Rhode Island · Nonprofit
FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC
FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,398,773 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,426,351). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Family Service of Rhode Island Inc does
Mission
Family service of rhode island's (fsri) mission is to advance equity, opportunity, and hope in our communities. We believe all children and families have limitless potential. But for those growing up surrounded by poverty, family instability, and physical or emotional stress, life is too often about survival, not possibility. Fsri has been a pillar of support in the community since 1892. Providing services in 39 cities and towns throughout rhode island, our programs have grown to meet the changing needs of our community and address the gaps in services that emerge.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The home division (home) fosters safe and loving homes. This division encompasses the majority of the child welfare programming under contract with the rhode island department of children, youth and families. This consists of residential programming for youth and young adults ages 13-21, foster care and kinship support programs, and family coaching and visitation services. In addition, home includes prevention programming established to help families overcome barriers to access services and increase their overall well-being through programs like family care community partnership (fccp) and safecare, an evidence-based in-home parent training program for parents/caretakers of children with risk factors for and/or a history of child neglect and abuse.
$7,274,144 spentof which $931,561 as grants$272,965 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe health division (health) improves health and well-being throughout the lifespan. The division includes fsri's early childhood programming, such as first connections, a short-term home visiting program for pregnant women, new parents, and newborns, as well as longer-term home visiting programs, such as early intervention and healthy families america. Fsri's aids project rhode island (apri) program is also part of health, providing compassionate, non-judgmental, and collaborative response to the needs of people living with, affected by, and at risk for hiv. All housing and workforce development services are a part of health, as well as the south providence health equity zone (hez) program, a community led collaborative that works to build a healthier and more resilient neighborhood in the 02905 zip code of providence.
$6,605,976 spentof which $26,789 as grants$3,919,113 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe healing division (healing) delivers trauma-informed behavioral health response and recovery. This includes comprehensive behavioral health and substance use services through fsri's certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc), which encompasses 24/7/365 mobile response and stabilization services to respond to behavioral health crises in the community and psychiatry. Healing also includes community-based trauma therapy services and parent child interaction therapy (pcit), an evidence-based program designed to improve parent-child relationships and address behavioral and emotional issues for children 2-6.5 years of age.
$7,555,467 spentof which $1,835 as grants$2,796,764 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe hope division (hope) builds safety and resilience after crisis. This division includes victim service programming, where liaisons partner with local police departments in fsri's award-winning go teams to provide immediate crisis response to victims at crime scenes, offering crisis intervention, stabilization, language support, and service referral. In addition, hope includes youth and young adult housing advocacy services that work to empower and stabilize young adults (ages 18-24) experiencing housing insecurity designed to interrupt cycles of homelessness in the early stages.also included in the hope division are mount pleasant academy, a psychiatric day school for children and youth in grades k-8 (referred by local school districts), as well as lucy's hearth, a family shelter in newport county serving children and their families who are experiencing homelessness, and also providing supportive housing services.
$3,764,845 spentof which $301,887 as grants$2,209,671 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,200,432.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.8M to $14M (+43%).
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 69% · 2019 71% · 2020 72% · 2021 71% · 2022 70% · 2023 70% · 2024 68% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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
Holland Mcduff Margaret
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Simmons John
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $249k → $703k.
8 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
69% 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 FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 80% · 2019 41% · 2020 53% · 2021 43% · 2022 30% · 2023 32% — 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
29% of FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$14.6M
- Department of Justice$2.2M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$459k
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 FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Lucy's Hearth · exempt
- Family Service Realty Holding Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC?
- FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,398,773 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,426,351). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $5,398,773 in grants to FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,426,351 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND 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.
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 66 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