Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ON THE RISE INC
ON THE RISE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,945,087 to it, the largest being LARSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($595,000). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What On the Rise Inc does
Mission
On the rise's work begins with individuals experiencing homelessness and continues if and when they secure housing. From our origin as a women's organization, our programs have evolved toward inclusion of those historically and structurally oppressed on the basis of gender.for those with the fewest options, we cultivate long-term relationships that foster safety and belonging. Guided by the strength and initiative of our program participants, we join their journey to wellbeing, as skilled partners and advocates. Throughout this journey, we engage with the people, programs and systems that most affect our participants, working to build a society that nourishes their wellbeing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Each year, on the rise's programs provide tangible aid and long-term, broad-based support to approximately 500 women and gender diverse individuals, as they experience and recover from homelessness.safe haven: about two-thirds of on the rise's participants are experiencing homelessness. Through comprehensive daytime direct services, the safe haven program engages and assists these participants providing emotional, practical, and professional support that helps them achieve and sustain extraordinary accomplishments-from improving health, to getting jobs, to finding housing. The ultimate goal of the safe haven program is to build long-term, trusting relationships with participants that can be the catalyst for long-lasting change and growth. Other goals of the safe haven program are to:goal 1: provide a safe space five days a week where participants can find practical necessities and a supportive community to begin to explore the steps they need to take to move out of homelessness and increase their quality of life.goal 2: provide advice, assistance, accompaniment, and advocacy for individuals addressing housing, abuse, trauma, physical/mental health, legal concerns, and other urgent…
$902,565 spentof which $127,532 as grants61% of program spendingKeep the keys: with the help of on the rise and other service providers, over time many participants have succeeded in securing housing. In housing, they continue to address the long-term challenges that existed during homelessness addiction, mental and physical health issues, domestic and sexual violence, financial struggles, unemployment, legal issues, etc. They also face the challenges and responsibilities associated with independent living, and new opportunities for wellbeing that were not available in homelessness. Each year, about one-third of participants are in housing.participants in the keep the keys program maintain their connections with on the rise staff and the safe haven community and receive a range of services designed to support housing retention and help them build the neighborhood connections and independent living skills they need to sustain and continue to improve their quality of life. Services include home visits, goal setting, support with life skills, and support groups. Keep the keys participants are also welcome to visit the safe haven during certain hours and participate in on the rise's social and wellness activities.
$472,509 spentof which $63,141 as grants32% of program spendingThe community outreach and education program: integral to on the rise's mission is its responsibility to raise awareness and facilitate public discourse about the issues that affect the individuals who participate in on the rise's programs. Through the community outreach and education program, on the rise informs the broader community about the interplay of homelessness, trauma, mental illness, addiction, and domestic violence. On the rise works to educate and end all intersectional forms of oppression that affect program participants. The community outreach and education program helps individuals and groups participate in creating a safe, supportive space for women and gender diverse individuals, as they experience and recover from homelessness, heal, and strengthen their connections with community and mainstream resources.
$94,439 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,469,513.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.0M to $3.5M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 32% · 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 36% · 2021 32% · 2022 43% · 2023 41% · 2024 45% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of ON THE RISE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Delphene Mooney
Executive director
Board chair
Joshua Gerber
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $264k → $610k.
14 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ON THE RISE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ON THE RISE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ON THE RISE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 31% · 2019 24% · 2020 20% · 2021 22% · 2022 15% · 2023 16% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of ON THE RISE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of ON THE RISE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ON THE RISE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ON THE RISE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.5M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$3.8M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.8M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ON THE RISE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ON THE RISE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ON THE RISE INC?
- ON THE RISE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,945,087 to it, the largest being LARSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($595,000). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ON THE RISE INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $3,945,087 in grants to ON THE RISE INC, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ON THE RISE INC?
- LARSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $595,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ON THE RISE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 72 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing