Rise and Rebuild Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We seek to help Filipino families escape chronic poverty through nutrition, education, jobs and the adoption of self-reliance principals. RRF and RRIF mission is to help malnourished children. We fulfill this is mission through gardens that provide vegetables and protein for our feeding programs. We provide nutrition education in an effort to teach proper nutrition for young children.
- Income
- $2.4 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 72%
- Reserves
- 4.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 89%
- Employees
- 1
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 45% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 19% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 30% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1572% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 56 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $1.2 million spent. In 2024 RRIF operated 4 large gardens growing more than 735,000 lbs of vegetables for distribution to the poor and hungry. In addition to growing vegetables, some of our gardens have chickens, pigs, rabbits, fish, and fruit trees to help the needy. We also purchase protein when necessary to supplement the diet of those we feed. During 2024 RRIF provided gardening skills training and employed 200 employees in the Philippines
- $555,758 spent. Goodson Hydroponic Farms is developing hydroponics to grow high quality vegetables to sale through a variety of distribution channels with the intention of becomming self sustaning and to cover the RRIF operating costs in the Philipines.
- $174,849 spent. RRIF delivers food across large areas surrounding the gardens. Our feeding programs include joint efforts with local governments (barangays, cities, towns and regions), churches, and communitites to teach nutrition, correct malnutrition among new borns to 12 years old, measure and monitor malnourished children's progress to recovery, teach gardening skills to parents of malnourished children, provide support to family gardens with seed, fertilizer, and training. RRIF develops and runs barangay green house programs where,in cooperation with local governments, RRIF builds and fully stocks greenhouses, and provides training and support for community gardening projects.
- $135,393 spent. RRIF provides education assistance to children in Peru.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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