Massachusetts · Nonprofit
RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC
RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,596 to it, the largest being BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($86,296). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $543k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $358k
- Net assets
- $170k
What Rites of Passage & Empowerment Inc does
Mission
The mission of the ROPE is to celebrate and honor the entry of adolescents into adulthood and provide them with the skills and knowledge that they need to be successful, independent, and responsible people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
International travel- An opportunity for scholars of R.O.P.E. to increase their knowledge of African (Ghanaian) culture, history and to engage with young Ghanaian women and participate in conversation and explore life as a young woman in Ghana and life as a young woman in America. The scholars also were able to volunteer and provide worthwhile services in the School of the Good Shepherd Orphanage and School.
$121,724 spent35% of program spendingTo assist in sustaining our alumni in college, R.O.P.E. provides needed tuition funds and other support.
$54,924 spent16% of program spendingR.O.P.E. conducts extensive college tours throughout Massachusetts,neighboring states,Southern States and Malcolm Bernard Fair in N.Y. to introduce our scholars, many who would be first generation students to higher education options. The scholars also discuss career options and learn about college life. ROPE also provides workshops to empower and equip the beneficiaries
$171,829 spent49% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $348,477.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $101k to $170k (+69%).
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: 2023 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $9k → $145k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT 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
RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
81% 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 RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 60% · 2023 41% — 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
98% of RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT 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. $167k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$50k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$465
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 RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT 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 RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC?
- RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,596 to it, the largest being BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($86,296). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $357,596 in grants to RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC?
- BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $86,296 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 7 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