Rhode Island · Nonprofit
RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED
RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED (Rhode Island) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,420 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($143,165). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $581k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Ri Center Assisting Those in Need does
Mission
To provide with dignity, emergency food and outreach to thousands of at-risk neighbors in southern rhode island and surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The rhode island center assisting those in need provides emergency food, clothing, temporary housing assistance, utility assistance and other vital supports to at risk individuals and families throughout the state, primarily in washington county. The organization served 21,300 people during 2024.
$1,298,425 spentof which $791,555 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,298,425.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $611k to $990k (+62%).
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.
89% of RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Rachael Laporte
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $3k → $97k.
8 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 funders by total. 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
RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
75% 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 RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 83% · 2019 67% · 2020 56% · 2021 33% · 2022 49% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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
43% of RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
68% of RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED'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 $184k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside Rhode Island, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $397k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED is better cushioned than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED: 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 RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED?
- RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED (Rhode Island) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,420 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($143,165). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $581,420 in grants to RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $143,165 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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