Rhode Island · Nonprofit
OCEAN TIDES INC
OCEAN TIDES INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,388 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($124,897). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Ocean Tides Inc does
Mission
To help at-risk boys through a school and residential program tailored to the individual. We believe each individual that comes to us is worthy of our respect, needful of our care, and capable of success through everyday experiences and interactions in a highly structured program.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Ocean tides school is one school with two campuses. Ocean tides school narrgansett campus is located in narragansett, rhode island. It is a residential school for students who are in the ocean tides residential program. It is for boys in grades eight through twelve. Ocean tides school providence campus is located in providence, rhode island. It is a day school. It is an alternative school for boys in grades nine through twelve. At both campuses, students are offered a full high school diploma. Both campuses are fully accredited by the rhode island department of education including special education. It is the responsibility of the education component to provide ongoing educational services to the youngsters in the program. Given the severe educational problems that the ocean tides youngster has experienced in the past, the school program is one that seeks to provide creative, individualized programs that meet the needs of each youngsters entrusted to our care.
$1,712,283 spent$2,043,350 earned by the program32% of program spendingOcean tides offers residential services for at-risk boys. The residential program is broken down into three components: group living, extensions, and social services. The role of the group living ccomponent in the total treatment plan is one that assures responsibility for the everyday living of the youngsters in the narragansett facility. There is an attempt to create a warm atmosphere where youngsters will grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually; this is an atmosphere created on the basis of concern, responsibility and trust. The extensions provide a youngster with the opportunity to return to the community, while still a part of the ocean tides program. The social services component of the program is responsible for providing services for the youngsters and their families in the entire ocean tides program. The social services department established regular contact with the youngsters and their families, providing for counseling services, support systems and other needs which might be apparent in an individual situation.
$3,707,088 spent$4,262,950 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,419,371.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $4.1M to $6.3M (+53%).
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: 2023 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of OCEAN TIDES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Neil Kelly
Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $25k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 OCEAN TIDES 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
OCEAN TIDES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 OCEAN TIDES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 76% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
20% of OCEAN TIDES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
88% of OCEAN TIDES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $26k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
OCEAN TIDES INC's revenue grew 22% between 2020 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 125 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like OCEAN TIDES 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Brothers of Christian Schools · exempt
- Brothers of Christian Schools Distr · exempt
- Ocean Tides Christian Brothers · exempt
- Tides Family Services · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OCEAN TIDES INC?
- OCEAN TIDES INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,388 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($124,897). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OCEAN TIDES INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $216,388 in grants to OCEAN TIDES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCEAN TIDES INC?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $124,897 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCEAN TIDES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 8 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