Entrepreneurship education for high school students in historically marginalized communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 27 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 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
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10K a year · 6% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
2
named funders · $9K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$28K
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$28K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$71K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$28K
FY2025▼ -22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$230K
FY2021$194K
FY2022$100K
FY2023$75K
FY2024$36K
FY2025$28K
Expenses
$28K
FY2025▼ -85%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$206K
FY2021$190K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$28K
Net assets
$71K
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$261K
FY2021$265K
FY2022$162K
FY2023$73K
FY2024$70K
FY2025$71K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2016.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
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Andrew Blassingame’s $57K as Executive Director is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 112 <$100K youth development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Andrew Blassingame$56,958$61,269$41,981—
Tre'cia Gibson———$14,999
William Chaney———$11,268

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

Teaches entrepreneurship skills to high schoolers in underserved communities.

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3 programs · $154K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Rebel ventures engaged 17 low-income high school students in meaningful entrepreneurship education in 2021. These students learned entrepreneurship by being entrepreneurs in a hybrid space.

$148Kprogram expense
02

The rebel ventures high school crew conducted rigorous healthy food research and development by creating and piloting our rebel market project while continuing our distribution of rebel crumbles to kids as part of school breakfast.

$6Kprogram expense
03

Rebel ventures initiated youth-powered, health-promoting media projects. Healthy deliciousness at home and rebel chefs live are video activities that engage high school youth in teaching their peers about how to create healthy recipes.

$760program 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$9K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$28K
Gifts and grants$28K
Money out
$28K
Programs$19K
Owns and owes
$71K
net assets
Total assets$79K
Liabilities$8K
People
8
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$28K
Total revenue$28K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$79K
Liabilities$8K
Net assets$71K
Operations
Employees27
Volunteers25
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $28K$28K$652$71K 990 PDF
FY2024 $36K$70K 990 PDF
FY2023 $75K$73K 990 PDF
FY2022 $100K$162K 990 PDF
FY2021 $194K$190K$4K$265K 990 PDF
FY2020 $230K$206K$24K$261K 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) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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