Rhode Island · Nonprofit
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,678,450 to it, the largest being RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($3,575,332). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County Inc does
Mission
The organization's primary exempt mission is to work toward a future free of violence, and to build a community in which each individual shares the responsibility to create a culture of safety and personal dignity. The dvrc works collaboratively to offer safety, support, advocacy, education and a network of services to the residents of washington county. The dvrcsc is dedicated to both preventing and responding to domestic violence by working to change the social conditions, beliefs, and social actions that perpetuate abuse.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Court advocacy. Our first interaction with domestic violence victims is often in the court system. Advocates support victims by guiding them through the completion of complicated paperwork, educating them on the inner workings of the legal system, and connecting them to various community services to achieve their desired independence. Law enforcement advocacy. The law enforcement advocate collaborates with law enforcement to provide improved responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking to victims. The advocate works directly with local police departments to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, referrals, and information, including but not limited to the criminal justice system.
$253,062 spent33% of program spendingThe residential program provides emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing to women and their children who are victims of domestic abuse.emergency safe shelter: our emergency shelter program meets victim's critical needs by providing shelter, food, and other basic human needs. All clients are offered access to our support services such as: support groups, counseling and wrap-around case management services. Transitional housing. This crucial program empowers survivors of domestic violence and their children to live independently while continuing to benefit from case management and other supportive services. Transitional housing fosters financial independence, serving as a critical bridge for survivors seeking to live free from violence. All transitional apartments are provided free to clients for up to two years. Permanent supportive housing: dvrc offers permanent supportive housing within the south county community. Many of our residential clients have never had the opportunity to reside in a rural community surrounded by nature which can reduce stress, improve mood, boost self-esteem and promote a sense of overall well-being. Our permanent…
$394,733 spent51% of program spendingCommunity outreach and prevention. Friends, family, and colleagues are often the first to notice abuse. Our community outreach programs aim to ensure that individuals and professionals alike are aware of both the dynamics of domestic violence and the services available to victims; these informal support systems are critical to our success in being able to connect victims with free and confidential services.
$120,441 spent16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $768,236.
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 $2.1M to $2.5M (+22%).
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 57% · 2018 54% · 2019 52% · 2020 55% · 2021 60% · 2022 53% · 2023 53% · 2024 44% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 Lepage
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $454k → $561k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 73% · 2019 80% · 2020 79% · 2021 71% · 2022 59% · 2023 80% — broadly stable.
“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
60% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 86% 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
95% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $532k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC?
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,678,450 to it, the largest being RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($3,575,332). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,678,450 in grants to DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC?
- RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the largest funder on record, with $3,575,332 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY 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 22 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