Rise Action Fund
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What it says it does
RISE ACTION FUND IS A CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION FORMED FOR SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES. RISE ACTION FUND'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RECRUITING, ORGANIZING, AND TRAINING STUDENT LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR FREE COLLEGE TUITION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION. THESE PROGRAMS AIM TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN ATTEND AND COMPLETE COLLEGE WHILE MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND WITHOUT TAKING OUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
- Income
- $6.3 million
- Spending
- $5.0 million
- Employees
- 72
- Volunteers
- 6
- Highest pay
- $146,468, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (2)
- $3.7 million spent. STUDENT CIVIC PARTICIPATION:RISE SCALED ITS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM, RISE UNIVERSITY, A TRAINING PROGRAM AND PATHWAY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEIR POWER AND LEAD TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, TRAINING 4,000+ STUDENTS. TO BUILD STUDENTS' POLITICAL POWER, RISE ORGANIZED YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE ON AND OFF COLLEGE CAMPUSES, CONTACTING 2.2 MILLION YOUNG VOTERS AND HELPING OVER 140,000 YOUNG VOTERS MAKE A PLEDGE TO VOTE.
- $718,102 spent. FREE COLLEGE ADVOCACY:RISE'S STUDENT ORGANIZERS STRENGTHENED THE ORGANIZATION'S FREE COLLEGE ADVOCACY EFFORTS ACROSS GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WISCONSIN, AS WELL AS EXPANDED RISE'S ADVOCACY FOOTPRINT TO NORTH CAROLINA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA. TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT CRISIS, RISE LEADERS TESTIFIED AT THE NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING ON STUDENT LOAN DEBT CANCELLATION AND HOSTED CLINICS THAT SAVED BORROWERS $355,613 TOTAL IN FORGIVEN OR DISCHARGED LOANS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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