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Rhode Island Nonprofits At-a-Glance
Edition II: December 2012 A program of The Rhode Island Foundation
A R E P O R T B Y T H E I N I T I A T I V E F O R N O N P R O F I T E X C E L L E N C E
The Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence Rhode Island Nonprofits At-a-Glance
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 2
HOW MANY NONPROFITS ARE THERE IN RHODE ISLAND? ........................................ 3
NONPROFIT DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................... 3
NONPROFIT EMPLOYMENT IMPACT ................................................................................. 5
"Public Charities" as defined by the IRS: ............................................................................................ 7
APPENDIX ................................................................................................................................ 7
Arts ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Education ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Environment & animals .......................................................................................................................... 10
Health ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Human Services ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Public & Societal Benefit ...................................................................................................................... 13
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION ................................................................................. 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... 14
THE INITIATIVE FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE .............................................................. 15
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INTRODUCTION
We released the first edition of Nonprofits At-a-Glance nearly two years ago.
Since then, we have seen continued growth in the sector despite a decline in
funding for many nonprofits. Nonprofit organizations remain an important thread in
the fabric of life in Rhode Island, caring for our elderly residents, producing world-
class theater, tutoring children in our neighborhood schools, advocating for those in
need, cleaning up the state’s fragile ecosystems, and providing housing for
homeless families.
The latest statistics about the economic impact of the sector underscore its
importance. Revenue from public charities pumped more than $8 billion into the
Rhode Island economy in 2010.1 Education (including elementary, secondary, and
higher education) and health care (including hospitals, primary health facilities, and
nursing facilities) represent three-fourths of this revenue, or approximately $6
billion.2 More than 18% of Rhode Islanders are employed by nonprofit
organizations.3 Without the programs, services and jobs generated by nonprofits,
the state would not be as robust.
We have refreshed our original overview of the state’s nonprofit organizations,
featuring the most current information available derived from public sources. We
updated information on the number of nonprofit organizations in the state, their
primary locations, the overall budget and asset size of organizations in all sectors.
In a separate section, we describe the breakdown of number, type, asset size and
budget size by sector of Rhode Island nonprofits. We also added a new table that
captures giving by major Rhode Island funders. We do not analyze the size or
scope of the nonprofit sector, nor do we weigh in on the debate over the number
of nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. This report is offered as an
informational tool, and we welcome any feedback or questions you may have.
-Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D.
Vice President, The Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence
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HOW MANY NONPROFITS ARE THERE IN RHODE ISLAND?
According to Guidestar, (December, 2012), there are 6,818
501(c)(3) organizations and 409 501(c)(4) organizations in
Rhode Island.
All Rhode Island nonprofit organizations are required to register with the
Secretary of State’s office annually. The number of active nonprofit
organizations registered with the Rhode Island Secretary of State in 2012
is 8,143 and includes organizations with all 501(c) designations. In
addition to public charities and foundations, this number includes
condominium associations, religious groups, sports teams, and other civic
organizations.
Those Rhode Island organizations designated as public charities,
excluding religious institutions, total 3,286. A complete IRS definition of a
public charity is provided on page 7.
NONPROFIT DEMOGRAPHICS
WHAT TYPES AND SIZES ARE RHODE
ISLAND NONPROFITS?
When a nonprofit files a 990 tax form, it must
select an identifying code called the NTEE code.
This defines the primary type of work it does.
From the NTEE codes, nonprofits may be sorted
by the fields of interest that are commonly used
by The Rhode Island Foundation and other
funders.
Figure 1 (p. 3) compares the number of public
charities with assets over $25,000 from 1990-
2012. Figure 2 (p. 4) depicts the number of
nonprofits in 2000 and 2012 according to their
primary field of interest. Most nonprofits (63%)
operate with a budget and asset size below
$100,000. Figure 3 (p. 4) shows their
distribution. Figure 4 (p. 5) presents the number of nonprofits located in
each Rhode Island city and town, and Figure 5 (p. 5) depicts the sources
of revenue for reporting public charities.
There are several definitions of
“nonprofit” and all fall under the
IRS subsection codes for tax-
exempt organizations. The code
section 501 contains 33 categories
and there are four additional tax-
exempt categories. Most nonprofit
organizations are defined by the
IRS as:
501(c)(3) Religious, Educational,
Charitable, Scientific, Literary,
Testing for Public Safety, to Foster
National or International Amateur
Sports Competition, or Prevention
of Cruelty to Children or Animals
Organizations
501(c)(4) Civic Leagues, Social
Welfare Organizations, and Local
Associations of Employees.
842 1,080
1,443
1,888
2,213
3,272
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012
Fig. 1 Number of Reporting Rhode Island Public Charities: 1990-2012
Sources: The Nonprofit Almanac, 2008; Guidestar, 2012; NCCS Dataweb 2012
Table A. Ethnic/racial
makup of boards
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157
202
42
225
438
57
322
424
640
193
378
1,178
366
49
Arts
Education
Environment
Health/Mental Health
Human Services
Public, Societal Benefit
All Others
Fig. 2 Number of Rhode Island Public Charities by Field of Interest: 2000-2012
2000: N=1,443 2012: N=3,272
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
<$100K $100-500K $500K-1M $1-2.5M $2.5-5M $5-10M >$10M
Fig. 3 Distribution of Rhode Island Public Charities by Asset and Budget Size: 2012
Budget
Assets
Source: NCCS database; Guidestar
Source: Guidestar
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Fig. 4 Location of Rhode Island Public
Charities by City/Town: 2012
Source: Guidestar
NONPROFIT EMPLOYMENT IMPACT
How many Rhode Islanders work in the nonprofit sector?
From the latest public figures available, Rhode Island nonprofits employ more than 18% of the state’s labor
force. Rhode Island and New York are tied as the states with the highest percentage of people employed by
nonprofit organizations, second to Washington, D.C. at more than 26%. Nonprofit employees include: staff
at colleges, universities, and hospitals; social service providers, artists, performers, researchers, advocates,
and environmental workers. Volunteers make up approximately 13,000 of the total workforce, and paid
workers the remaining 65,000.4
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How are Rhode Island
Nonprofits Funded?
Nonprofits have a variety
of funding sources; we
don’t have data specific to
our state but we can
depict national figures for
revenue sources (see Fig.
5, right).5 The top Rhode
Island-based organizations
awarding grants in the
state of Rhode Island are
noted in Table A (below).
Table A. Top Rhode Island-based organizations awarding grants in the state of Rhode Island
Name Total giving: (as of): Type of grantmaker:
The Rhode Island Community Foundation $ 25,596,191 12/31/2011 Community foundation
The Champlin Foundations $ 17,074,565 12/31/2010 Independent foundation
United Way of Rhode Island $ 13,025,502 6/30/2011 Public charity
Hasbro Children's Fund, Inc. $ 7,828,785 12/26/2010 Company-sponsored foundation
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust,Inc. $ 7,311,594 12/31/2010 Company-sponsored foundation
Jewish Federation of Rhode Island $ 4,396,392 6/30/2011 Public charity
FM Global Foundation $ 3,996,717 12/31/2010 Company-sponsored foundation
van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Inc. $ 3,644,394 12/31/2010 Independent foundation
The Sachem Foundation $ 3,410,262 12/31/2011 Independent foundation
The Textron Charitable Trust $ 3,191,351 12/31/2010 Company-sponsored foundation
Ira S. and Anna Galkin Charitable Trust $ 2,689,499 12/31/2011 Independent foundation
Warren Alpert Foundation $ 2,062,500 12/31/2011 Independent foundation
Feinstein Foundation, Inc. $ 1,912,329 12/31/2010 Independent foundation
McAdams Charitable Foundation $ 1,545,768 12/31/2010 Independent foundation
The Carter Family Charitable Trust $ 1,472,382 6/30/2011 Independent foundation
Amica Companies Foundation $ 1,438,771 12/31/2011 Company-sponsored foundation
Shriners of Rhode Island Charities Trust $ 1,241,361 12/31/2010 Independent foundation
Fees for
services and goods from
private sources, 52.4%
Fees for services and goods from government,
23.2%
Private contributions,
13.6%
Government grants, 8.9%
Other, 2.1%
Fig. 5 Sources of Revenue for Reporting Public Charities, 2009
Source: Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, Core Files (Public Charities, 2009). Note: Figures do not sum up to 100 percent because overall investment was negative.
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For more information on Rhode Island’s nonprofit sector:
Foundation Center (http://www.fdncenter.org)
Guidestar (http://www.guidestar.org)
National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute (http://www.nccs.urban.org)
The Rhode Island Foundation (http://www.rifoundation.org)
APPENDIX
The appendix of this report is devoted to a breakdown of nonprofits in the six major sectors: arts, education, environment and animals, health, human services and public and societal benefit. These are the sector designations defined by Guidestar and do not necessarily match the Rhode Island Foundation sectors. Please also note, these numbers represent figures from Guidestar, including profiles that may not include budget and asset size, thus accounting for varying total numbers.
For a “yellow pages” listing of nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island, please visit the Directory of Rhode Island Nonprofits on the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence page of the Rhode Island Foundation website. The directory contains basic contact information for most nonprofits and is searchable by keyword.
"Public Charities" as defined by the IRS:
Generally, organizations that are classified as public charities:
Churches, hospitals, qualified medical research organizations affiliated with hospitals, schools, colleges
and universities,
Have active programs of fundraising, receiving contributions from many sources, including the general
public, governmental agencies, corporations, private foundations or other public charities,
Receive income from the conduct of activities in furtherance of the organization’s exempt purposes, or
Actively function in a supporting relationship to one or more existing public charities.
Private foundations, in contrast, typically have a single major source of funding (usually gifts from one family or corporation rather than funding from many sources) and most have as their primary activity the making of grants to other charitable organizations and to individuals, rather than the direct operation of charitable programs.
Source: http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article
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31
42
124
118
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Humanities & Historical Societies
Media
Museums
Performing Arts
Service and Other
Arts sector subcategories
288
57
19 23 9 6 9 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Arts organizations by budget size
295
76
19 12 5 2 2 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Arts organizations by asset size
Arts
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174
39
33
346
32
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
College & University
Elementary & Secondary
Libraries
Research Institutes
Service and Other
Vocational, Technical, & Adult
Education sector subcategories
402
93
32 30 24 14 18 0
100
200
300
400
500
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Education organizations by budget size
408
75
36 30 18 15 30
0
100
200
300
400
500
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Education organizations by asset size
Education
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59
10
75
4
10
33
2
0 20 40 60 80
Animal Protection, Welfare, & Svcs
Beautification & Horticulture
Conservation & Environ Ed
Healthcare Facilities & Progs
Pollution
Service & Other
Zoos & Veterinary Svcs
Environment and animal sector subcategories
139
29
9 9 2 1 0
0
50
100
150
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Ennvironment and animal organizations by budget size
141
18
5 9 5 7 4 0
50
100
150
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Ennvironment and animal organizations by asset size
Environment & animals
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27
60
208
15
68
0 50 100 150 200 250
Addiction & Substance Abuse
Disease & Disease Research
Healthcare Facilities & Progs
Medical Disciplines & Specialty Research
Mental Health & Crisis Services
Health sector subcategories
165
61
28 29 15
27
42
0
50
100
150
200
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Health organizations by budget size
170
63
21 32 31
17
33
0
50
100
150
200
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Health organizations by asset size
Health
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31
43
42
468
189
53
293
98
0 100 200 300 400 500
Agriculture & Food
Crime & Legal Related
Employment
General Human Svcs
Housing
Public Safety
Recreation & Sports
Youth Development
Human services sector subcategories
687
240
92 67
24 19 22 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Human services organizations by budget size
Human Services
724
143 64 96
61 33 26
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Human services organizations by asset size
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11
138
9
209
2
2
0 50 100 150 200 250
Civil Rights & Liberties
Community Improvement
Mutual/Membership Benefit Orgs
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, & Public Benefit
Service & Other
Voter Education & Registration
Public & societal benefit sector `
225
79
26 8 5 6 6
0
100
200
300
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Public & societal benefit organizations by asset size
Public & Societal Benefit
216
62
17 21
12 12 13 0
100
200
300
<$100K $100-$500K $500K-$1M $1M-$2.5M $2.5M-$5M $5M-$10M >$10M
Public & societal benefit organizations by budget size
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THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
Throughout our nearly 100 year
history, the Foundation has been
dedicated “to meeting the needs
of the people of Rhode Island”.
The peoples' most pressing needs
have changed - and will continue
to change - through the years.
In 2010, we identified two critical
needs and began to increase our
attention and resources within our
education and health sectors, to
raise awareness of these
important issues and to position
the Foundation as a catalyst for
change. These focused efforts, our
“signature initiatives”, address:
Public education reform Our primary goal for public education is to lead the effort-with our many
partners-to reduce statewide drop-out rates for at-risk students.
Primary healthcare reform Our goal in primary healthcare is to lead the efforts, with our many
partners, to reduce the number of Rhode Islanders without a primary care
“medical home” and to increase the number of primary care physicians
practicing in Rhode Island.
1, 2 “Number of Public Charities in Rhode Island.” National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2010.
3 “Holding the Fort: Nonprofit Employment During a Decade of Turmoil.” Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Stephanie L.
Geller (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Economic Data Project, Bulletin #39, 2012).
4 “Nonprofits Continue to Add Jobs in the Current Downturn, but Rate of Job Growth Falters: An Overview.” Lester M. Salamon, S.
Wojciech Sokolowski, and Stephanie L. Geller (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Economic Data Project, Bulletin #37, 2011).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would especially like to
acknowledge and thank the
following for their assistance in
preparing this report:
Walter Callender, C
Squared Strategy
Cheryl A. Del Pico, New
Roots Providence
Gayle Gifford, Cause &
Effect
David Karoff, Karoff &
Associates
Marti Rosenberg, New Roots
Providence
Members of The Rhode
Island Foundation staff
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THE INITIATIVE FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE
The Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence (INE) builds the capacity of nonprofit organizations so they can better
achieve their missions. We provide tools and information to promote:
Leadership development: workshops, grants, and mentoring to foster strong leadership among
nonprofit executives, staff, and boards, as well as nonprofit emerging leaders.
Organizational development: workshops and technical assistance to improve operations or delivery
services.
Systems development: free tools and resources that inform, educate, systematize, standardize, or
create efficiencies.
Engagement and reflection: informal convenings that promote quality discourse and experiential
learning.
The Rhode Island Foundation launched the Initiative in 2008. Since then, the INE has worked with more than
1,600 individuals and 700 organizations. We embrace collaboration and learning and use evaluation to
continually improve our programs and services. We also offer programs designed for different levels of
participation, depending on the needs of organizations. Online resources, hands-on workshops, and multi-
year capacity-building programs are all available.
Rhode Island Nonprofits At-a-Glance is brought to you by The Initiative
for Nonprofit Excellence at The Rhode Island Foundation.
The Rhode Island Foundation
One Union Station
Providence RI 02903
www.rifoundation.org
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