Non-profit

Rise Up and Care

Website:

riseup.care/

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Tax ID:

47-3049231

Budget (2017):

Revenue: $226,656
Expenses: $352,355
Assets: $145,757

Budget (2017):

$1,172,476

Formation:

2015

President:

Kirk Bowman

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Rise Up and Care is an international grant-facilitation organization that funds nonprofit organizations focused on education and entertainment in Brazil. 1 Rise Up and Care primarily works to facilitate grants by connecting donors in developed nations to nonprofit organizations in Brazil, collecting fees out of those contributions to fund its own operations. 2

Finances

In 2017, Rise Up and Care reported $1,099,936 in contributions and $1,172,476 in total revenue through program services and investment income. 3 That year, Rise Up & Care also reported $145,757 in net assets. 4

In 2017, Rise Up and Care received $7,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation. 5 The Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, and National Institute of Health have also reportedly contributed to Rise Up and Care. 6

Criteria for Partner Selection

Rise Up and Care does not operate any of its own international programs. Rather, Rise Up & Care provides existing nonprofit organizations in Latin America, especially Brazil, with funding. 7 Rise Up & Care claims that such a system should be preferred to those which run international programs directly, arguing that any program designed in the United States to benefit developing nations “continues a legacy of neocolonialism and White Man’s Burden and snuffs out the flame of leadership and innovation in developing countries.” 8

Grant Beneficiaries

Rise Up and Care lists five main beneficiaries of its grant facilitation services. Most of these organizations focus on providing entertainment and arts services to low-income communities in Brazil.

Crescer e Viver (Portuguese for “Grow and Live”), one of these beneficiaries, is a street circus program that allows young individuals in Brazil to participate in and enjoy circus arts. 9  Similarly, Rise Up and Care funds Jongo de Serrinha, a community center that provides free dance, music, and martial arts education programs in Rio de Janeiro. 10

Rise Up and Care has also helped to support the Miratus Project, a social badminton club that allows young individuals in Brazil to learn to play badminton and compete in competitions for free, with the ultimate goal being to keep young people away from drugs and crime. 11

Another Rise Up and Care beneficiary, the Nos do Morro program co-founded by journalist and actor Guti Fraga, teaches children in low-income communities to read, write, and engage in performing arts. Rise Up and Care also facilitates grants to Cinema Nusso, a nonprofit film school that provides free film education to low-income communities in Brazil. 12

Leadership

Kirk Bowman is the founder and director of Rise Up and Care. Bowman is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 13

References

  1. “About Us” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/temp-about
  2. “Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax – 2017” Guidestar.org. Accessed November 11, 2020. Part I, Line 1.
  3. “Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax” Guidestar.org. Accessed November 11, 2020. Part I, Lines 8-12.
  4. “Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax” Guidestar.org. Accessed November 11, 2020. Part I, Line 22.
  5. “Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax” Guidestar.org. Accessed November 11, 2020. Schedule I. Part II(a) (132).
  6. “Kirk Bowman” TedxAtlanta. https://www.tedxatlanta.com/kirk-bowman
  7. “Out Identification Process” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/temp-subidentify
  8. “Out Identification Process” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/temp-subidentify
  9. “Cresecer” Rise Up & Care. https://lillie-claire-4gsd.squarespace.com/temp-subcrescer
  10. “Jongo” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/temp-jongo
  11. “Miratus” Rise Up & Care. https://lillie-claire-4gsd.squarespace.com/temp-sub-miratus
  12. “Morro” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/temp-sub-crescer
  13. “Sidekicks” Rise Up & Care. http://riseup.care/vip
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: March 1, 2015

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2017 Dec Form 990 $226,656 $352,355 $145,757 $0 N $2,250 $0 $7,467 $0 PDF
    2016 Dec Form 990 $1,172,476 $1,238,359 $430,054 $0 N $1,099,936 $0 $16,133 $0 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $1,031,524 $549,987 $462,760 $0 N $1,033,710 $0 $8,796 $0 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Rise Up and Care

    326 NELSON ST SW UNIT 306
    Atlanta, GA 30313-1361