TRI-County Community Action Agency
Donations deductibleRevenue
$36.1m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$35.1m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$30.4m
$3m liabilities
Net assets
$27.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
7.3y av
Staff
533
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
12
named in Part VII
TRI-County Community Action Agency's network
13 people6 organisationsi13 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Champlin | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ben Zanni | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cheryl Jackson | Board Secret | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dr John Stoukides | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Edward Gemma (also filed as ED Gemma) | Board Treasu | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jocelyn Tavares | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| John Tassoni JR | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Linda Folcarelli | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lynne Finnegan | Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Paul Gott | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Paul Macdonald | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robert O'Brien | Board Presid | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Saikon Gbehan Isijola | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
12 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Ercole | Oral Surgeon | 2024 |
| Brenda Dowlatshahi | COO | since 2018 |
| Daniel Kane | Dental Direc | 2024 |
| Gabriel Pleasants | Family Practice Physician | 2019 |
| Joseph Desantis | CEO | since 2022 |
| Matthew Downey | Pediatric de | 2024 |
| Matthew Malek | Medical Director | since 2018 |
| RAJ Pande | Dentist | since 2020 |
| Reina Blackwood | Family Practice Physician | 2018 |
| Stephen Thomas | Dentist | since 2020 |
| Suzanne Lowe | Dir. Womens | 2023 |
| Wilfredo Giordano-Perez | Medical Dire | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Ercole | Oral Surgeon | 40 | $368k | ||
| Daniel Kane | Dental Direc | 40 | $294k | ||
| Matthew Downey | Pediatric de | 40 | $289k | ||
| Joseph Desantis | CEO | 40 | $226k | ||
| Brenda Dowlatshahi | COO | 40 | $226k | ||
| Amber Champlin | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Lynne Finnegan | Vice Chair | $0 | |||
| Linda Folcarelli | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Edward Gemma | Board Treasu | $0 | |||
| Paul Gott | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Saikon Gbehan Isijola | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Cheryl Jackson | Board Secret | $0 | |||
| John Tassoni Jr | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Paul Macdonald | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Robert O'brien | Board Presid | $0 | |||
| Dr John Stoukides | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Jocelyn Tavares | Board Member | $0 | |||
| Ben Zanni | Board Member | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Tri-County Community Action Agency
- EIN
- 050309695
- Address
- 1126 Hartford Ave, Johnston, RI, 02919-7109
- State
- Rhode Island
- Mission
- To empower and create opportunities for vulnerable individuals and families in our community to become socially and economically self sufficient through integrated social, educational, health, prevention, and other basic services. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P200 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1965
- Principal officer
- Joseph Desantis (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1967
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAmber Champlin
≥8years on the filingsBen Zanni
≥8years on the filingsCheryl Jackson
≥8years on the filingsEdward Gemma
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $30.4m
- Total liabilities
- $3m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $27.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $21.7m
- Program service revenue
- $14m
- Employees
- 533
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $39.4m | $37m | $2.3m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.