Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    FREE COLLEGE ADVOCACY:RISE, INC. RECRUITED AND TRAINED STUDENTS TO LEAD A FREE COLLEGE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN IN MICHIGAN IN SUPPORT OF THE MICHIGAN RECONNECT BILL WHICH WAS ENACTED INTO LAW IN 2020. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED SHARING STUDENT STORIES, COLLECTING PETITION SIGNATURES, AND MEETING WITH LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE CAPITOL.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $100.3K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    STUDENT CIVIC PARTICIPATION:RISE, INC. RECRUITED AND TRAINED 1,200 COLLEGE STUDENTS AND YOUNG ORGANIZERS TO BUILD THEIR POLITICAL POWER IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS. THESE STUDENTS HELPED MORE THAN 50,000 YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO VOTE, AND CONTACTED OVER 1 MILLION PROSPECTIVE VOTERS. IN 2020, RISE, INC. LAUNCHED THE BLACK THE VOTE PROGRAM - A TRAINING PROGRAM AND PATHWAY FOR BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEIR POWER AND LEAD TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OVER 200 BLACK STUDENTS LEARNED HOW TO FIGHT VOTER SUPPRESSION AND MOBILIZE THEIR PEERS TO THE POLLS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $895.8K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    CASE MANAGEMENT:IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, RISE, INC. ESTABLISHED THE STUDENT NAVIGATOR NETWORK, A PEER-TO-PEER CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT SERVED OVER 10,000 STUDENTS NATIONWIDE IN 2020. RISE, INC. HIRED AND TRAINED STUDENT NAVIGATORS TO CONNECT PEERS EXPERIENCING BASIC NEEDS INSECURITY WITH LOCAL RESOURCES AND PUBLIC BENEFITS, YIELDING OVER $1M IN EMERGENCY AID, PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $133.5K