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Project Hand Up

aka Project Hand Up   |   West Warwick, RI   |  www.projecthandup.net

Mission

To provide a supplemental food resource for families, elderly, impoverished in the community and surrounding areas. To provide a service for working people to be able to affordably shop for groceries so people do not have to choose between eating and paying bills. To provide a Thanksgiving meal and a Christmas dinner for the elderly, families in need and the impoverished who are just making ends meet.

Ruling year info

2016

Founder/President

Mrs Coreen Lee St Jean

Vice President

Mindy Horan

Main address

15 Factory St

West Warwick, RI 02893 USA

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Formerly known as

Be The Change Sunday Meal

EIN

81-1264257

NTEE code info

Food Banks, Food Pantries (K31)

Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs (K30)

Other Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C. (K99)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Food Insecurity

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Project Hand Up

This program is designed to help the working poor, families with children and the Elderly to stretch their income so they do not have to choose between buying food, medication or paying bills. For a suggested donation of $6 for 3 bags of groceries they will receive a bag of non perishables, a bag of fresh fruits and vegetables, bread and dairy and a bag of frozen foods, and meat when available. This program is open to everyone with no requirements. We are an all volunteer program so 100% of all proceeds go back into the program.

Population(s) Served
Families
Seniors

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Award 2017

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Award 2018

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Award 2019

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Award 2020

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Award 2021

Red Sox Foundation Impact Award 2019

Dunkin Joy in Children Foundation 2021

Providence Journal Readers Choice Award 2019

Providence Journal Readers' Choice Award 2020

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Average number of service recipients per month

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Project Hand Up

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We are aiming to rescue as much food as possible and to feed as many people as possible, so they do not have to choose between eating and paying bills.

At this time we are rescuing about $10,000 a week of food that would otherwise have been thrown away. We are feeding approximately 150 - 180 families in 2-hour time span 3 days a week.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Project Hand Up

Board of directors
as of 06/12/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Coreen St Jean

Project Hand Up

Term: 2015 -

Mindy Horan

Be The Change/Project Hand UP

Coreen St Jean

Be The Change/Project Hand Up

Heidi Audet

Be The Change/Project Hand Up

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Not applicable
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/5/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/22/2022

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Data
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.