All Rise Trial & Appellate
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
All Rise provides free or substantially reduced fee legal services to marginalized people and other non-profits that advocate in the public interest.
- Income
- $98,330
- Spending
- $100,402
- Reserves
- 8.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 81%
- Highest pay
- $79,699, director and principal
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 8.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 2% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (1)
- $100,403 spent. In 2025, with one full time attorney and one part-time attorney who started in September 2025, All Rise briefed seven appeals in various appellate courts across the country. All Rise also filed 17 amicus briefs across the country, including in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and state supreme courts. And All Rise litigated several impact cases in U.S. District Courts, including a 1983 case presenting a novel issue in the Western District of Pennsylvania and habeas petitions in both the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. All Rise also has demonstrated effectiveness at this work. In 2025, notable positive outcomes included winning five appeals: John Doe 2 v. N.C. State Univ. at the 4th Circuit, H.R.D.C. v. U.S. Park Police at the D.C. Circuit, and Galloway v. Cnty. of Nassau at the 2d Circuit; as well as two wins in open records cases in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and the D.C. Court of Appeals. All Rise also won habeas relief for one client in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, reinstatement of another client's case in the Western District of Pennsylvania, and had four courts cite its amicus briefs on the way to reaching results All Rise's amicus clients urged.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
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 May 2021.
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 October 21, 2026.
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