Firstworks
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.6m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$573k
$368k liabilities
Net assets
$204k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
22
4.9y av
Staff
8
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Firstworks' network
22 people10 organisationsi22 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (22). Violet dotted lines (10) 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
22 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 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akanksha AGA | Vice President | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Alan Chille | Honorary Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Alissa Bateman | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Brendan Chipley Roane | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Deming E Sherman ESQ | Board Advisor | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Evan Villari | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Grafton Willey IV | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| H Jack Martin | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Isabelle Tadmoury | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| J Richard Ratcliffe ESQ (also filed as J Richard Ratcliffe) | Vice President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Karen E Silva EDD CHE | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kevin S Hundley CPA | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kyle Adamonis | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Leslie R Ravestein | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| LT Governor Sabina Matos | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Melissa Snape | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Nicole Chakraborty | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Nirva Lafortune | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robert J Allio | Board Advisor | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| SUI-LI Khoe | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Tomas Avila | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Wendy Kagan | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Pletcher | Executive Officer | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Pletcher | Ex Officio | 40 | $98k | $13k | |
| Nirva Lafortune | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| J Richard Ratcliffe | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Akanksha Aga | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin S Hundley CPA | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen E Silva Edd Che | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alissa Bateman | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kyle Adamonis | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicole Chakraborty | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brendan Chipley Roane | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Wendy Kagan | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sui-Li Khoe | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| H Jack Martin | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lt Governor Sabina Matos | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Leslie R Ravestein | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Snape | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Isabelle Tadmoury | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Evan Villari | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Grafton Willey IV | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tomas Avila | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alan Chille | Honorary Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert J Allio | Board Advisor | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deming E Sherman Esq | Board Advisor | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Firstworks
- EIN
- 222597014
- Address
- 50 Sims Ave, Providence, RI, 02909-1092
- State
- Rhode Island
- Mission
- Firstworks' mission is to enrich the cultural, educational, and economic fabric of rhode island by engaging diverse audiences with world-class performing arts and education. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A200 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1984
- Principal officer
- Kathleen D Pletcher (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 1985
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAlan Chille
≥8years on the filingsDeming E Sherman ESQ
≥8years on the filingsKaren E Silva EDD CHE
≥8years on the filingsKevin S Hundley CPA
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $573k
- Total liabilities
- $368k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $204k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $243k
- Employees
- 8