Rhode Island · Nonprofit
CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,066,466 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC ($1,854,034). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Connecting for Children and Families Inc does
Mission
The mission of connecting for children and families is to serve woonsocket and northern ri by providing family-centered programs and educational opportunities that empower children, families and individuals to thrive and succeed.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Out of school time: out of school time services offer after-school and summer learning programs at six elementary, middle, and high school sites to 1,370 students during the year. Academic support includes homework clubs with a primary focus on literacy and math. Enrichment programs include art, theater, stem (science, technology, engineering, and math), social and emotional development, service learning, leadership, physical activity, career exploration as well as financial literacy. Family engagement events and activities as well as parent workshops are offered throughout the year.
$1,374,140 spent36% of program spendingEarly learning: ccf's hope st. Early learning center is a 5 star program as designated by ri brightstar program. This designation signifies the highest quality in the state. We serve children from 18 months to 5 years old in our toddler, preschool and pre-k classrooms. The chaplin before and after school program serves children from kindergarten through age 12. Both programs accept the ri childcare assistance program and are part of the childcare food program. These programs provide working families a safe, nurturing, and educational environment for their children. Our three pre-k classrooms ae funded with a grant from ri department of education and give each student a solid foundation for school sucess.
$1,253,830 spent$82,490 earned by the program33% of program spendingFamily support: ccf's front street family center is the hub of our family support work. Our community health workers (chws) and our parents as teachers, parent educators partner with families to build positive parenting skills, set goals focused on the social determinants of health and provide essential services. Services include food, clothing and basic needs, rental, utility and transportation assistance, assistance in navigating immigration and other legal matters as well as support with state benefits they may be eligible for. The front street family center also houses our marketplace, where families "shop" for food and hygiene products; and our successwear boutique which is available for any individual looking to get back into the workforce and is in need of appropriate interview clothing.
$673,910 spent18% of program spendingWorkforce development: ccf offers workforce development opportunities year-round. Our northern ri career academy runs 8-week cohorts preparing students for employment in banking, customer service, call center and the securities industry. These cohorts target unemployed and underemployed individuals and assist with the barrier they have that have kept them out of the workforce. We also offer 1 on 1 and small group support on resume writing, interview skills, cover letters, credit & budgeting, goal setting, job search and networking. Each of these programs encourage self-reflection; instill confidence and reinforce the change process. The goal for our workforce development work is to support individuals in securing a living wage job and retaining their employment.
$503,152 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,805,032.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $1.9M (+39%).
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 67% · 2018 62% · 2019 77% · 2020 81% · 2021 82% · 2022 83% · 2023 92% · 2024 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Erin Spaulding
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $298k → $440k.
5 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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
CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 71% · 2019 63% · 2020 29% · 2021 38% · 2022 41% · 2023 37% — 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
50% of CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
68% of CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.3M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC's revenue grew 40% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,206 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $248k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$248k
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 CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC?
- CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,066,466 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC ($1,854,034). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $4,066,466 in grants to CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,854,034 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing