2025-03-21T10:41:53-05:00 2024-06-30 113266576 GRASSI ADVISORY GROUP INC 360 MADISON AVENUE 7TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2023-07-01 814104274 CONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK INC CONN 2035350320 700 STATE STREET 3RD FLOOR NEW HAVEN CT 06511 EMILY PALLIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2035350320 2025-03-21 1 1 JAIME RAPPS P01462990 2126616166 2025-03-21 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z EMILY PALLIN 700 STATE STREET 3RD FLOOR NEW HAVEN CT 06511 6891939 0 X WWW.CTRISE.ORG X 2016 CT SEE SCH OTHE CONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A PLAN AND THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS. RISE LEADS NETWORKS OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO USE DATA TO LEARN AND IMPROVE. 9 9 42 9 0 0 5439196 5572987 1068933 1211565 82940 107187 8341 200 6599410 6891939 0 0 0 0 4898139 5329320 0 0 211346 1448558 1084655 6346697 6413975 252713 477964 6124277 6209588 1721514 1328861 4402763 4880727 X THE CONNECTICUT RISE NETWORK'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A PLAN AND THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS. RISE LEADS NETWORKS OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO USE DATA TO LEARN AND IMPROVE. 0 0 5333266 1211565 THE RISE NETWORK HAS SUPPORTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS AND PURSUING THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER GOALS. RISE FACILITATES IMPROVEMENT NETWORKS, BRINGING TOGETHER TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE SHARED CHALLENGES THROUGH DISCIPLINED IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES. RISE PARTNERS WORK TOGETHER TO PINPOINT NEEDS, PURSUE NEW INNOVATIONS, AND SCALE PROMISING PRACTICES. RISE HELPS SCHOOLS BY INVESTING IN IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THREE KEY AREAS. FIRST, RISE SEEK TO EMPOWER EDUCATORS THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY DATA SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTING TOOLS. SECOND, RISE BUILDS EDUCATOR CAPACITY THROUGH NETWORKED IMPROVEMENT AND SHARING PROMISING PRACTICES ACROSS SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THIRD, RISE INVESTS IN MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SCHOOL STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES WITH A CENTRAL FOCUS ON DATA TEAMS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES THAT CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS DURING KEY TRANSITIONS TO, THROUGH, AND BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. THROUGH RISE'S FOUNDING AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK, RISE PARTNERS WITH NINE CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS EIGHT DISTRICTS, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 13,000 STUDENTS. THESE SCHOOLS SIMULTANEOUSLY PURSUE ON-TRACK AND POSTSECONDARY GOALS, AND HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK WITH RISE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. CORE NETWORK SCHOOLS NOW SERVE AS DEMONSTRATION SITES AS RISE WORKS TO SCALE ITS MODEL IN NEW COMMUNITIES, AND INNOVATION LABS AS RISE CONTINUES TO REFINE ITS STRATEGIES AND DATA TOOLS. IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND FROM THE FIELD, RISE HAS ALSO INITIATED CONSULTING PARTNERSHIPS IN 2020 TO SCALE ITS APPROACH IN NEW PARTNER SCHOOLS. DURING THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR, RISE PARTNERED 55 TOTAL SCHOOLS, SPANNING 32 DISTRICTS AND SIX STATES, AND REACHING OVER 35,000 STUDENTS. 5333266 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CT X EMILY PALLIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2035350320 700 STATE STREET 3RD FLOOR NEW HAVEN CT 06511 BARBARA DALIO SOLE MEMBER/CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RODGERS HARPER TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 ERIN BENHAM SECRETARY 0.50 X X 0 0 0 BOB HUGHES DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DIANNA WENTZEL EDD DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 NATALIE GORDON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 NATHAN QUESNEL EDD DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CHARLES HARRIS DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23) 0.50 X 0 0 0 REBECCA GOOD DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24) 0.50 X 0 0 0 EMILY PALLIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 245373 0 12990 CHRISTINA ELLINGTON CHIEF OF PROGRAMS AND NETW 40.00 X 143064 0 8614 SHERRY MCLAUGHLIN DIRECTOR, POSTSECONDARY SU 40.00 X 164453 0 19017 NICHELLE WOODSON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FRESHMAN 40.00 X 141454 0 31427 CHRISTOPHER LEWINE CHIEF OF DATA STRATEGY AND PRODUCT INNOVATION 40.00 X 181054 0 25961 FRED BENTON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DATA ENGINEERING 40.00 X 139195 0 33800 1014593 0 131809 12 0 1 0 0 5572987 5572987 PROGRAM SERVICES 611710 1211565 1211565 1211565 107187 107187 OTHER INCOME 900099 200 200 200 6891939 1211565 0 107387 240235 144142 48047 48046 3982410 3604320 266613 111477 156083 141073 10533 4477 633352 567239 45011 21102 317240 282092 23432 11716 28994 28994 32961 32961 241556 202526 24502 14528 60710 60710 215150 170173 44977 167666 167666 13788 13788 237118 186967 50151 54754 54754 20736 13824 6912 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 11222 7122 4100 0 6413975 5333266 869363 211346 219674 768217 4290673 4082744 225000 200000 345867 288391 135589 120288 393692 248431 173901 145261 733573 604687 6124277 6209588 288785 283874 680028 436632 752701 608355 1721514 1328861 X 4402763 4880727 4402763 4880727 6124277 6209588 477964 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 5073262 5193848 5585208 5439696 5572987 26865001 5073262 5193848 5585208 5439696 5572987 26865001 23885051 2979950 2028 1501 3697 82940 107187 197353 3063 18413 12779 8341 200 42796 27105150 2816455 0.10990 0.10350 X THE RISE NETWORK WAS ESTABLISHED NINE YEARS AGO TO SUPPORT CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING CRITICAL MOMENTS OF TRANSITION, PROMOTING ON-TRACK ACHIEVEMENT, ON-TIME GRADUATION, AND POSTSECONDARY ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS. RISE WAS FOUNDED IN FALL 2015 IN COLLABORATION WITH AND THROUGH GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT BY DALIO EDUCATION. SINCE THEN, RISE HAS WORKED INTENTLY TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION AND PURSUE REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. IN RISE'S EARLY YEARS, THE TEAM FOCUSED ON BUILDING AN IMPACTFUL MODEL, DEVELOPING OUTSTANDING DATA TOOLS, CULTIVATING DEMAND AMONG SCHOOL PARTNERS, AND GENERATING STUDENT OUTCOMES. DALIO EDUCATION SERVED AS RISE'S SOLE FUNDER DURING ITS EARLY YEARS, AFFORDING RISE THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON BUILDING A STRONG AND IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATION. DURING RISE'S FOUNDING, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES WERE TO DEMONSTRATE A PROOF OF CONCEPT AND THAT RISE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXIST. WHEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THESE THRESHOLD TESTS, RISE THEN BEGAN POSITIONING THE ORGANIZATION FOR LONG-TERM IMPACT, GROWTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY.OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, RISE HAS GROWN ITS SCHOOL AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS TO ENSURE FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUSTAINABILITY AND REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. IN RISE'S FOUNDING YEAR (FY16), RISE WAS 100% RELIANT ON DALIO EDUCATION'S PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. THAT PERCENTAGE HAS DECREASED TO NEARLY HALF FOR FY24. IN FY24, RISE HAD 28 PAYING DISTRICT AND STATE PARTNERS, AS WELL AS 23 PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, PROVING THAT RISE IS NOT SOLELY DEPENDENT ON A SINGLE SOURCE OF FUNDS. RISE CONTINUES TO TAKE STEPS TO SUPPORT REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2019, RISE LAUNCHED A FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE WITH SEVERAL LOCAL FOUNDATIONS, AND RECEIVED A FIVE-YEAR NETWORK FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT FROM THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION. IN 2020, RISE SECURED ITS FIRST FEE-FOR-SERVICE CONSULTING CONTRACT AND HAS STEADILY GROWN ITS PROGRAM SERVICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN 2023, RISE HIRED ITS FIRST FULL-TIME DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMBER AND BROUGHT THE RISE DATA HUB TO MARKET AND HAS ALREADY SECURED A NUMBER OF PAYING HUB CLIENTS. IN 2024, RISE LAUNCHED AN INDIVIDUAL GIVING PROGRAM, HOSTED ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS, AND FORMED A BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. RISE'S REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION HAS STEADILY GROWN AND WILL CONTINUE TO IN COMING YEARS, AND THIS WILL INCREASINGLY BE REFLECTED IN THE PUBLIC SUPPORT CALCULATION IN FUTURE YEARS. SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER INCOME - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 3,063. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 18,413. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 12,779. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 8,341. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 200. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 393692 248431 145261 145261 OPERATING LEASE-RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET 604687 604687 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES 608355 608355 X 6891939 0 6891939 0 6891939 6413975 0 6413975 0 6413975 PART X, LINE 2: RISE HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. RISE IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. RISE BELIEVES IT IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 2021. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EMILY PALLIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 245373 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12990 0 258363 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER LEWINE CHIEF OF DATA STRATEGY AND PRODUCT I 181054 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25961 0 207015 0 0 0 SHERRY MCLAUGHLIN DIRECTOR, POSTSECONDARY SU 164453 0 0 0 0 0 8223 0 10794 0 183470 0 0 0 FRED BENTON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DATA ENGINEERING 139195 0 0 0 0 0 7295 0 26505 0 172995 0 0 0 NICHELLE WOODSON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FRESHMAN 141454 0 0 0 0 0 7328 0 24099 0 172881 0 0 0 CHRISTINA ELLINGTON CHIEF OF PROGRAMS AND NETW 143064 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8614 0 151678 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE TREASURER REVIEWS AND FINALIZES THE FORM 990 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO ITS FILING. THE FORM 990 IS THEN SHARED WITH THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY THE TREASURER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH YEAR IN THE FALL (THE SAME MONTH AS THE ANNUAL MEETING), BOARD DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REQURED TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL DISCLOSURES FORM. THESE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LEGAL COUNSEL, AS NECESSARY. THE FORM REMINDS DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES TO REACH OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IF ANY CONFLICTS MAY MATERIALIZE DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A IN FY22-FY23, RISE PARTNERED WITH AN EXTERNAL TALENT ORGANIZATION TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH SALARY BENCHMARKING STUDY AND COMPENSATION REVIEW. RISE THEN PARTNERED WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO UPDATE ITS SALARY BANDS AND COMPENSATION POLICIES BASED ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE MATERIALS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR.