Rhode Island · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY
CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,671,500 to it, the largest being NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ($712,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $492k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $201k
What Center for Advancing Community does
Mission
Diversity talks aims to increase cultural competency by fostering a healing space for those in power and those most marginalized to challenge the societal standards upholding white supremacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the tax year, the organization undertook two new significant program, services that were not described in prior year's form 990 filings. These include: youth program and general program. These programs were implemented to further the organization's mission and to meet the needs of our target community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Youth program - diversity talks pd inc. Offers programs designed for youth participants that develop leadership, civic engagement, and communication skills in middle, high school and early college individuals. Through experiences like fellowships and structured learning pathways, peer facilitators receive training to guide meaningful conversations about fairness, identity, and collective action. The programs center participants' lived experiences and prepare them to contribute positively within their schools and surrounding communities.
$103,063 spent32% of program spendingLiberation leader fellowship - the liberation leader fellowship is a youth development program that equips high school and college-aged participants with the skills to lead peer conversations, facilitate group sessions, and take initiative in their communities. Fellows receive training in public speaking, reflective practice, and social impact, while also gaining hands-on experience through co-facilitation opportunities. The program emphasizes practical leadership growth rooted in real-life challenges and perspectives.
$94,849 spent30% of program spendingGeneral program - diversity talks pd inc. Also offers programs for adult participants-particularly educators-that foster personal growth, reflective practice, and collaborative leadership. These experiences provide tools and facilitation strategies that help educators navigate complex conversations, build inclusive environments, and strengthen school and organizational culture. Programs are grounded in real-world application and designed to support ongoing learning and connection among adult professionals.
$92,822 spent$10,000 earned by the program29% of program spendingOther programs
$27,627 spent$51,700 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $318,361.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $87k to $194k (+122%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 91% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sarah Woolverton Mohler
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $130k → $422k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 77% · 2020 93% · 2021 35% · 2022 48% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY: 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 CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY?
- CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,671,500 to it, the largest being NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ($712,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,671,500 in grants to CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY?
- NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $712,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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