Rhode Island · Nonprofit
RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,951,440 to it, the largest being RARE ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,585,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence does
Mission
The purpose of the ricadv is to eliminate domestic violence in rhode island our mission is to support and enhance the work of our member agencies and to provide leadership on the issue of domestic violence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support to member agencies- to pass through funds from federal grantors such as the department of health and human services and the us department of justice to agencies that provide assistance to victims of domestic violence.
$4,119,895 spentof which $4,119,895 as grants73% of program spendingCommunications- to educate the community about the prevalence and the dynamics of domestic violence and the services available to prevent domestic violence.
$541,756 spent10% of program spendingPublic policy- to plan for the comprehensive consistent provision of quality services throughout the state including program development and technical assistance.
$448,758 spent8% of program spendingDomestic violence prevention and sisters overcoming abusive relationship (soar) programs.
$541,582 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,651,991.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $2.9M (+39%).
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: 2017 94% · 2018 94% · 2019 94% · 2020 95% · 2021 93% · 2022 93% · 2023 96% · 2024 97% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Lucy Rios
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $808k.
4 of 12 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 RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE’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
RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2017 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 99% — 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
50% of RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE draws 99% 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. $267k 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.
Government funding RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.8M
- Department of Justice$2.4M
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.
Organizations like RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
- RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,951,440 to it, the largest being RARE ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,585,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $3,951,440 in grants to RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
- RARE ENSEMBLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,585,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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