Federal Hill House Association

Federal Hill House Association, a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation based in Providence, Rhode Island, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering community development and social services programming to low-income households, seniors, and underserved populations in Rhode Island. The organization does not hold federal contracts or appear on government-wide vehicles; its footprint consists entirely of federal grant work as a prime recipient (63% of awards) and as a sub-recipient under state agencies (37% of awards).

Federal Hill House's funding is concentrated among two federal agencies accounting for 63% of recent awards. The Corporation for National and Community Service, through its Office of Grants Management, funds 14 awards across two program streams: the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), supporting senior volunteer engagement and stipends through matching-grant vehicles. The Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service funds 7 awards under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program (CFDA 21.009), which supports free tax return preparation for low-to-moderate income and underserved populations including persons with disabilities, limited-English-proficiency individuals, Native Americans, rural residents, Armed Forces members and families, and the elderly. The Department of Education, through its Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, accounts for 3 awards, channeled as sub-recipient funding flowing from state grantees to Federal Hill House for 21st Century Community Learning Centers operating after-school and summer programs at Providence public schools.

Representative prime grant work includes a $425,000 award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647), awarded August 31, 2026, to operate an intergenerational community center serving 4,000 households through a food pantry, 100 children through early learning, 80 children through after-school and summer programming, and 100 seniors through senior programming through August 30, 2027. Federal Hill House also holds a $106,436 VITA matching grant from the IRS (award date October 1, 2025, completion September 30, 2026) and multi-year FGP and RSVP awards from the Corporation for National and Community Service with performance periods extending through mid-2028, requiring statutory and budgetary matching contributions. As a sub-recipient, Federal Hill House receives pass-through funding from the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for community learning centers and from state administering bodies for food security, senior services, facility improvements, and workforce development activities; sub-awards range from $10,111 to $86,153 and are dated across 2021 through August 2026.

Activity has been modest but sustained across the five-year window, averaging three to five awards per year, with two awards facing completion inside the next twenty-four months. The organization's total federal dollars obligated across all forty-one awards (prime and sub) stands at $15 million. Federal Hill House does not compete for contracts and operates outside federal acquisition vehicles; its funding model is grant-based, with most awards carrying matching-fund requirements and sub-recipient provisions where applicable.