PHOENIX Rising Transitons is a grassroots community-based organization that provides transitional support including education, mentoring and community building with special concern for releasing convicts, ex-convicts and their families, crime victims, and the community at large.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$62K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
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 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $96K a year · 37% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $68
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$146K
-53% vs prior year
Net assets
$124K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$146K
FY2024▼ -53%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$17K
FY2021$29K
FY2022$356K
FY2023$310K
FY2024$146K
FY2025$114K
Expenses
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FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$123K
FY2023$170K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$202K
Net assets
$124K
FY2024▼ -67%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$8K
FY2021$1K
FY2022$235K
FY2023$375K
FY2024$124K
FY2025$37K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$62,296Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jocelyn Miner’s $53K as Co-Director is at the 29th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen K Meurer$18,720$62,296$55,274$24,120——
Jocelyn Miner$53,387—————
Harry Olsen———$9,319$3,600$1,800
Karen Meurer————$3,600$1,800

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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Programs and updates

Helps ex-offenders, victims, and families rebuild lives through education, mentoring, and community support.

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1 program · $134K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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$134Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$68

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$146K
Other income$146K
Owns and owes
$124K
net assets
Liabilities$2K
People
5
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$146K
Total revenue$146K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$2K
Net assets$124K
Operations
Employees2
Volunteers10
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $114K$202K−$87K$37K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $146K$124K 990 PDF
FY2023 $310K$170K$140K$375K 990 PDF
FY2022 $356K$123K$234K$235K 990 PDF
FY2021 $29K$1K 990 PDF
FY2020 $17K−$8K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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