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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$253krevenue
FY2025 · −4% in 3 yrs2staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−8.8%
Months of reserve3.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+13.6%
Middle half of peersMedianRhode Island Black Storytellers
Where the money goes FY2025 · $275k spent
Programs$226k82%Management and general$24k9%Fundraising$25k9%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$53k in FY2024 and −$22k in FY2025. Cash covers 3.8 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 14% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort14funders
$141ka year, last 3 years
32%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Local Initiatives Support CorporationStopped after FY2019$39k$21k$12k–Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family FoundationSince FY2022$10k$57kNew England Foundation for the Arts IncorporatedStopped after FY2022$25k$20k–The Champlin FoundationNew in FY2023$22kJune Rockwell Levy Foundation IncorporatedSince FY2022$10k$10kRhode Island Council for the HumanitiesStopped after FY2022$8k$12k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$17k$59k$93k$117k$31k3 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$453$253$5k$3k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped