Nonprofit · EIN 26-0140533
AFRICAN WOMEN RISING
Tax-exempt · SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,908,083 | $3,253,048 | $655,035 | $2,917,416 | $518,391 | $2,399,025 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,402,426 | $2,447,533 | -$45,107 | $1,762,408 | $145,614 | $1,616,794 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,644,415
- Program service revenue
- $184,565
- Investment income
- $44,848
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$4,927
- Other revenue
- $34,255
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $30,217
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $219,791
- Other salaries and wages
- $506,322
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $938,833
- Professional fundraising fees
- $79,425
- Accounting fees
- $73,306
- Occupancy
- $81,424
- Travel
- $57,258
- Depreciation
- $66,169
- Program services (functional)
- $2,825,856
- Management and general (functional)
- $347,767
- Fundraising (functional)
- $79,425
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,762,408
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,917,416
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $518,391
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,399,025
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,197,942
- Publicly traded securities
- $503,817
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,175,537
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $223,488
- Gross receipts
- $4,018,350
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 7
- Year formed
- 2007
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDA ECKERBOM COLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $166,466 | $9,775 |
| THOMAS COLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 10 | $33,129 | $0 |
| MARY BENVENUTO | CFO (10/1/24-12/31/24) Officer | 20 | $10,421 | $0 |
| CARRIE RANDOLPH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOY MARGOLIS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BONITA BIRUNGI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BROOK EILER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WALTER LADWAR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTIN MCWILLIAMS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GISELA RODRIGUEZ | BOARD MEMBER/CFO (1/1/24-9/30/24) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDA ECKERBOM COLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CFO Officer | 40 | $113,433 | $10,200 |
| THOMAS COLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 10 | $45,495 | $0 |
| CARRIE RANDOLPH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOY MARGOLIS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BONITA BIRUNGI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BROOK EILER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WALTER LADWAR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTIN MCWILLIAMS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GISELA RODRIGUEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 801 COLD SPRINGS RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108-1016
- In care of
- % LINDA ECKERBOM COLE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CARRIE RANDOLPH, 801 COLD SPRING ROAD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108
- Signed the 990
- CARRIE RANDOLPH, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (805) 252-3645
- Website
- WWW.AFRICANWOMENRISING.ORG
- Return prepared by
- HUTCHINSON & BLOODGOOD LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 26-0140533 or by the name AFRICAN WOMEN RISING.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AFFECTED BY WAR WITH TOOLS TO RISE OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY. VISION BUILD SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EQUITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA.
Program accomplishments
- AGRICULTURE: PROVIDING TRAININGS TO 2,840 NEW PARTICIPANTS IN PERMA GARDENS AND FIELD CROP PRODUCTION AND CONTINUING SUPPORT TO 3,620. THE PERMA GARDEN PROGRAM HELPS PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP A REGENERATIVE FOOD FOREST USING RESILIENCE DESIGN TO PROVIDE FOOD SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 95% OF PARTICIPANTS CREATED A GARDEN AND ARE FOOD SECURE, HAVE INCREASED DISPOSABLE INCOME AND ARE ABLE TO SHARE FOOD WITH NEIGHBORS. 1,320 OF THE NEW PARTICIPANTS ARE REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN, LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN UGANDA. THE FIELD CROP PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SOIL FERTILITY AND WATER CONSERVATION TO INCREASE YIELDS. BOTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE MONTHLY SUPPORT THROUGH COMMUNITY EXTENSION WORKERS. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE FOOD AND INCOME TO OVER 25,000 DEPENDENTS. PARTICIPANTS IN BOTH PROGRAMS PLANTED 130,000 FRUIT AND NATIVE TREES.TRAINING-OF-TRAINERS CERTIFICATION COURSE IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE:THIS TWO-WEEK REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING, BASED ON THE PERMACULTURE DESIGN SYSTEM AND AGROECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, IS DESIGNED AS A TRAINING-OF-TRAINERS (TOT) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THIS COURSE IS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND STAFF WORKING IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS WHO ARE PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITY, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR), NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM), WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH), MARKET SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (MSD), OR DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOTH HUMANITARIAN OR DEVELOPMENT SETTINGS. PRACTICAL AND FIELD-BASED, IT SUPPORTS THE PARTICIPANTS IN LEARNING THE THEORY, THE SCIENCE AND THEN PRACTICALLY APPLYING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE APPROACHES INTO COMMUNITY AND REFUGEE CONTEXTS. PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE A MIX OF CLASSROOM TIME, PEER-TO-PEER SHARING, CURRICULUM REINFORCING ACTIVITIES, DESIGN EXERCISES, FIELD PRACTICUM, COMMUNITY FACILITATION AND REFLECTION. PARTICIPANTS LEARN TO USE THE RESILIENCE DESIGN TOOLKIT TO STRENGTHEN THEIR EXISTING PROGRAMMING BY INTEGRATING AGROECOLOGICAL METHODOLOGIES, THIS PROCESS CAN ASSIST MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL FIELD STAFF TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT MORE RESILIENT AND PRODUCTIVE GROWING SYSTEMS AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAMMING. A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS ON DESIGNING FOR REFUGEE AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDP'S) CONTEXTS. AWR PROVIDED ONE TRAINING FOR 55 PARTICIPANTS FROM 14 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN 10 COUNTRIES. 5 PARTICIPANTS WERE AWARDED FULL SCHOLARSHIP.Expenses $1,596,895 · revenue $184,565
- MICRO FINANCE: PROVIDED TRAINING IN VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOANS ASSOCIATIONS AND INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES TO 2,333 NEW PARTICIPANTS AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OVER 10,000 WOMEN. MORE THAN 2,000 NEW BUSINESSES WERE STARTED. MEMBERS RECEIVE BI-WEEKLY SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY EXTENSION WORKERS AS THEY BUILD THEIR BUSINESSES. THE MICRO FINANCE PROGRAM HELPS SUPPORT CLOSE TO 100,000 CHILDREN.Expenses $764,797 · grants $30,217
- GIRLS EDUCATION PROGRAM: PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SCHOLASTIC MATERIALS TO OVER 5,000 STUDENTS IN 17 SCHOOLS, INCREASING COMPLETION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AND CONTINUATION TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. AWR MENTORS CONDUCTED REGULAR HOME VISITS TO ALL FEMALE STUDENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS PARTICIPATION. 2,600 GIRLS RECEIVED SANITARY KITS TO ENABLE THEM TO ATTEND SCHOOL DURING THEIR PERIOD AND REDUCE EARLY DROPOUTS. 11,650 CHILDREN RECEIVED SCHOLASTIC SUPPORT.Expenses $464,164
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-0140533
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,917,416
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,018,350
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,908,083 | $3,253,048 | $2,917,416 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,402,426 | $2,447,533 | $1,762,408 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,122,815 | $1,587,327 | $1,657,731 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-0140533).
Questions about AFRICAN WOMEN RISING
- What is the EIN of AFRICAN WOMEN RISING?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AFRICAN WOMEN RISING is 26-0140533.
- Is AFRICAN WOMEN RISING tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to AFRICAN WOMEN RISING tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AFRICAN WOMEN RISING file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AFRICAN WOMEN RISING due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AFRICAN WOMEN RISING last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AFRICAN WOMEN RISING?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names CARRIE RANDOLPH.
- Who are the officers and directors of AFRICAN WOMEN RISING?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 10 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $166,466 (LINDA ECKERBOM COLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does AFRICAN WOMEN RISING have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,908,083, expenses of $3,253,048 and total assets of $2,917,416 at year end.
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