Community Health Innovations of Ri
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Services provided to the diverse population of Rhode Island enabling them to build on their own resources and culture to develop healthy communities. Development of core programs recruiting and training Community Health Workers who meet communities and advocate for resources needed for health and wellness.
- Income
- $16,131
- Spending
- $32,180
- Reserves
- 0.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $12,656, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- Community Gardens and Plot to Plate Program. Services provided are creation of a community garden to address issues of food insecurity. Creation of a summer program where the food we grow as well as other healthy food feeds families and children in our local recreation center. Teens employed work in garden and youth work with a chef daily doing meal prep and educational activities related to food systems and the environment. Involve youth in a daily program working in the garden educational activities related to food systems and the environment. Hundreds number of people benefited is approximately 400.and the environment. Hundreds of people benefit from meal program and fresh produce.
- Oral History and Mural Project. Extensive interviewing of local residents of the Mt. Hope and Fox Point sections of Providence indigenous people from Cape Verde the Azores and African American families. Telling histories of perseverance dealing with urban renewal and its impact on ownership displacement employment and culture. Creation of murals. Community members were involved including students church members and others . Placed in a prominent location which exposes thousands of people on a daily basis. Dozens of community citizens are involved and tells the stories of the community. Currently in the process of building a digital archive including interviews and research eventually to be a film.
- Community Health Worker Training. Community Health Innovations trains Community Health Workershe majority of this training in Rhode Island. 20 organizations benefit from our program which implements health equity by providing clients with access to health care and their rights. We have trained 127 community health workers with the ability to influence close to 1000 clients.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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