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· Public charity

Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Invests in women and girls through research, advocacy, grant making and strategic partnerships designed to achieve gender equity through systemic change.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$168kHealth$123kCommunity Improvement$74kEmployment$70kHousing & Shelter$47kHuman Services$35kYouth Development$34kCrime & Legal$31kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $84,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $94,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$9,900
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RI Abortion Fund$10,000
Planned Parenthood$10,000
Amos House$10,000
Arise$10,000
Real Access Motivates Progress$9,900
Young Voices$8,786
Refugee Dream Center$8,738
RI Coalition to End Homelessness$8,738
SafeBae$7,838
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Alliance of Southest Asians for Education: $8k → 14%Urban Perinatal Education Center: $10k → 14%Urban Perinatal Education Center: $10k → 14%RI Abortion Fund: $10k → 14%Women's Health and Educational Fund: $10k → 14%Arise: $10k → 14%Arise: $10k → 14%Refugee Dream Center: $9k → 14%Refugee Dream Center: $9k → 14%Women's Refugee Care: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$530k · 18 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$530k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+154%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RHODE ISLAND FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +185%
  • PS
    PROJECT SOUTH INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $49k · revenue +339%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $44k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • RI
    RHODE ISLAND MAYORAL ACADEMY (SM) BLACKSTONE VALLEYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +51%
  • SOJOURNER HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +620%
  • YEAR UP INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Invests in women and girls through research, advocacy, grant making and strategic partnerships designed to achieve gender equity through systemic change.

Human Services
2
The Latino Policy Institute

The Latino Policy Institute works to stimulate public policy discourse by examining and communicating the evolving experiences of the Latino community in Rhode Island. LPI is committed to educating, activating, and motivating community…

Arts & Culture
3
The Womxn Project

Through civic engagement, policy advancement and artivism, The Womxn Project takes action to secure reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights and government transparency in Rhode Island.

Civil Rights
4
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
5
Rhode Island Urban Business Incubator Inc

To provide the general public and small businesses, with less than 50 employees, with business development assistance, through education, training and consultation.

Community Improvement
6
Planned Parenthood Votes Ri

To protect women's health and reproductive choice through advocacy in rhode island.

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7
Rhode Island Bankers Association Foundation
Education
8
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
9
The Rhode Island Center for Justice

To increase access to justice in rhode island by providing free legal assistance to low-income individuals, families and communities.

Crime & Legal
10
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
11
Jamaican Association of Rhode Island
Arts & Culture
12
The Rhode Island Organizing Project

None

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Economic Progress Institute; the most unlike its peers is Ramp Real Access Motivates Progress. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROJECT SOUTH INC: $49,000 · OtherPROJECT SOUTH INCAMOS HOUSE: $30,000 · OtherAMOS HOUSERHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $29,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIO…SOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $10,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $32,476 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INCTHE ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE: $20,000 · OtherTHE ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTESEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND: $20,000 · OtherSEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUNDRHODE ISLAND MAYORAL ACADEMY (SM) BLACKSTONE VALLEY: $10,000 · OtherYEAR UP INC: $10,000 · OtherSafeBae Org Inc: $16,576 · OtherSafeBae Org Inc+1 more: $5,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE: $80,383 · Civil RightsRHODE ISLAND FOR C…WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsWORKING FAMILIES O…ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIANS FOR EDUCATION: $28,000 · Human ServicesALLIANCE OF RHODE…Urban Perinatal Education Center: $20,000 · Human ServicesUrban Perinatal E…RHODE ISLAND ABORTION FUND: $20,000 · Human ServicesRHODE ISLAND ABOR…Refugee Development Center: $17,476 · Human ServicesRefugee Developme…WOMEN REFUGEE CARE: $7,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN REFUGEE CAR…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $44,323 · HealthPLANNED PA…RAMP REAL ACCESS MOTIVATES PROGRESS: $9,900 · HealthRAMP REAL …RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $19,800 · Community ImprovementHOUSING WORKS INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementRHODE ISLAND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR WOMEN & ENTERPRISE INC: $33,724 · EmploymentBUILDING FUTURES: $9,772 · EmploymentYOUNG VOICES: $34,572 · Youth DevelopmentRIOT RI: $8,776 · Youth Development
Other$232,052Civil Rights$100,383Human Services$92,976Health$54,223Community Improvement$44,800Employment$43,496Youth Development$43,348

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRHODE ISLAND FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE: $80,383 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetPROJECT SOUTH INC: $49,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $44,323 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG VOICES: $34,572 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN & ENTERPRISE INC: $33,724 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $32,476 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $29,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIANS FOR EDUCATION: $28,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUrban Perinatal Education Center: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetRHODE ISLAND ABORTION FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetWORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $19,800 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRefugee Development Center: $17,476 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSafeBae Org Inc: $16,576 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHOUSING WORKS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND MAYORAL ACADEMY (SM) BLACKSTONE VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING FUTURES: $9,772 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRIOT RI: $8,776 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetDAY ONE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Rhode Island Comm…United Way of Rhode I…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…The Champlin Foundati…Bristol County Saving…Eastern Bank Foundati…Amica Companies Found…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Point32health Foundat…Rhode Island Coalitio…Harborone Foundation …The Beacon Foundation
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI43× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Point32health Foundation Inc · Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · The Beacon Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Women's Fund of Rhode Island funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Women's Fund of Rhode Island. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Seiu Education and Support Fund: 6% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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