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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$989,225
Total expenses
$929,057
Contributions and grants received
$966,905
Grants paid
$124,360
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$22,294
Other revenue
$26
Total assets, end of year
$468,055
Total liabilities, end of year
$26,200
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$441,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$659,187
Management and general expenses
$172,035
Fundraising expenses
$97,835
Program service expenses (Part III)
$659,187

Program services were 71.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $545,664

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $421,241

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,623 · excluded $21,623

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $26,153

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $25,482

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $671

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $671 · excluded $671

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $26 · excluded $26

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $124,360 · program services $124,360

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $158,190 · program services $106,336 · management and general $30,760 · fundraising $21,094

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $309,080 · program services $206,647 · management and general $61,050 · fundraising $41,383

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,395 · program services $22,495 · management and general $4,937 · fundraising $4,963

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,460 · program services $20,759 · management and general $6,155 · fundraising $3,546

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,594 · program services $22,577 · management and general $6,631 · fundraising $4,386

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,928 · management and general $48,928

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $922 · management and general $922

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,164 · program services $3,699 · management and general $5,325 · fundraising $140

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,194 · program services $22,709 · fundraising $4,485

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,903 · program services $17,034 · management and general $286 · fundraising $9,583

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,782 · program services $35,244 · management and general $1,392 · fundraising $4,146

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,477 · program services $9,691 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $299

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,609 · program services $1,602 · management and general $975 · fundraising $32

  • 20 · Interest

    total $307 · management and general $307

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,980 · management and general $1,980

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,358 · program services $4,794 · fundraising $564

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $25,895 · program services $24,616 · fundraising $1,279

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,434 · program services $15,624 · management and general $875 · fundraising $1,935

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25 · management and general $25

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $98,629 · end of year $225,957

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,775 · end of year $8,522

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,491 · end of year $10,771

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $36,309

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $33,217

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,071 · end of year $3,092

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $64,629 · end of year $74,611

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $196,112 · end of year $145,102

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $186,149 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,364 · end of year $23,830

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $5,835 · end of year $2,370

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $186,886 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,010 · end of year $277,768

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $280,761 · end of year $164,087

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES SEEDS, SUPPORTS, AND STRENGTHENS PUBLIC HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CIVIC EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY AND FOR ALL RHODE ISLANDERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES SEEDS, SUPPORTS, AND STRENGTHENS PUBLIC HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CIVIC EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY AND FOR ALL RHODE ISLANDERS.

  • THE RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES (RI HUMANITIES) MARKED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE 2025 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' GRANTMAKING PROGRAMS AWARDED $125,665 THROUGH 22 STATE-FUNDED THRIVE GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL HISTORICAL AND PRESERVATION SOCIETIES, AS WELL AS EIGHT FEDERALLY-FUNDED MINI GRANTS. IN APRIL 2025, WE HOSTED A THRIVE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT EVENT AT THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE LIBRARY, CELEBRATING CURRENT AND PAST GRANTEES. STAFF MEMBERS ALSO ACTIVATED THE 50+ YEAR OLD GRANTS CATALOGUE BY ADDING SEARCHABLE THEMATIC LABELS TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, INFORMING THE NEWLY LAUNCHED "HUMANITIES IN ACTION" MONTHLY FEATURE OF PAST GRANTEES.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 38,000 ANNUAL USERS AND NOW FEATURES OVER 377 STORIES AND 40 INDIVIDUAL TOURS. 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.AS A KEY PARTNER OF THE RI250 COMMISSION, RI HUMANITIES CO-HOSTED A CULTURAL CONVENING AND FACILITATED WORKSHOP SPARKING CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE CULTURAL SECTOR AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AHEAD OF COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, RI HUMANITIES OFFICIALLY SERVED 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.

    Expenses $659,187 · Grants $124,360

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Renee Soto

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Popovich

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Stenger PhD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffini Bowers

    VICE CHAIR THRU 03/31/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chrystal Mars Baker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene B Mihaly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cherry Arnold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Basile

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Craven Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Dippolito III Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaffa Davies

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Antonia Noori Farzan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Imanah Mahmoud

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Mark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily McHugh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeannette E Riley PhD

    BOARD MEMBER THRU 05/01/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric E Sung

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Joseph Westgatephd

    BOARD MEMBER THRU 07/14/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Woolard MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Francis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,010
    From this org
    $119,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,052
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641639349300034

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