Rhode Island · Nonprofit
WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC
WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,775,501 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($695,300). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Westbay Community Action Inc does
Mission
To organize, plan and provide social services to low income and elderly individuals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family services- family services at westbay community action, inc ("westbay"). Provides services and referrals to people in crisis situations. In most of the programs, eligibility is determined based on household income. This unit also provides information and referral to local, state and federal assistance programs designed to assist low income residents of rhode island.
$5,045,480 spent26% of program spendingWeatherization- weatherization is designed to permanently reduce utility bills by making the homes of low-income families more energy efficient. Common measures include installing insulation, sealing ducts, tuning and repairing furnaces and water heaters, and sealingwindows, doors and other infiltration points.
$4,938,449 spent25% of program spendingMedical respite - medical respite is non-permanent acute and post-acute care for persons experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from illness or injury on the streets but are not ill enough to be in a hospital. By providing a stable and safe place to recover and receive necessary services, medical respite promotes healing and recovery, ultimately disrupting the cycle of homelessness and reducing the need for costly, preventable, emergency intervention.
$3,014,175 spent15% of program spendingMarket place - the westbay marketplace is the third largest food pantry in rhode island, serving over 2,300 clients per month. As part of the marketplace program, westbay also operates the emergency food program, which provides three days of food to clients based on household size, and the usda commodities program, which provides food staples onces per month.
$3,921,450 spent$113,345 earned by the program20% of program spendingWomen, infants and children (wic) program - administers the women, infants, and children (wic) program, providing supplemental nutrition support, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion, health screenings, and referrals to medical and social services for eligible families.
$1,553,981 spent$1,315,847 earned by the program8% of program spendingCase management - provides individualized support and coordination to help individuals and families access needed services, address barriers to stability, and work toward improved health, housing, financial security, and overall well-being.
$1,168,183 spent$691,245 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,641,718.
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.
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 $6.1M to $9.7M (+60%).
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: 2017 83% · 2018 84% · 2019 83% · 2020 76% · 2021 67% · 2022 57% · 2023 43% · 2024 71% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Paul A Salera
President/CEO
Board chair
Anthony Corrente Jr
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $101k → $377k.
3 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $302k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Westbay Housing Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 46% · 2019 65% · 2020 75% · 2021 33% · 2022 47% · 2023 63% — 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
60% of WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
55% of WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC'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 $803k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside Rhode Island, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $972k 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.
Government funding WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$815k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$149k
- Department of Health and Human Services$100k
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 WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,775,501 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($695,300). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,775,501 in grants to WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $695,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTBAY COMMUNITY ACTION 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.
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 23 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