Rhode Island · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being The Hassenfeld Family Foundation ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $606k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $267k
What Downtown Providence Parks Network does
Mission
Our mission is to activate, connect and enhance public spaces in the downtown and along the waterways of providence to spark civic pride, fuel economic vitality, attract visitors and showcase the city as a world-class destination. We envision a network of dynamic, interconnected public spaces and waterways that serve as a model for urban vitality in downtown providence. Strengthened by enduring public and private partnerships and sustained investment, these spaces enrich lives and draw in residents and visitors to cultivate a sense of belonging, build traditions, and drive community well-being through the energy and participation of the people who use them daily.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Our mission is to activate, connect and enhance public spaces in the downtown and along the waterways of providence to spark civic pride, fuel economic vitality, attract visitors and showcase the city as a world-class destination. We envision a network of dynamic, interconnected public spaces and waterways that serve as a model for urban vitality in downtown providence. Strengthened by enduring public and private partnerships and sustained investment, these spaces enrich lives and draw in residents and visitors to cultivate a sense of belonging, build traditions, and drive community well-being through the energy and participation of the people who use them daily.
$423,830 spent$25,750 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $423,830.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $237k to $267k (+12%).
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: 2024 100% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Al Dahlberg
Chair
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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $82k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Rhode Island Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK raised.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK’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
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
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
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK
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
75% 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 DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK: 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 DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK?
- DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,500 to it, the largest being The Hassenfeld Family Foundation ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $82,500 in grants to DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK?
- The Hassenfeld Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 5 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