Illinois · Nonprofit
Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit
Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $74k
What Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit does
Mission
Non for-profit organization
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Rise Above the Ordinary RATO is a training program designed to inspire and equip youth and young adult participants with the necessary tools to excel both personally and academically. RATO provides a safe-space environment of respect and transparency while nurturing self-discovery promoting mental and physical health and instilling a sense of leadership and empowerment. The program equips youth to overcome societal stigmas and biases fostering a supportive community where youth can explore their passions and develop new skills while understanding the value of social responsibility among the participants.
$69,000 spentof which $69,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $69,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.
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.
100% of Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit’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.
Where its funders are
Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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
Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,074 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 employment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit
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 Illinois
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit: 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 Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit?
- Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit.
- Who is the largest funder of Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit?
- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rise Above the Ordinary aka non for profit find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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