Texas · Nonprofit
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,421 to it, the largest being COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($135,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $393k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Project Still I Rise Inc does
Mission
Project Still I Rise is a community-based nonprofit organization founded in 2002. The mission of the agency is to empower today's youth for tomorrow's opportunities through academic enrichment, mentoring, & leadership development programming. PSIR's headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. Project Still I Rise embraces the core values of collaboration, compassion, servant leadership & stewardship. Collaboration - we will work together with the community-at-large forming partnerships that support our mission. Compassion - we will provide service in the spirit of empathy, love & concern. Servant Leadership - we will create a serviced environment. Stewardship - we will manage resources effectively & responsibly. Project Still I Rise business model emphasizes collaboration with others, leveraging existing resources, building for the future through capacity development, innovation-driven solutions, cost-effective programming, & a strong emphasis on quality programs & service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Urban STEM Initiative The academic performance and engagement of youth from under-represented ethnic groups (African American, Latino, and Indigenous) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) show statistically significant gaps compared to their counterparts. The Urban STEM Initiative engages underrepresented populations in STEM from grades 4-10 in an interactive program of skills-building and mentorship to encourage them to attend college and pursue a STEM degree.
$13,201 spent16% of program spendingNational Youth Chamber of Commerce The National Youth Chamber is a program under Project Still I Rise Inc. Project Still I Rise is a community based non-profit organization whose mission is to Empower Today's Youth For Tomorrow's Opportunities. The purpose of the Youth Chamber is to serve as an advocate and catalyst to assist youth in elementary-high school with pursuing their entrepreneurship dreams.
$16,615 spent20% of program spendingProject Still I Rise Urban Scholars The Urban Scholars program was initiated in 2015 by Project Still I Rise Inc. This impactful program was designed for high school students to ensure their successful transition through high school into higher education and or meaningful careers. Students involved in this program have participated in paid internships/employment with Project Still I Rise, service learning opportunities, financial education workshops, and professional development coaching throughout the school year. Since its inception, Project Still I Rise has invested over $100,000 in direct support for students. If you wonder where some students have attended school after graduation, please view the video below.
$9,666 spent12% of program spendingFinancial Education Financial education is vital to our community because it equips us with the knowledge and skills to manage money effectively. This empowering tool includes saving money, distinguishing between wants and needs, managing a budget, paying bills, buying a home, paying for college, and planning for retirement. Project Still I Rise is committed to providing students with financial education on smart money decisions. It is our commitment, along with our partners, to encourage students to save money, foster peer conversations, and empower them to be good stewards of their financial futures.
$43,068 spent52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $82,550.
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 2022 to 2023, from $40k to $110k (+175%).
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.
11% of PROJECT STILL I RISE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Dr Kenneth Pugh
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $750 → $50k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 PROJECT STILL I RISE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 PROJECT STILL I RISE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
40% of PROJECT STILL I RISE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $151k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PROJECT STILL I 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT STILL I 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 PROJECT STILL I RISE INC?
- PROJECT STILL I RISE INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,421 to it, the largest being COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($135,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT STILL I RISE INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $393,421 in grants to PROJECT STILL I RISE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT STILL I RISE INC?
- COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT STILL I RISE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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