Rhode Island · Nonprofit
SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION
SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $354,088 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($351,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $354k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Southeast Lighthouse Foundation does
Mission
To restore, preserve and protect the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island; to increase the community's awareness, knowledge, and interest in the Lighthouse; to ensure access to the community and use of the property for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Restore, preserve and protect the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, RI; ongoing maintenance and restoration to the historic structure.
$122,153 spent80% of program spendingMaintain an information center to increase community awareness, knowledge and interest in the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, RI. Tours of the Lighthouse were offered and a small gift shop was staffed.
$26,078 spent$80,144 earned by the program17% of program spendingMaintain the grounds of the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, RI, providing access to the public. The Southeast Lighthouse is situated in a fragile eco-system, with encroaching bluffs threatening the site. The public has free access to the grounds.
$3,710 spent$500 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,941.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.4M to $3.8M (+11%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 24% · 2022 2% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $195k → $120.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION’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
SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION's revenue fell 53% between 2020 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Block Island Historical Society · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION: 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 SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION?
- SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $354,088 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($351,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $354,088 in grants to SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION?
- THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $351,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEAST LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION 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 4 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