Rhode Island · Nonprofit
Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc
Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,798 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($28,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $60k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $133k
What Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc does
Mission
RICBW's mission as a membership organization is to strengthen and advance a thriving community of Black women and girls where members flourish, uplift one another, and collectively create a more just world. Through community building events, personal and professional development activities, and advocacy, RICBW's initiatives champion holistic well-being, purposeful action, and a future where every Black woman and girl thrives in a vibrant, healthy community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Mentoring 20/40 program continues to pair Black career and entrepreneurial women aged 20 to 40 with more senior women to set goals and grow strategically in an encouraging and motivating environment.
$24,832 spent57% of program spendingRICBW launched a new youth engagement initiative, The Moot Court Experience, for middle and high school students. Participants engaged in hands-on simulated court proceedings and were trained by Roger Williams University law students for an immersive legal experience designed to educate, build confidence and critical thinking.
$7,061 spent16% of program spendingThe Economic Empowerment committee provided community-based seminars on financial literacy and pathways to homeownership.
$11,584 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,477.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.
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.
90% of Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $236 → $18.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 of Black Women 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
Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
99% 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 Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 74% · 2021 62% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
74% of Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,527 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,527 employment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women 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.
Public support
55%
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 of Black Women Inc?
- Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,798 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($28,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $38,798 in grants to Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women Inc?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $28,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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