Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,259,896

Total expenses

$1,203,150

Contributions and grants received

$1,239,333

Grants paid

$272,881

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$20,563

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$585,856

Total liabilities, end of year

$217,085

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$368,771

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$832,018

Management and general expenses

$198,587

Fundraising expenses

$172,545

Program service expenses (Part III)

$832,018

Program services were 69.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES (RI HUMANITIES) MARKED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR, CONTINUING TO FULFILL ITS MISSION TO SEED, SUPPORT, AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CIVIC EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY AND FOR ALL RHODE ISLANDERS. RI HUMANITIES WAS SUPPORTED THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS, FOUNDATION GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL GIFTS, AND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.RI HUMANITIES' STANDARD GRANTMAKING PROGRAM AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $170,400 TO 30 GRANT PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. ADDITIONALLY, RI HUMANITIES LAUNCHED THE STATE-FUNDED THRIVE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTMAKING PROGRAM, DISBURSING $90,000 OF STATE FUNDING FOR 18 CULTURAL HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL HISTORICAL AND PRESERVATION SOCIETIES THAT SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN RHODE ISLAND'S MANY DIVERSE, DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES. THROUGH AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION AND RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, THE RI EXPANSION ARTS PROGRAM (RIEAP) CONTINUED TO OFFER FUNDING AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY-BASED, CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, WITH RI HUMANITIES SPECIFICALLY PROVIDING $2,500 TO EACH OF THE FIVE COHORT MEMBERS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, RI HUMANITIES CONTINUED TO PRODUCE RHODE TOUR, A WEBSITE AND SMARTPHONE APP FOR STORIES ABOUT RHODE ISLAND CULTURE AND HISTORY. THE APP AND WEBSITE HOSTED 60,000 ANNUAL USERS AND NOW FEATURES OVER 377 STORIES AND 40 INDIVIDUAL TOURS. AS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE UNITED WE STAND: CONNECTING THROUGH CULTURE INITIATIVE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, RI HUMANITIES ADDED TWO NEW TOURS TO RHODE TOUR, TELLING STORIES OF LGBTQ+ EXPERIENCE AND THE MANY MEANINGS OF "HOME AND BELONGING IN RHODE ISLAND. RI HUMANITIES CONTINUED TO CIRCULATE ITS BIWEEKLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER, HUMANITIES IN CONTEXT, TO 4,500 RECIPIENTS, PROVIDING ENGAGING ARTICLES, INFORMATION, AND EVENT SCHEDULES RELATED TO THE HUMANITIES.RI HUMANITIES SPENT THE FISCAL YEAR PLANNING AND PREPARING TO SERVE AS LOCAL HOST OF THE 2024 NATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE HELD IN PROVIDENCE IN NOVEMBER, 2024. THE CONFERENCE ATTRACTED NEARLY 900 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY - THE MOST EVER FOR THIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE - AND SHOWCASED THE DEPTH AND INNOVATIVE QUALITIES OF PUBLIC HUMANITIES IN OUR STATE. ATTENDEES INCLUDED STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS OF ALL OF THE 56 STATE AND JURISDICTIONAL HUMANITIES COUNCILS; FACULTY MEMBERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND ACADEMIC LEADERS FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES;PROFESSIONALS FROM MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS; AND LEADERS AND STAFF OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. OVER 50 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED, ENSURING THAT THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT HERE IN THE OCEAN STATE.

  Expenses $832,018 · Grants $272,881

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• ARMENIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND

  $12,000

  ARMENIAN CHRONICLES: A LIVING HISTORY

• DIRT PALACE PUBLIC PROJECTS

  $12,000

  LETTERPRESS PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN PROVIDENCE, 1762-2024

• FRACTURED ATLAS

  $12,000

  SCANDALOUS CONDUCT: A FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA

• LITTLE COMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $12,000

  THE SAKONNET MISHOON PROJECT

• NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $12,000

  A NAME, A VOICE, A LIFE: THE BLACK NEWPORTERS OF THE 17TH-19TH CENTURIES EXHIBITION

• PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY

  $12,000

  WASHED

• QUEERARCHIVEWORK INC

  $12,000

  QUEER/TRANS ZINEFEST (QTZ) 2024

• TIKKUN OLAM PRODUCTIONS

  $12,000

  BREAKIN' AWAY

• WEST BROADWAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

  $12,000

  SUPERMAN: A BUILDING AND ITS CITY

• SCHOOL ONE

  $10,150

  WRITE RHODE ISLANDS PICTURES WITH WORDS: COMIC AND GRAPHIC NOVEL PROGRAM (WRITE RHODE ISLAND - READ THINK WRITE)

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

24 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202510839349301206

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