Rhode Island · Nonprofit
THE HERREN PROJECT
THE HERREN PROJECT (Rhode Island) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,242,916 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($2,090,854). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 100
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $767k
What The Herren Project does
Mission
Herren project helps individuals and families to live healthy, fulfilling lives by preventing substance misuse, celebrating recovery, and creating resilient communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Herren Project provides treatment navigation services to individuals and families affected by substance use disorder. The program assists individuals in identifying appropriate treatment options, facilitates placement in qualified recovery programs, and provides ongoing recovery coaching and support. Financial assistance is provided through recovery housing scholarships and other support services to help remove barriers to treatment and recovery. The programs goal is to support individuals throughout the recovery process and improve long-term recovery outcomes.
$769,617 spentof which $250,155 as grants62% of program spendingThe Herren Project delivers prevention education programs designed to educate youth, schools, and communities about the risks of substance use and promote healthy decision-making. Programs include educational presentations, community outreach, and prevention resources that increase awareness and reduce stigma associated with addiction. The program empowers individuals with the knowledge and tools needed to prevent substance misuse and support long-term health and wellness.
$407,469 spentof which $3,750 as grants33% of program spendingThe Herren Project promotes healthy lifestyle initiatives through community engagement and peer support programs, including team herren project. This program builds a national network of recovery advocates who participate in community events and outreach efforts to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and promote recovery. The program fosters community connection, encourages healthy living, and supports individuals and families affected by substance use disorder.
$67,739 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,244,825.
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 2020 to 2021, from $756k to $981k (+30%).
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 7% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE HERREN PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $48k → $981k.
15 of 100 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 HERREN PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 100 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
THE HERREN PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 HERREN PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 42% · 2019 64% · 2020 40% · 2021 50% · 2022 38% · 2023 37% — 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
38% of THE HERREN PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
60% of THE HERREN PROJECT'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 $2.5M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Rhode Island, across 21 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 HERREN PROJECT has grown faster than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE HERREN PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $995 on record.
- (FF) FACILITY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES$995
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE HERREN PROJECT
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HERREN PROJECT: 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 THE HERREN PROJECT?
- THE HERREN PROJECT (Rhode Island) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,242,916 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($2,090,854). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HERREN PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 100 organizations giving $6,242,916 in grants to THE HERREN PROJECT, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HERREN PROJECT?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $2,090,854 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HERREN PROJECT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 100 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