The Blessing Way - Spiritual Support And Guidance For Reentry And Recovery

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Financial Information

Funding

Our funding comes from individual donors, churches, community groups, foundations, grants, and special fundraising events. A list of our grant funders is provided below.

The majority of our financial resources are spent on programs since our major work is to provide direct services to our eligible participants. About 60 % of our program budget is allocated to salaries and benefits for our part-time staff.

Budget Allocation

• 4% Emergency Needs
• 2% Insurance
• 9% Admin/Office
• 85% Programs/Services (including salaries for 9 part-time staff members)

Grants & Foundations:

• Community Dev. Block Grant, Dept. of Planning, City of Providence '07, '08, '09
• Corporation for National & Community Service, AmeriCorps VISTA grant '07, '08, '09
• Feinstein Foundation Challenge
• Frank B. Hazard Fund
• Horton Charity Fund
• New Roots/Providence Plan Capacity Building Grant '06, '09
• Rhode Island Foundation, Basic Human Needs Grants '06, '07, '08, '09
• Sarah Hudson Fund
• Sherburne Fund
• State of RI, Mental Health & Retardation, Substance Abuse Grant '08, '09
• TSC Foundation, '07, '08, '09
• U.S. Department of Labor/ETA Discretionary Grant, '07, '08
• Workforce Investment Act, Summer Employment for Youth (Carpentry Training), '09

Churches

• All Saint's Memorial Church, Providence '07
• Central Congregational Church Grant (Providence), '07, '08, '09
• Church of the Good Shepherd, Pawtucket '08
• Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Rhode Island, Peer Leader Grant
• Episcopal Church Women, National, United Thank Offering Grant
• Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, Social Justice Grants
• St. Andrew's by the Sea, Social Justice Grants, '06, '07, '08, '09
• St. Columba's Chapel, Middletown, RI '06, '07, '08, '09
• St. James Episcopal Church, Woonsocket, '04
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church, East Greenwich, '07, '08
• St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Jamestown, RI '07, '08, '09
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pawtucket, RI, '07
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church Social Action Grant (Wickford, RI), '07
• United Methodist Church, Substance Abuse Prevention Grant, '06

Spending Breakdown

• 4% Emergency Needs
• 2% Insurance
• 9% Admin./Office
• 85% Programs/Services (including salaries for 9 part-time staff members)

Eligibility: A demonstrated commitment to emotional and spiritual growth and a drug-free, crime-free life style. Call 401-709-3697 for an Intake Interview.

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