Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1992.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
7 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Empowers Rhode Island's community action agencies to fight poverty through training, policy, and education.
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Community Service Block Grant
To provide assistance to states and local communities, working through a network of community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations, for the reduction of poverty, revitalization of low-income communities, and empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient.
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Legal training and technical assistance - to support enhanced state, regional and national T/TA to strengthen and expand the capacity and ability of community action agencies to deal with legal issues, especially those dealing with the financial management and governance of their agencies funded under CSBG.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $131K | $148K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $215K | $194K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $79K | $30K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $136K | $164K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $77K | $31K | $46K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $8K | $3K | $5K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $7K | $3K | $4K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $182K | $182K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $755 | $755 | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $5K | $5K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $363 | $363 | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $17K | $17K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $20K | $527 | $20K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $326K | $220K | $106K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $334K | $326K | $8K | $164K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $307K | $314K | −$7K | $136K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $294K | $302K | −$9K | $142K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $335K | $318K | $17K | $154K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $329K | $345K | −$16K | $147K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $188K | $232K | −$43K | $163K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $333,513 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $333,513 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $325,576 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $194,024 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $163,721 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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