Rhode Island · Nonprofit
HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC
HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,000 to it, the largest being RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $20k
What Hope Scholars Initiative Inc does
Mission
Hope scholars initiative aims to humanize the scholastic experience by adopting a strength based and comprehensive approach that invites students' cultural identiy in the classroom and values their experience. The foundation of our program is centering youth voices and preserving the authenticity of their livelihood.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Over 50 scholars served through hsi cohort programs
$0 spentHsi developed 9 recording studios with 14 supportive programs and policy implemented statewide in massachusetts justice system
$0 spentOver 600 scholar touchpoints through workshops and performance lectures
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Harrison Grigsby
Executive director
Board chair
Dr Kathy Vespia
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE 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
HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC'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
HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $24k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $84k on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$84k
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.
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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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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC?
- HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,000 to it, the largest being RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $24,000 in grants to HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC?
- RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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