Providence Promise

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Providence, RI501(c)(3)EducationEIN 47-1918920Revenue $784K in FY2025

On file with the IRSpvdpromise.org2 Regency Plz Ste 12, 02903-3143 · Providence, RITax-exempt since Feb 2015Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Providence Promise promotes high educational aspirations and more equitable opportunities for Providence public school students by advocating for college savings accounts and family engagement, increasing financial literacy, and reducing the financial burden of higher education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$98K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8K a year · 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $15K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$399K
71% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 71% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$784K
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$855K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$162K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$784K
FY2025▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$453K
FY2022$632K
FY2023$819K
FY2024$811K
FY2025$784K
Expenses
$855K
FY2025▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$325K
FY2022$486K
FY2023$812K
FY2024$983K
FY2025$855K
Net assets
$162K
FY2025▼ -27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$239K
FY2022$385K
FY2023$392K
FY2024$222K
FY2025$162K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $536K Management & general 19% · $166K Fundraising 18% · $153K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$97,699Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Madalyn Ciampi’s $98K as Executive Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Madalyn Ciampi$97,699$97,111$84,030$72,638$66,392

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Boosts student college savings, family engagement, and financial literacy to ease higher education costs.

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1 program · $536K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Providence promise's unique, multi- pronged structure is designed to holistically address the challenges faced by providence students in their pursuit of higher EDUCATION.EARLY enrollment: PARENTS/GUARDIANS enroll their children by the time they enter the public school system, when children from birth to grade nine are ELIGIBLE.COLLEGE…

$536Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$15K
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $465K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$148,203
Unitemized GrantFY2023$316,598

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$784K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$754K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$855K
Ln 25
Programscol B$536K
Managementcol C$166K
Fundraisingcol D$153K
Owns and owesPt X
$162K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$167K
Total assetsLn 16$560K
LiabilitiesLn 26$399K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$754K
Government grantsLn 1e$102K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Total revenueLn 12$784K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$144K
SavingsLn 2$22K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$167K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$186K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$148K
Total assetsLn 16$560K
LiabilitiesLn 26$399K
Net assetsLn 32$162K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$154K$167K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27K$186K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$482K$560K
LiabilitiesLn 26$260K$399K
Net assetsLn 32$222K$162K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$148K$148K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$99K$52K$24K$23K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$357K$182K$89K$86K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$6K$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$36K$24K$6K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$32K$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$1K$279$279
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$4K$514
Office expensesLn 13$48K$31K$8K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$4K$951$1K
OccupancyLn 16$52K$35K$9K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$3K$748$832
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$14K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$855K$536K$166K$153K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $784K$855K−$72K$162K 990 PDF
FY2024 $811K$983K−$172K$222K 990 PDF
FY2023 $819K$812K$7K$392K 990 PDF
FY2022 $632K$486K$146K$385K 990 PDF
FY2021 $453K$325K$128K$239K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $783,915 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $784,303$753,932
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$2,210
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,734$1,360
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,379$26,413
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $811,416$783,915
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $316,598$148,203
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $515,718$549,841
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $150,600$157,403
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $982,916$855,447
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$171,500−$71,532
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $783,915 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $15,654 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$100,000
VIII-1e Government grants$101,886
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$552,046
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$753,932
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,210$2,210
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,360$1,360
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $10,759$10,759
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,210 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $27,773$783,915
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $855,447 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $148,203$148,203
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $51,739 · Management $23,984 · Fundraising $23,218$98,941
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $181,890 · Management $89,264 · Fundraising $86,231$357,385
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,099 · Management $1,525 · Fundraising $1,525$9,149
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,122 · Management $6,030 · Fundraising $6,030$36,182
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,122 · Management $8,031 · Fundraising $8,031$48,184
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,499$16,499
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,115 · Management $279 · Fundraising $279$1,673
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,070 · Fundraising $514$4,584
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,481 · Management $7,751 · Fundraising $8,612$47,844
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,864 · Management $951 · Fundraising $1,057$5,872
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,534 · Management $8,502 · Fundraising $9,447$52,483
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,256$2,256
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,040 · Management $748 · Fundraising $832$4,620
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,167 · Fundraising $7,405$21,572
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $536,446 · Management $165,820 · Fundraising $153,181$855,447
Part X · Balance sheet $560,099 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $97,937$144,375
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,109$22,467
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $77,710$51,773
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,276$5,228
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,185$2,149
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $27,435$186,499
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $213,483$147,608
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $482,135$560,099
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $42,880$47,883
X-18 Grants payable$173,633
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$10,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $217,070$167,066
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $259,950$398,582
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $222,185$161,517
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $222,185$161,517
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $482,135$560,099
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $161,517 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$783,915
XI-2 Total expenses$855,447
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$71,532
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$222,185
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,864
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$161,517

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