Rhode Island · Nonprofit
MELIOR INC
MELIOR INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $189k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $225k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Melior Inc does
Mission
Promotion of vaccination, community health education and awareness and to mitigate health and social inequities by operationalizing public health initiatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Melior Inc launched a trauma informed group therapy program for peer recovery specialists to prevent burnout and cope with workplace trauma. The program offered multiple therapeutic modalities including Storytelling, Art therapy and Dance therapy helping participants build resilience and improve wellbeing.
$56,714 spentof which $75,000 as grants57% of program spendingThe funds were utilized to support program services executed by LCX Strategy, including public relations consulting, outreach branding, and strategic marketing efforts. These services enhanced visibility and recognition among prospective funders. Through a coordinated media campaign and targeted interviews, LCX Strategy helped us reach thousands of Rhode Islanders and significantly elevated brand awareness within key funding audiences.
$28,190 spentof which $40,000 as grants28% of program spendingsupported a partnership with a physician through Docs for Health, enabling us to reach children and families who lacked access to healthcare providers. This collaboration helped our contractor synthesize community-based efforts through a community health worker, using a custom software package provided by Docs for Health that streamlined counseling and screening for social determinants of health. Additionally, the partnership allowed us to expand vaccine promotion for vulnerable resident populations.
$15,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $99,904.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Eugenio Fernandez
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 MELIOR 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
MELIOR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
38% 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 MELIOR INC.
“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 MELIOR INC's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MELIOR INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MELIOR 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MELIOR INC: 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 MELIOR INC?
- MELIOR INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MELIOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $225,000 in grants to MELIOR INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MELIOR INC?
- RALPH R PAPITTO & BARBARA A PAPITTO PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MELIOR 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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