Catalyzing community-driven change through our Social Enterprise Ecosystem blending: education creativity workforce development and accessibility.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,000 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.1 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $7K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$48K
136% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 136% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$842K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$903K
To programs
66%
Net assets
−$13K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$842K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$221K
FY2022$585K
FY2023$730K
FY2024$907K
FY2025$842K
Expenses
$903K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$140K
FY2022$606K
FY2023$687K
FY2024$918K
FY2025$903K
Net assets
−$13K
FY2025▼ -165%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$0
FY2022$63K
FY2023$183K
FY2024$19K
FY2025−$13K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2014.

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Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $600K Management & general 32% · $293K Fundraising 1% · $10K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director and Board Member
$78,071Pt VII · Sec A
$750Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Matt Conway’s $78K as Executive Director and Board Member is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Matt Conway$78,071$69,883——
Mathew Conway III——$39,275$15,358
Harry Amadasun$750$1,500——
Gerina Fullwood———$1,306

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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Supports youth development organizations with funding and professional connections to resources.

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3 programs · $600K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Riseup for Arts

Public art and creative placemaking across Connecticut. Completed community murals and placemaking projects in partnership with 50+ municipalities schools hospitals and nonprofits engaging local artists and youth in design and installation.

$343Kprogram expense
02

Home & Commercial Services

Licensed and insured property maintenance and contracting social enterprise providing technical skills training workforce readiness and second-chance employment pathways for reentry citizens and housing-insecure individuals; revenue funds the mission.

$246Kprogram expense
03

Able Table

Inclusive spatial design: manufacture and installation of universally accessible smart-technology public art furniture promoting equity and belonging in public spaces.

$11Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$7K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$842K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$429K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$391K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Money outPt IX
$903K
Ln 25
Programscol B$600K
Managementcol C$293K
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
−$13K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10K
Total assetsLn 16$35K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$391K
Government grantsLn 1e$40K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$24K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$429K
Investment incomeLn 3$130
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$842K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$10K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$35K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
Net assetsLn 32−$13K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 61,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$78K$10K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$24K
Total assetsLn 16$81K$35K
LiabilitiesLn 26$58K$48K
Net assetsLn 32$24K−$13K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$78K$0$78K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$73K$9K$64K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9K$0$9K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$0$19K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$0$8K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$417K$401K$15K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$0$0$10K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$0$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$18K$0$18K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$53K$0$53K$0
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$843$0$843$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$0$3K$0
InsuranceLn 23$15K$0$15K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$176K$176K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$10K$4K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$903K$600K$293K$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $842K$903K−$61K−$13K 990 PDF
FY2024 $907K$918K−$12K$19K 990 PDF
FY2023 $730K$687K$43K$183K 990 PDF
FY2022 $585K$606K−$21K$63K 990 PDF
FY2021 $221K$140K$80K$0 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $841,688 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $586,192$390,894
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $318,404$429,019
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,916$130
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$21,645
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $906,512$841,688
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $97,093$179,034
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $821,186$723,521
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $918,279$902,555
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$11,767−$60,867
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $841,688 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $14,732 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$40,309
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$350,585
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$24,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$390,894
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$429,019
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$130
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,913
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$841,688
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $902,555 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $78,071 · Fundraising $0$78,071
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,951 · Management $63,982 · Fundraising $0$72,933
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $8,907 · Fundraising $0$8,907
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $19,123 · Fundraising $0$19,123
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,500 · Fundraising $0$7,500
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,209 · Fundraising $0$3,209
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $401,382 · Management $15,184 · Fundraising $0$416,566
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $9,867$9,867
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $3,689 · Fundraising $0$3,689
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $18,130 · Fundraising $0$18,130
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $52,537 · Fundraising $0$52,537
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,815 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,815
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $843 · Fundraising $0$843
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $3,200 · Fundraising $0$3,200
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $15,072 · Fundraising $0$15,072
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $176,498 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$176,498
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,968 · Management $3,628 · Fundraising $0$13,595
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $599,614 · Management $293,075 · Fundraising $9,867$902,555
Part X · Balance sheet $35,357 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,494; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $78,007$9,671
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,392$24,192
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $81,399$35,357
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,525$12,949
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $49,011$35,079
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $57,536$48,028
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $23,864−$12,670
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,864−$12,670
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $81,400$35,358
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$12,671 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$841,688
XI-2 Total expenses$902,555
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$60,867
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,863
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$24,334
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$12,671

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