Providence Shelter for Colored Children
Providence Shelter for Colored Children is a private foundation focused on Arts and culture, based in Providence, RI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $518K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $11K. Net investment income was $21K.
Providence Shelter for Colored Children at a glance
In short: Providence Shelter for Colored Children gave $11K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $4K), mostly in Rhode Island. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,500
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,500
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $3,000
- Total assets
- $518,294
- +2.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Rhode Island (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Providence Shelter for Colored Children
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Providence Shelter for Colored Children
Who Providence Shelter for Colored Children funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Camp Ruggles ($5K). Together the top 3 received $11K.
Grant Size Distribution
11 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 11 (91%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Providence Shelter for Colored Children gives
- Giving fell 77% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 87% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2024) to $55K (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $11K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Camp Ruggles Chepachet, RI | General Support | $5,000 |
| RI Community & Justice Providence, RI | General Support | $3,000 |
| Community Music Works Providence, RI | General Support | $2,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $518,294 | $32,089 | $32,588 | $10,500 | 3 | $21,278 | $20,763 | $24,415 |
| 2024 | $505,509 | $29,262 | $22,579 | $7,000 | 2 | $14,624 | $21,090 | $23,763 |
| 2023 | $471,400 | $28,621 | $20,159 | $11,500 | 1 | $15,828 | $24,116 | $23,187 |
| 2022 | $483,772 | $17,370 | $50,654 | $46,074 | 4 | $50,554 | $76 | $24,378 |
| 2021 | $554,428 | $18,229 | $59,249 | $55,000 | 1 | — | $118 | $22,407 |
| 2020 | $498,243 | $15,855 | $6,796 | — | — | — | $370 | $18,954 |
| 2019 | $490,270 | $48,689 | $11,609 | — | — | — | $23,288 | $17,510 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Providence Shelter for Colored Children reported a distributable amount of $24K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Providence Shelter for Colored Children is led by Kilah Walters-Clinton, President on every filing since 2023; none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kilah Walters-Clinton
President
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Governance Chair
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael McGuigan
Finance Chair
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beverly Cardoza
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Lancaster
Vice President
Board Member → Historian, 2023
Historian → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joanne Melish
Historian
Board Member → Vice President, 2020
Vice President → Historian, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Attiyya Houston
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Pena
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Washawn Jones
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Azia Johnson
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Elisabeth Hannah
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (13)
- Former: Marylis Hannah (2020–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Anita Edmonds Turner (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Betsy Zimmerman (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jill Brody (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Kilah Walters (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Sandra Enos (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Attiyah Houston (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: La Tri-c-ea McClendon-Hart (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Irish (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Connie Worthington (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Linda Cline (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mary Santos LIma (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Roxanne Johnson-Nance (2019) — Vice President
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 Providence Shelter for Colored Children
How much does Providence Shelter for Colored Children give each year?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children gave $11K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $7K across 2 grants.
What is Providence Shelter for Colored Children's typical grant size?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children's median grant in 2025 was $3,000, and its average grant was $3,500, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Providence Shelter for Colored Children give grants?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children gives mostly in Rhode Island: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Providence, RI (2 grants).
Does Providence Shelter for Colored Children give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Providence Shelter for Colored Children's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (3 of 3) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
How large is Providence Shelter for Colored Children?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children reported $518K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $21K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $24K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What is Providence Shelter for Colored Children?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children is a private foundation focused on Arts and culture, based in Providence, RI. It holds $518K in total assets as of 2025.
What is Providence Shelter for Colored Children's EIN?
Providence Shelter for Colored Children's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 05-6014169. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 3, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 22, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 7, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 16, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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