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The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts

The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,140 to it, the largest being THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ($11,140). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.3M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$34k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts does

Mission

To attract public and charitable monies that can be used by the three State of Rhode Island conservation districts for their work in stewardship of the state's natural resorces through education, outreach, technical assistance and to assist and support the districts in their endeavors.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. East Providence Emergency Watershed Protection - to provide funds that allow the voluntary purchasing of flood-impacted homes at their pre-flood value in a flood prone area of East Providence, RI. Homes are demolished and a conservation easement is placed on the land to prevent further building in a flood-prone area and restore the natural floodplain.

    $1,392,349 spent
    61% of program spending

  2. Ira

    $207,479 spent
    9% of program spending

  3. AT535 - Providing technical assistance to farm and forest land owners.

    $184,268 spent
    8% of program spending

  4. NACD Technical Assistance Agreement to provide outreach to farm and forest land owners.

    $165,773 spentof which $165,648 as grants
    7% of program spending

  5. USDA 2501: Rhode Island's three conservation districts and their sub-grantee partners from Southside Community Land Trust and the RI Food Policy Council work to increase participation in USDA programming among historically underserved agricultural producers such as black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) producers, veterans, and those with limited English proficiency.

    $103,328 spent
    5% of program spending

  6. PL 566 - floodplain reclamation in the Pocasset River watershed in Providence County.

    $101,028 spent
    4% of program spending

  7. Outreach - to provide education and outreash to land owners about federal conservation programs.

    $90,283 spent
    4% of program spending

  8. Middletown Emergency Watershed Proection program that allows the voluntary purchasing of flood-impacted homes at their pre-flood value in a flood prone area of Middletown, RI. Homes are demolished and a conservation easement is placed on the land to prevent further building in a flood-prone area and restore the natural floodplain.

    $40,816 spent
    2% of program spending

  9. Dam Atlas

    $8,798 spent
    0% of program spending

  10. Narragansett EWP

    $1,707 spent
    0% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,295,829.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($33k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($54k)2018 Revenue 866 ($283k) Expenses 503 ($268k) Net assets 147 ($80k)2019 Revenue 2199 ($718k) Expenses 1340 ($714k) Net assets 154 ($83k)2020 Revenue 1551 ($507k) Expenses 861 ($459k) Net assets 243 ($131k)2021 Revenue 4138 ($1.4M) Expenses 2448 ($1.3M) Net assets 329 ($177k)2022 Revenue 2013 ($657k) Expenses 1360 ($725k) Net assets 203 ($110k)2023 Revenue 17863 ($5.8M) Expenses 10897 ($5.8M) Net assets 251 ($135k)2024 Revenue 7015 ($2.3M) Expenses 4373 ($2.3M) Net assets 62 ($34k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (7015)Expenses (4373)Net assets (62)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $135k to $487k (+260%).

$67k
$80k
$83k
$131k
$247k
$110k
$135k
$487k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 100% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$21k
’17
$15k
’18
$4k
’19
$48k
’20
$46k
’21
−$68k
’22
$26k
’23
−$40k
’24
0.5
months of
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed8888887
Joined·+3+4+0+1+2+0
No longer listed·340121
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Association of Conservation Districts). These are real filings, and they are not money The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts raised.

From the IRS filings of The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts’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.

Where its funders are

The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state in all.

MA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)84% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.3M on record.

Federal$23.3M
grants $23.3Mcontracts $0
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25
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$23.3M

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 Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts

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

Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Foundation Inc81%Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District81%Rhode Island NGA 2017 Inc80%Feed RI78%Rhode Island Tree Council78%Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development RC&D Area Incorporated78%Rhode Island Dental Association78%Rhode Island Golf Association78%

Nationally

Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Foundation Inc81%Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District81%Rhode Island NGA 2017 Inc80%Feed RI78%Montana Association of Conservation Districts78%Rhode Island Tree Council78%Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development RC&D Area Incorporated78%Rhode Island Dental Association78%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
114%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts?
The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,140 to it, the largest being THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ($11,140). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,140 in grants to The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts.
Who is the largest funder of The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts?
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts 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 1 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