Rise Together FY2021 filing

Los Angeles, CAUnknown exempt organizationEIN 85-4270865Revenue $912K in FY2021

On file with the IRSrisetogether.la515 S Figueroa St Ste 1110 · Los Angeles, CA

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To build a unifying coalition of engaged voters to promote the issues that matter most to a better Los Angeles - a city where people rise together, instead of competing with each other; a city focused on unity and progress, instead of fighting; a city focused on common ground instead of differences.

95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$17K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$17K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$912K
Spent
$834K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$53K
By yearFY2021–FY2023
Revenue
$912K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$912K
FY2022$10K
FY2023$0
Net assets
$53K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$53K
FY2022$4K
FY2023$4K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $788K Management & general 3% · $26K Fundraising 2% · $19K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $17K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Interim Executive Director (oct-Dec)
$16,774Pt VII · Sec A
President (april-Dec) and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President and Director (jan-April)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Director (jan-Oct)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021
Ben Tyson$15,000$16,774

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Unites voters to advance Los Angeles issues, fostering progress and common ground.

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2 programs · $788K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Conducting an outreach, education, and awareness campaign to help the public see what real change in the City of Los Angeles can mean with solutions in homelessness, affordability, crime, and more - all based on values of transparency, anti-corruption, accountability, and empathy.

$785Kprogram expense
02

Donation to a local charitable organization.

$3Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$912K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$912K
Money outPt IX
$834K
Ln 25
Programscol B$788K
Managementcol C$26K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$53K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$53K
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$912K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$912K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$53K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$53K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$53K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$0$53K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$0$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$0$53K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$3K$3K
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$17K$10K$3K$3K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$20K$0$20K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$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$313K$310K$0$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$401K$401K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$621$0$621$0
Information technologyLn 14$17K$9K$2K$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$299$0$299$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$62K$55K$0$7K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$25$0$25$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$834K$788K$26K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest $0$4K 990 PDF
FY2022 $10K$4K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $912K$834K$78K$53K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $911,839 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$911,839
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$911,839
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$3,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$16,774
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$813,825
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$833,599
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$78,240
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $911,839 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$911,839
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$911,839
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$911,839
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $833,599 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,000$3,000
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 $10,064 · Management $3,355 · Fundraising $3,355$16,774
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $19,508 · Fundraising $0$19,508
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
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 $310,260 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,600$312,860
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $400,966 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$400,966
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $621 · Fundraising $0$621
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,450 · Management $2,275 · Fundraising $5,735$17,460
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $299 · Fundraising $0$299
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $54,633 · Management $0 · Fundraising $7,453$62,086
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $25 · Fundraising $0$25
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $788,373 · Management $26,083 · Fundraising $19,143$833,599
Part X · Balance sheet $53,140 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$53,140
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-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 $0$53,140
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
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 $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$53,140
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$53,140
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $53,140 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$911,839
XI-2 Total expenses$833,599
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$78,240
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0
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$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$25,100
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$53,140

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