2025-03-24T14:03:22-05:00 2024-10-31 872525370 CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC 500 EXCHANGE STREET SUITE 9-100 PROVIDENCE RI 02903 990 2023-11-01 050376246 RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES RHOD 4012732250 131 WASHINGTON STREET 210 PROVIDENCE RI 02903 ELIZABETH FRANCIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4012732250 2025-03-24 1 1 MICHAEL E CRISCIONE P01456801 4014214800 2025-03-24 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ELIZABETH FRANCIS 131 WASHINGTON STREET 210 PROVIDENCE RI 02903 1312674 0 X WWW.RIHUMANITIES.ORG X 1977 RI 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. 18 18 8 22 0 0 1133675 1239333 0 0 7381 20563 0 0 1141056 1259896 206079 272881 0 0 618836 651388 0 0 172545 335293 278881 1160208 1203150 -19152 56746 554310 585856 269444 217085 284866 368771 X 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. 0 0 832018 272881 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. 832018 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X ELIZABETH FRANCIS 4012732250 131 WASHINGTON STREET PROVIDENCE RI 02903 TIFFINI BOWERS VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARCIA SOUSA DA PONTE SECRETARY THRU 12/08/23 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JORGE MEJIA TREASURER THRU 03/11/24 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRYSTAL MARS BAKER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 EUGENE B MIHALY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DOUG POPOVICH BOARD CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHERRY ARNOLD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANTONIA NOORI FARZAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DON E WINEBERG BOARD MEMBER THRU 03/31/24 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES P RILEY BOARD MEMBER THRU 03/31/24 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEANNETTE E RILEY PHD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSH STENGER PHD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT CRAVEN ESQ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KENNY ALSTON BOARD MEMBER THRU 12/14/23 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE BASILE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAFFA DAVIES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY MCHUGH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC E SUNG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARIAHADESSA EKERE TALLIE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH WESTGATEPHD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN MARK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RENEE SOTO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT WOOLARD MD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH FRANCIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 118652 0 29050 118652 0 29050 1 0 0 0 0 1095193 144140 1239333 3318 3318 70023 52778 17245 17245 17245 1259896 0 0 20563 272881 272881 124205 76146 35715 12344 385106 221313 67238 96555 47028 27097 8302 11629 53665 34001 8294 11370 41384 24084 8612 8688 49976 49976 24000 24000 3021 3021 33876 27395 4981 1500 33668 28392 576 4700 24841 16377 327 8137 51572 43826 2612 5134 16426 15503 324 599 3213 2306 552 355 4345 4345 2527 2527 2377 1891 264 222 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 18463 15553 840 2070 10576 1253 81 9242 1203150 832018 198587 172545 20822 98629 83327 30775 7163 4491 41549 36478 4818 5071 52087 64629 172005 196112 214088 186149 554310 585856 32302 24364 22194 5835 214948 186886 269444 217085 X 52349 88010 232517 280761 284866 368771 554310 585856 56746 27159 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 1413210 1565059 1099629 1133675 1239333 6450906 1413210 1565059 1099629 1133675 1239333 6450906 6450906 5038 52577 5898 3389 3318 70220 6521126 0.98920 0.99160 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24000 24000 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: RI HUMANITIES UTILIZED AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST WITH LOBBYING FOR RI HUMANITIES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET APPROPRIATION. 172005 34360 7993 2260 196112 170284 11310 7856 1733 172005 202299 -22647 7681 1687 170284 156877 54276 7259 1595 202299 160303 5126 7005 1547 156877 1.00000 1 0 41549 36478 5071 5071 INVESTMENTS HELD BY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION 196112 F 196112 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS 186149 186149 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES 186886 186886 X 1284034 27159 27159 1256875 3021 3021 1259896 1200129 0 1200129 3021 3021 1203150 PART V, LINE 4: RI HUMANITIES HAS IRREVOCABLY TRANSFERRED AMOUNTS RAISED FOR THE CREATION OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS (THE "FUNDS") TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION, AN UNRELATED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (THE "FOUNDATION"). IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFER (THE "INSTRUMENT"), ANNUAL DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUNDS WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRIBUTION POLICIES OF THE FOUNDATION. THE TERMS OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE INSTRUMENT GIVE THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS VARIANCE POWER OVER THE FUNDS. VARIANCE POWER GIVES THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO REDIRECT DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUNDS AT THEIR DISCRETION IF "CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE SO CHANGED SINCE THE EXECUTION OF THE INSTRUMENT AS TO RENDER UNNECESSARY, UNDESIRABLE, IMPRACTICAL, OR IMPOSSIBLE A LITERAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INSTRUMENT." IN ALL RESPECTS, THE USE OF THE FUNDS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION. PART X, LINE 2: IN ACCORDANCE WITH FASB ASC 740, INCOME TAXES, RI HUMANITIES APPLIES THE "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" THRESHOLD TO THE RECOGNITION AND DERECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS FOR ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED RI HUMANITIES' TAX POSITIONS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT QUALIFIED FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 ARMENIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND 245 WATERMAN STREET SUITE 204 PROVIDENCE RI 02906 050497957 501(C)(3) 12000 0 ARMENIAN CHRONICLES: A LIVING HISTORY DIRT PALACE PUBLIC PROJECTS 514 BROADWAY PROVIDENCE RI 02909 472681547 501(C)(3) 12000 0 LETTERPRESS PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN PROVIDENCE, 1762-2024 FRACTURED ATLAS PO BOX 55 HARTSDALE NY 10530 113451703 501(C)(3) 12000 0 SCANDALOUS CONDUCT: A FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA LITTLE COMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 577 LITTLE COMPTON RI 02837 056010240 501(C)(3) 12000 0 THE SAKONNET MISHOON PROJECT NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 82 TOURO ST NEWPORT RI 02840 050264532 501(C)(3) 12000 0 A NAME, A VOICE, A LIFE: THE BLACK NEWPORTERS OF THE 17TH-19TH CENTURIES EXHIBITION PRESERVE RHODE ISLAND 957 NORTH MAIN STREET PROVIDENCE RI 02904 056012417 501(C)(3) 8845 0 LIPPITT HOUSE MUSEUM CIVICS PROGRAM FOR ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY 150 EMPIRE ST PROVIDENCE RI 02903 050262713 501(C)(3) 12000 0 WASHED QUEERARCHIVEWORK INC 400 HARRIS AVENUE UNIT F PROVIDENCE RI 02909 844940800 501(C)(3) 12000 0 QUEER/TRANS ZINEFEST (QTZ) 2024 SCHOOL ONE 220 UNIVERSITY AVE PROVIDENCE RI 02906 050352225 501(C)(3) 10150 0 WRITE RHODE ISLANDS PICTURES WITH WORDS: COMIC AND GRAPHIC NOVEL PROGRAM (WRITE RHODE ISLAND - READ THINK WRITE) TIKKUN OLAM PRODUCTIONS 165 MIDDLESEX AVE 1018 SOMERVILLE MA 02145 830681681 501(C)(3) 12000 0 BREAKIN' AWAY WANDERGROUND LESBIAN ARCHIVELIBRARY INC PO BOX 10446 CRANSTON RI 02910 883632568 501(C)(3) 7800 0 EXPLORING THE ARCHIVES: SHARING STORIES/BUILDING CONNECTIONS WEST BROADWAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION 1560 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE RI 02909 222600067 501(C)(3) 12000 0 SUPERMAN: A BUILDING AND ITS CITY 11 0 PART I, LINE 2: RI HUMANITIES ASSESSES GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT ELIGIBILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. UPON COMPLETION OF PROJECTS BY THE GRANTEES, RI HUMANITIES REQUIRES A FINAL REPORT OF THE USE OF THE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES A NARRATIVE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT. ANY UNEXPENDED FUNDS MUST BE RETURNED TO RI HUMANITIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE FORM IS GIVEN PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REQUIRED FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. ALL RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS ARE MONITORED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERFORMS AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SALARIES AND WAGES FOR BOTH MANAGEMENT AND THE STAFF ARE SET AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS WITH BOARD APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 RI HUMANITIES' GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FEDERAL FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST MADE TO RI HUMANITIES' EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.