Washington · Nonprofit
SOVEREIGNTY RISES
SOVEREIGNTY RISES (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Sovereignty Rises does
Mission
Sovereignty Rises is a 501c3 Native-led organization that supports new opportunities for cultural, health, and economic sovereignty in communities impacted by systems of oppression through community-driven systems change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Sovereignty Rises advances Native-led housing, economic development, and community well-being through culturally grounded capacity building and technical assistance. During the reporting year, the organization focused on developing the Native Housing Sovereignty Initiative, which supports Tribal Nations and Native organizations in becoming CDFI-ready housing developers. Activities included coordinating partnerships with Tribal communities, housing organizations, and financial institutions; facilitating planning for community-based housing projects; and advancing workforce development pathways in regenerative construction. The organization also supported early-stage development of the Green Buffalo Housing Initiative in partnership with the Lower Sioux Indian Community, contributing to project planning, stakeholder alignment, and exploration of sustainable housing approaches. In addition, Sovereignty Rises initiated development of an Indigenous behavioral wellness framework to support housing workforce participants, integrating culturally grounded practices into program design. Through these efforts, the organization strengthened community capacity, expanded partnerships, and…
$51,071 spentof which $80,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,071.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Neil Takemoto
Board Director, Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 SOVEREIGNTY RISES’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
100% of SOVEREIGNTY RISES's grant income comes from Washington funders.
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
SOVEREIGNTY RISES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SOVEREIGNTY RISES
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In Washington
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 SOVEREIGNTY RISES: 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 SOVEREIGNTY RISES?
- SOVEREIGNTY RISES (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOVEREIGNTY RISES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to SOVEREIGNTY RISES.
- Who is the largest funder of SOVEREIGNTY RISES?
- UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOVEREIGNTY RISES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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