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Mentor Rhode Island

Public charity · Grantmaker Warwick, RI EIN: 05-0443260 Website

To ensure youth have access to the motivational and supportive relationships they need to grow into confident, successful adults.

Mentor Rhode Island at a glance

Total assets
$787,983
+1.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,189,358
+2.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$13,963
-2.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,163,766
+3.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Mentor Rhode Island funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

52 grants across all recorded years

51<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 51 grants of 52 (98%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

ProvidenceWarwickCentral FallsEast ProvidenceMiltonWarrenWesterlyWoonsocket

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 15 grants2022 35 grants2023 2 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $18K (2019) to $896K (2023). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $40K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Youth in Action Providence, RIOperating$25,273
Foster Forward East Providence, RIOperating$15,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$787,983$1,189,358$1,163,766——$13,963
2024$777,388$1,157,116$1,127,933$40,2732$14,285
2023$685,225$2,123,658$1,978,747$895,51435$9,126
2022$1,152,643$1,206,336$1,161,774$382,73215$48,678
2021$567,372$562,555$516,437——$26,947
2020$551,486$541,300$519,816$25,0001$9,953
2019$381,985$713,711$655,805$18,0001$22,272

About Mentor Rhode Island

Based on IRS filings

Mentor Rhode Island is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Warwick, RI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $788K in total assets. Net investment income was $14K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mentor Rhode Island is led by Jeanine Achin, President on every filing since 2024; none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jeanine Achin

    President

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Brendan Ahearn

    Chair

    Director → Chair, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher McDermott

    Director

    Treasurer → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Labrecque

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Monika Soban

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Rhonda Duckworth

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Jocelyn Murta

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Ingrid Rodriguez

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Tiffany Jimenez

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Lindsay Hamilton

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Jannel Hill

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle Peterson

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Christina Markrush (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jo-Ann Schofield (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Laura Pisaturo (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Christine Wilson (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Latanya Monteiro (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Milagros Pilla (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Cynthia Turner (2021) — Director
  • Former: Ed Mastriano (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Awan Shameem (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Debra Gormley (2019) — Chair
  • Former: Jay Heimgartner (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jayne Donegan (2019) — Director
  • Former: Katherine Demarest (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Katherine Kishfy (2019) — Director
  • Former: Michael Gianfrancesco (2019) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Verdi (2019) — Director
  • Former: Vincent Smith (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Mentor Rhode Island

How large is Mentor Rhode Island?

Mentor Rhode Island reported $788K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.

What is Mentor Rhode Island?

Mentor Rhode Island is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Warwick, RI. It holds $788K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Mentor Rhode Island operate?

Mentor Rhode Island has awarded grants in Massachusetts, Rhode Island.

What is Mentor Rhode Island's EIN?

Mentor Rhode Island's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 05-0443260. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 2, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 30, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 26, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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