Rise academy's (fka defy nebraska, INC.) mission is to transform and connect people to build thriving communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 184 volunteers and 23 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $749K a year · 23% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$181K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $60K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$240K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.9M
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$5.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.9M
FY2024▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$4.9M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.4M
Net assets
$5.6M
FY2024▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$5.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2019.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $2.9M Management & general 7% · $256K Fundraising 9% · $305K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $181K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$181,369Pt VII · Sec A
Board Finance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Jeremy Bouman’s $181K as CEO is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeremy Bouman$181,369$186,751$163,662$165,793$171,346

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Rise academy's re-entry program offers program graduates case management support upon release. Post-release services include re-entry planning, job readiness training and support finding housing.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Rise academy's policy & advocacy create opportunities for system impacted people to have their concerns and ideas voiced and heard during the legislative process, bring together people impacted by the system, organizations, and other individuals to create a coalition to work in solidarity to advocate for changes in the nebraska criminal…

$923Kprogram expense
03

Rise academy's in-prison program is a six month entrepreneurship, employment readiness and character development training program that prepares incarcerated men, women, and youth not just for successful re-etnry, but also for "life beyond re-entry."

$840Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$60K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $270K · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$141,590
Unitemized GrantFY2020$128,897

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$116K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$256K
Fundraisingcol D$305K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$269K
Investment incomeLn 3$116K
Gains on assetsLn 7$9K
Total revenueLn 12$4.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.0M
SavingsLn 2$405K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$275K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$72K
Other assetsLn 15$64K
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 6184
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$275K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$43K$72K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$261K$240K
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M$5.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$217K$183K$13K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.7M$1.4M$111K$167K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$446K$397K$18K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$143K$127K$6K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$90$176
Accounting feesLn 11c$56K$49K$2K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$100K$87K$4K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$52K$26K$8K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$76K$41K$20K$14K
OccupancyLn 16$174K$151K$11K$13K
TravelLn 17$84K$69K$12K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$3K$9K$692
InsuranceLn 23$29K$25K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$330K$302K$21K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$38K$13K$18K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.9M$256K$305K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4.9M$3.4M$1.5M$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$2.9M$804K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.5M$2.3M$248K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.9M$21K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.9M$1.7M$1.2M$3.0M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,933,703 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,687,684$4,817,903
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $27,985$115,800
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,715,669$4,933,703
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 $2,210,537$2,479,690
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $701,036$953,021
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,911,573$3,432,711
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $804,096$1,500,992
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $4,933,703 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,817,903
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$268,869
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,817,903
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $14,244 · Excluded from tax $92,442$106,686
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $9,114$9,114
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $14,244 · Excluded from tax $101,556$4,933,703
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,432,711 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $182,897 · Management $13,420 · Fundraising $20,626$216,943
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,395,616 · Management $110,597 · Fundraising $167,199$1,673,412
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $396,769 · Management $17,973 · Fundraising $31,421$446,163
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $127,321 · Management $5,768 · Fundraising $10,083$143,172
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,781 · Management $90 · Fundraising $176$2,047
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $48,894 · Management $2,467 · Fundraising $4,833$56,194
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $87,062 · Management $4,393 · Fundraising $8,606$100,061
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26,437 · Management $7,950 · Fundraising $17,330$51,717
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,093 · Management $20,279 · Fundraising $14,425$75,797
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $150,804 · Management $10,683 · Fundraising $12,728$174,215
IX-17 TravelPrograms $69,172 · Management $12,101 · Fundraising $2,550$83,823
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,459 · Management $8,592 · Fundraising $692$12,743
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,104 · Management $1,483 · Fundraising $2,030$28,617
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $302,481 · Management $21,442 · Fundraising $5,889$329,812
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $13,320 · Management $18,350 · Fundraising $6,325$37,995
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,872,210 · Management $255,588 · Fundraising $304,913$3,432,711
Part X · Balance sheet $5,800,929 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,573,955$2,994,235
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,023,824$404,731
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,552,600$1,963,257
X-4 Accounts receivable$3,863
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $35,618$24,529
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $43,408$71,665
X-12 Other securities$275,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $80,220$63,649
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,309,625$5,800,929
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $179,596$173,920
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $81,123$66,355
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $260,719$240,275
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,256,295$2,969,065
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,792,611$2,591,589
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,048,906$5,560,654
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,309,625$5,800,929
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,560,654 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,933,703
XI-2 Total expenses$3,432,711
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,500,992
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,048,906
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,756
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,560,654

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