Rhode Island · Nonprofit
GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION
GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,109 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($167,130). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $219k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Glimmer of Hope Foundation does
Mission
Providing services to children (and their families) battling cancer and other life threatening ilnesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Providing wellness packages to families with children batttling cancer.
$79,573 spent63% of program spendingProviding bald dolls to children experiencing hair loss from their cancer.
$26,466 spent21% of program spendingProvidng bereavement paintings and professional photo shoots for the children and their dolls.
$19,877 spent16% of program spendingContributions to other 501(c)3
$469 spentof which $469 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $126,385.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $62k to $138k (+123%).
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.
99% of GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $121.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 11 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
GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 94% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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
GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: 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 GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION?
- GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,109 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($167,130). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $219,109 in grants to GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION?
- T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $167,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 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