International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Let Them Lol
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY
Total revenue
$924K
Total expenses
$930K
Net assets
$1.2M
Grants received
$71K
13 grants
EIN
274826987
Tax year
2024
Mission
Many people in the world today experience unjust suffering only because they lack the basic resources to embrace a better future. We exist to empower communities through sustainable development. We are a grassroots organization; schools, families, churches, and individuals united together to bring hope through clean water. We look forward to bringing hope to the people of sierra leone.
Programs
3 programs
Provide care to 40+ children including a dormitory for vulnerable girls as well as education to 609 impoverished children at our school, hope rising academy. We have a well-maintenance team providing job training and empowerment as well as nutritious food for the children we care for. We have a medical facility, bakery, community center/internet cafe, and offices.
Fund building projects for children's homes and schools.
Fund mission trips for volunteers and contributors for daily operations in sierra leone. Hope rising buffalo is a new endeavour the organization has started to renovate the kellogg silos into a community center. It will also be the international headquarters of hope rising together which sends meals to sierra leone.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
5 listed
KATHLEEN VACANTI
PRESIDENT
$70K
32 hrs/wk
JOSEPH VACANTI
TREASURER/SE
—
2 hrs/wk
JENNA GOLDSMITH
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
DONALD ARNTS
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
ROBERT ANSTEY
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$71K from 8 funders · 13 grants · 2018–2024
$21K · 5 grants · 2018–2023
$19K · 2 grants · 2019–2020
$10K · 1 grant · 2024
$10K · 1 grant · 2021
$10K · 1 grant · 2022
$1K · 1 grant · 2020
$1K · 1 grant · 2020
$250 · 1 grant · 2018