Sowega Rising
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$868k
$7k liabilities
Net assets
$861k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
1
3.4 years on average
Staff
9
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
10
named in Part VII
Sowega Rising's network
1 person1 organisationi1 person and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (1). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
1 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 1 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrell Byrd | Executive Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alana Simmons | Board Secretary | since 2023 |
| Amna Farooqi | Chair Emeritus | since 2020 |
| Clinton Banks Vicks | CFO | since 2023 |
| Corey Morgan | Board Member | since 2023 |
| Cierra Franklin | Board Member | 2024 |
| Dr Kizzie Donaldson-Richard | Board Member | since 2023 |
| James Pratt | Company secretary | since 2021 |
| Maggie Boxey | Board Member | since 2023 |
| Michael Harper | Board Chair | since 2023 |
| Sherrell Byrd | CEO | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrell Byrd | Executive Director | 0 | $100k | ||
| Amna Farooqi | Chair Emeritus | 0 | $0 | ||
| Michael Harper | Board Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Clinton Banks Vicks | CFO | 0 | $0 | ||
| Alana Simmons | Board Secretary | 0 | $0 | ||
| Maggie Boxey | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Dr Kizzie Donaldson-Richard | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Corey Morgan | Board Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Cierra Franklin | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Sowega Rising
- EIN
- 832761941
- Address
- 521 W 3rd Ave, Albany, GA, 31701-1917
- State
- Georgia
- Mission
- We mobilize people and resources to improve the well-being quality of life and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S01 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2019
- Principal officer
- Sherrell Byrd (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2019
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsSherrell Byrd
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $868k
- Total liabilities
- $7k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $861k
- Contributions and grants received
- $284k
- Program service revenue
- $867k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $24k
- Employees
- 9
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2m | $1.1m | $38k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.