Rhode Island · Nonprofit
RI Slave History Medallions
RI Slave History Medallions (Rhode Island) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,580 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($89,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $246k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $238k
- Net assets
- $23k
What RI Slave History Medallions does
Mission
Our mission is to increase public awareness of RIs history of slavery by installing medallions at historic sites, that tell the forgotten stories of enslaved African people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Installed 18 Bronze Medallions at historic sites in honor of Rhode Islands enslaved African and Indigenous people. At each site, a QR coded Medallion will link you to our website that contains the historical content about each location
$37,614 spent14% of program spendingNewport Black History Walking Tour is an unique walk-through-history experience that lasts approximately 75 minutes. It has been established and produced with the belief that the daily history of all cultures and peoples have relevance for all, and still resonates with us today. Trained historians and educators have worked tirelessly to discover more untold stories about early Black Americans and to share the contributions they made and the legacies they left
$33,451 spent12% of program spendingUnveiled an upgraded website and digital archive at www.RISHM.org, which offers narratives of each historic site and commemorates enslaved individuals
$14,044 spent5% of program spendingOther Program Services
$186,758 spent69% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $271,867.
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 $103k to $49k (−52%).
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: 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of RI Slave History Medallions’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Charles Roberts
Executive Director
Board chair
Carlon J Howard
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $38k → $55k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Slave History Medallions’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
RI Slave History Medallions leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 Slave History Medallions.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 26% · 2022 76% · 2023 55% — 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
59% of RI Slave History Medallions's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Slave History Medallions has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RI Slave History Medallions
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Slave History Medallions: 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 Slave History Medallions?
- RI Slave History Medallions (Rhode Island) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,580 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($89,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RI Slave History Medallions have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $237,580 in grants to RI Slave History Medallions, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RI Slave History Medallions?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $89,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RI Slave History Medallions 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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