Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Invests in women and girls through research, advocacy, grant making and strategic partnerships designed to achieve gender equity through systemic change.
Women's Fund of Rhode Island at a glance
In short: Women's Fund of Rhode Island gave $84K across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $9K), mostly in Rhode Island. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $84,000
- -41.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 9
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $9,333
- -41.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $9,900
- Total assets
- $1,244,260
- -4.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Rhode Island (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Women's Fund of Rhode Island funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 9 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Planned Parenthood ($10K). Together the top 9 received $84K.
Grant Size Distribution
37 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 36 grants of 37 (97%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.
Cities
How Women's Fund of Rhode Island gives
- Giving grew 32% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $48K (2019) to $142K (2024). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $84K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Providence, RI | to strengthen Advocacy and Public Policy work, growing a larger and more diverse base of supporters who will further shape the reproductive rights movement, and gender equity, particularly within the Southeast Asian community. | $10,000 |
| Amos House Providence, RI | to fund Bridge to Career Opportunities program, which includes concurrent support services, basic education, job training, career counseling, and financial coaching to improve employment and economic outcomes for 25 low-income women facing financial insecurity. | $10,000 |
| Arise Providence, RI | Alliance of RI Southeast Asians for Education; Youth-led development, testing, and implementation of a new civic advocacy curriculum, which focuses specifically on issues of gender inequity, including stipends for collaborators. | $10,000 |
| RI Abortion Fund Providence, RI | support for women's reproductive health services | $10,000 |
| Real Access Motivates Progress Burriville, RI | support for Disability Inclusion | $9,900 |
| Young Voices Providence, RI | to fund GRL PWR, a youth-led BIPOC women and non-binary empowerment group that focuses on policy change within the Providence community, focusing on dismantling systemic inequities in school disciplinary practices and implementing restorative justice. | $8,786 |
| RI Coalition to End Homelessness Providence, RI | Renewed funding for Voices of Homelessness (VOH) and Constituent Advisory Committee (CAC) where constituents with lived experience of homelessness work towards systems change and ending homelessness in the state, and receive a livable wage for their work. | $8,738 |
| Refugee Dream Center Providence, RI | to fund the Afghani Women Integration project to alleviate social isolation and increase access to resources including English as a second language, health education, employment opportunities and other services through weekly programming. Serves both women and their husbands in cultural awareness training about American society. | $8,738 |
| SafeBae Bristol, RI | to comprehensively engage school and parent communities in a series of targeted activities that reduce relationship violence through youth engagement, supporting caregivers/parents to improve their communication with their teens, and building trusting community-wide support systems between students, school staff, and local service providers | $7,838 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,244,260 | $658,093 | $702,077 | $84,000 | 9 | $22,175 |
| 2024 | $1,299,831 | $682,873 | $633,335 | $142,400 | 9 | $13,731 |
| 2023 | $1,196,167 | $518,387 | $483,650 | $63,765 | 7 | $3,937 |
| 2022 | $1,127,076 | $417,205 | $464,615 | $63,565 | 7 | — |
| 2021 | $1,174,821 | $1,023,935 | $395,482 | $50,000 | 5 | — |
| 2020 | $564,421 | $346,357 | $315,654 | $60,000 | 7 | — |
| 2019 | $525,234 | $324,658 | $293,437 | $47,548 | 5 | — |
About Women's Fund of Rhode Island
Based on IRS filings
Women's Fund of Rhode Island is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Providence, RI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 9 grants totaling $84K. Net investment income was $22K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Women's Fund of Rhode Island is led by Kelly Nevins, Chief Executive Officer since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 13 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kelly Nevins
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director → Chief Executive Officer, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$82K (2019) → $113K (2025)
Susan Rittcher
President
Member → President, 2024
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beverly Wiley
Member
Board Chair → President, 2022
President → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Kincaid
Member
Secretary → Committee Chair, 2024
Committee Chair → Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Victorino
Vice President
Communications Co-Chair → Member, 2021
Member → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lysa Teal
Member
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adam Ramos
Member
Member → Committee Chair, 2024
Committee Chair → Member, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Killenberg
Secretary
Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Etie-Lee Schaub
Member
Committee Chair → Member, 2024
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ana Martins
Member
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christy Durant
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Dibari
Member
Committee Chair → Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sean Holley
Member
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (15)
- Former: Christina Castle (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Maryam Attarpour (2024) — Member
- Former: Claire Carrabba (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Emily Sack (2019–2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Jessica Shelton (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Kathy Gagne (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Maryellen Butke (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Zankhana Bateman (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Kevin Matta (2020–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Juana De Los Santos (2022) — Member
- Former: Diane Crosby (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Joanne Daly (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Kim Lee (2020–2021) — Member
- Former: Aronda Kirby (2019–2020) — Policy & Advocacy Chair
- Former: Diya Das (2019–2020) — Member
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $113K, to Kelly Nevins (Chief Executive Officer).
Frequently asked questions about Women's Fund of Rhode Island
How much does Women's Fund of Rhode Island give each year?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island gave $84K across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $142K across 9 grants.
What is Women's Fund of Rhode Island's typical grant size?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island's median grant in 2025 was $9,900, and its average grant was $9,333, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Women's Fund of Rhode Island give grants?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island gives mostly in Rhode Island: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Providence, RI (7 grants).
Does Women's Fund of Rhode Island give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 9 grants with a stated purpose on Women's Fund of Rhode Island's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Women's Fund of Rhode Island's largest grantees?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island's largest 2025 grantees include Planned Parenthood ($10,000), Amos House ($10,000) and Arise ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 36% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Women's Fund of Rhode Island?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $658K.
What is Women's Fund of Rhode Island?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Providence, RI. It holds $1.2M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Women's Fund of Rhode Island's EIN?
Women's Fund of Rhode Island's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1741539. 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
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 2, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 9, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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