Indiana · Nonprofit
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,137,613 to it, the largest being THE GARATONI-SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($933,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $872k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $129k
What Regional Innovation and Startup Education Inc does
Mission
The rise program is designed to mentor and educate high school students in how to become entrepreneurs and begin their own businesses in order to stimulate the local business sector.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rise is committed to further development and enhancement to the regional and statewide entrepreneurial ecosystem. Rise has designed accredited programs committed to entrepreneurial education and provide the essential framework and skills for students and adults of all ages to further explore and develop their entrepreneurial aspirations and pursuits.
$21,995 spent$13,100 earned by the program7% of program spendingStartup moxie, a flagship rise program for high school students in the south bend-elkhart region, empowers students to develop entrepreneurial skills, discover personal passions, and build meaningful community connections. The year-long, dual college credit program offers students a hands-on immersive experience to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skills to create and launch their own business startups.
$312,291 spentof which $500 as grants$186,000 earned by the program93% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $334,286.
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 2024 to 2025, from $390k to $136k (−65%).
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 30% · 2021 43% · 2022 15% · 2023 8% · 2024 25% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Iris Hammel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $268k.
From the IRS filings of REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION 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
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 60% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION 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 REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC?
- REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,137,613 to it, the largest being THE GARATONI-SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($933,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,137,613 in grants to REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC?
- THE GARATONI-SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $933,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REGIONAL INNOVATION AND STARTUP EDUCATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 5 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