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Friends Of The National Wildlife Refuges Of Rhode Island

  • Charlestown, RI
  • Tax-exempt since Nov. 1998
  • EIN: 05-0497506

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Animal-Related / Wildlife Sanctuary, Refuge (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$78.7k (2023)

Expenses
$18k (2023)

Total Assets
$125k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$224 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$78,721
Expenses
$17,964
Net Income
$60,757
Net Assets
$124,631
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $68,468
87.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $1,268
1.6%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $5,550
7.1%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $124,855
Total Liabilities $224
Net Assets $124,631
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Daniel Messier (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jacklyn Witterschein (Director) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Judith Wiersma (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Sept. 27, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$21,132
Expenses
$18,079
Net Income
$3,053
Net Assets
$63,874
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $14,238
67.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $27
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $3,497
16.5%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $64,094
Total Liabilities $220
Net Assets $63,874
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jacklyn Witterschein (Director) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Judith Wiersma (Director) $0 $0
Daniel Messier (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$25,909
Expenses
$10,047
Net Income
$15,862
Net Assets
$85,630
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $11,404
44.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $4,361
16.8%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $6,432
24.8%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $85,630
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $85,630
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jacklyn Witterschein (Director) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Judith Wiersma (Director) $0 $0
Daniel Messier (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$11,838
Expenses
$11,528
Net Income
$310
Net Assets
$69,768
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,029
42.5%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $2,521
21.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $763
6.4%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $69,768
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $69,768
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jacklyn Witterschein (Director) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Judith Wiersma (Director) $0 $0
Daniel Messier (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$23,135
Expenses
$17,866
Net Income
$5,269
Net Assets
$69,458
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $7,922
34.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $3,105
13.4%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $8,343
36.1%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $69,668
Total Liabilities $210
Net Assets $69,458
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jacklyn Sheridan (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on July 15, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$22,033
Expenses
$25,207
Net Income
-$3,174
Net Assets
$64,189
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $11,315
51.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $15
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets -$902
Net Inventory Sales $8,350
37.9%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $64,449
Total Liabilities $260
Net Assets $64,189
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer/Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 14, 2019

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$21,960
Expenses
$22,047
Net Income
-$87
Net Assets
$67,363
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,866
40.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $2,568
11.7%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $7,386
33.6%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $67,567
Total Liabilities $204
Net Assets $67,363
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
Jaclyn Sheridan (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 14, 2018

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$20,356
Expenses
$34,179
Net Income
-$13,823
Net Assets
$52,159
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $12,058
59.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $23
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $5,385
26.5%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $52,322
Total Liabilities $163
Net Assets $52,159
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer) $0 $0
Edward Morschauser (Director) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Tom Tetzner (Director) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Melissa Hughes (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on June 11, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$25,627
Expenses
$26,845
Net Income
-$1,218
Net Assets
$65,982
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $15,868
61.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $26
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $6,768
26.4%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $66,269
Total Liabilities $287
Net Assets $65,982
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer) $0 $0
Edward Morschauser (Director) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Tom Tetzner (Director) $0 $0
Peter Tassia Iii (Director) $0 $0
Melissa Hughes (Director) $0 $0
Maija Lutz (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 10, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$30,945
Expenses
$21,098
Net Income
$9,847
Net Assets
$67,200
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $20,207
65.3%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $26
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $7,706
24.9%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $67,433
Total Liabilities $233
Net Assets $67,200
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer) $0 $0
Sandra Morrison (Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Tom Tetzner (Director) $0 $0
Shannon Griffith (Director) $0 $0
Melissa Hughes (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 15, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$25,368
Expenses
$32,717
Net Income
-$7,349
Net Assets
$57,353
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $15,331
60.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $52
0.2%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $6,320
24.9%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $57,891
Total Liabilities $538
Net Assets $57,353
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Richard N Thieke (Chair) $0 $0
Robert Kenney (Treasurer) $0 $0
Sandra Morrison (Secretary) $0 $0
Martina Marasco (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Beverly Lavallee (Director) $0 $0
Jack Kelly (Director) $0 $0
Edward Morschauser (Director) $0 $0
Tom Tetzner (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 7, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$25,447
Expenses
$41,111
Net Income
-$15,664
Net Assets
$64,702
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $17,509
68.8%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $79
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $4,669
18.3%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $65,218
Total Liabilities $516
Net Assets $64,702

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$23,411
Expenses
$31,940
Net Income
-$8,529
Net Assets
$80,366
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $15,388
65.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $154
0.7%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $4,774
20.4%
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $80,636
Total Liabilities $270
Net Assets $80,366

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2003

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2002

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2001

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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