Rhode Island · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC
THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $382,749 to it, the largest being CONBOY FOUNDATION ($146,100). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $383k
- Net assets
- $9k
What The Center for Dynamic Learning Inc does
Mission
The center for dynamic learning promotes inquiry based learning through hands-on, student centered, interdisciplinary steamm curriculum. By targeting the entirety of the steamm acronym, science, technology, engineering, arts, math, and manufacturing, cdl places itself at the forefront of the ever evolving description of a successful 21st century adult - making sure to impart essential social competencies as well as college and career ready content knowledge. Cdl is not a one time learning experience. All programming is inquiry based and challenges youth to follow their own inquiries to relevant learning experiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Cdl's teen apprenticeship program (tap) is an immersive career and technical education (cte) experience specifically tailored for high school students. Focused on the fields of engineering, leadership, and design, tap provides a dynamic, laboratory-style classroom setting that simulates real-world work environments. Students gain crucial professional and technical skills by working on projects that support fellow non-profits, offering practical, on-site experience in areas like design, construction, manufacturing, fabrication, and engineering. Furthermore, apprentices can earn valuable industry certifications, such as cpr/aed/first aid and osha, which immediately enhances their college and career readiness and equips them for success as future innovators and leaders. Summer of 2024 cdl served 100 youth from across ri. Additionally, cdl promotes inquiry-based learning through hands-on, student-centered, interdisciplinary steamm curriculum. The program challenges youth to follow their own curiosity to relevant learning experiences, helping them to discover the qualities of sciences and arts in a personal and meaningful manner
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The center for dynamic learning's (cdl) camp fit n fun is an enriching summer program designed for youth in grades 1-6 that focuses on comprehensive health and wellness. This active camp goes beyond typical physical exercise by integrating education on food and nutrition, sports, play, and active recreation. Participants enjoy a structured schedule featuring activities like ballet and basketball, engaging guest speakers, presentations, and a unique "kidz kitchen" where they learn to prepare healthy snacks and meals. The goal of camp fit n fun is to help youth build confidence, become aware of self and community, and gain the necessary knowledge and leadership skills for a healthy, progressive future. Summer of 2024 we served 100 youth.
$45,000 spent$53,000 earned by the program18% of program spendingCdl's teen apprenticeship program (tap) is an immersive career and technical education (cte) experience specifically tailored for high school students. Focused on the fields of engineering, leadership, and design, tap provides a dynamic, laboratory-style classroom setting that simulates real-world work environments. Students gain crucial professional and technical skills by working on projects that support fellow non-profits, offering practical, on-site experience in areas like design, construction, manufacturing, fabrication, and engineering. Furthermore, apprentices can earn valuable industry certifications, such as cpr/aed/first aid and osha, which immediately enhances their college and career readiness and equips them for success as future innovators and leaders. Summer of 2024 cdl served 100 youth from across ri.
$20,000 spent$22,120 earned by the program8% of program spendingCdl promotes inquiry-based learning through hands-on, student-centered, interdisciplinary steamm curriculum. The program challenges youth to follow their own curiosity to relevant learning experiences, helping them to discover the qualities of sciences and arts in a personal and meaningful manner
$189,410 spent$138,760 earned by the program74% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,410.
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 2021 to 2022, from $110k to $277k (+151%).
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 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Elizabeth Cunha
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $15k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING 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
THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 52% · 2022 43% · 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC draws 74% 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. $101k 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
THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING 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.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC?
- THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $382,749 to it, the largest being CONBOY FOUNDATION ($146,100). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $382,749 in grants to THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING INC?
- CONBOY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $146,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR DYNAMIC LEARNING 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 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing