 | $0 | $0 | $11,227 | 1 |
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBONE SMITH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| SAMUEL FAULKNER | TREASURER | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| BRITTANY JONES | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| ARIANA MELTON | VICE PRESIDENT | 8 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $204,352 | $166,282 | $67,030 | $67,030 | $204,352 | $0 | $122,495 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021 | 1 | $8,730 | 2021 | $8,730 | show |
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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
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $166,282 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990EZ · $31,780 spent · pay $6,965 · grants $0 · events $256
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Event | direct expenses; gross income - | $256 | reported apart |
| Total | $31,780 | 100% |