Rhode Island · Nonprofit
CHILD INC
CHILD INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,880 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($38,880). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Child Inc does
Mission
Operation of educational and child care programs for preschool children in kent county. The programs operated include both head start and early head start programs funded by the federal government. The organization also provides extended child care for preschool children, infants and toddlers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start program - instructional and development program for children of low-income households; number of children serviced: 196
$3,859,062 spent$1,323,872 earned by the program47% of program spendingChild care program - operation of the day care center and related activities like mental health services and therapeutic child care services and state pre-k classes; number of children serviced: 117
$2,950,542 spent$149,947 earned by the program36% of program spendingEarly head start program - comprehensive child development program for infants and toddlers; number of children serviced: 110
$1,446,213 spent$382,366 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,255,817.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $5.0M to $6.5M (+31%).
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: 2017 72% · 2018 70% · 2019 71% · 2020 73% · 2021 85% · 2022 84% · 2023 79% · 2024 86% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of CHILD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Michelle Mathiesen
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CHILD INC’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.
Where its funders are
CHILD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CHILD INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CHILD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $51.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$51.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILD INC
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILD INC: 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 CHILD INC?
- CHILD INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,880 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($38,880). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILD INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $38,880 in grants to CHILD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILD INC?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $38,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILD INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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