Women's Refugee Care Wrc

What Women's Refugee Care Wrc does

Women's Refugee Care (WRC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit refugee resettlement agency founded in 2016 and headquartered at 570 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island. The organization was co-founded by Aline Binyungu and Clement Shabani, former refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with social work and human rights training, and serves newly arrived refugee families in Rhode Island with a distinct focus on women's rights and gender equality. Since August 2024, WRC has operated as an official resettlement agency in partnership with Church World Service (CWS), enabling it to receive and resettle newly arrived refugees in the state.

WRC delivers an integrated portfolio of community-based programs: a Welcoming and Placement Program providing airport pickup, culturally familiar food, household items, clothing, and language-fluent reception; a Give a Smile to Your Neighbor Food Pantry serving over 1,000 individuals weekly with culturally familiar staples; a Women's Empowerment Group combining peer support, English language practice, and cultural textile heritage through sewing; a Refugee Youth and Mentoring Program pairing refugee youth with volunteers and college students; and an Education Advocacy Program liaising between the Rhode Island Department of Education and refugee families. WRC operates no proprietary technology platform; its technical footprint consists of a Wix-hosted website and the Bloomerang CRM for donation processing.

The organization is funded through individual donations (including the tiered Rise & Rebuild monthly giving program at $15-$100 per month), corporate and foundation grants, and in-kind contributions from partners including the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Trader Joe's Market, and Commercial Fisheries of Rhode Island. WRC maintains a small staff of approximately 8 individuals plus interns, distributes services directly through its Providence headquarters and community outreach, and engages supporters through grassroots social media, content marketing, community events, and earned media coverage including in the Providence Journal.

Name

Women's Refugee Care Wrc

Legal name

Women's Refugee Care

Website

https://womensrefugeecare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Women's Refugee Care is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit refugee resettlement agency in Providence, Rhode Island that delivers resettlement, food security, women's empowerment, youth mentoring, and education advocacy services to newly arrived refugee families in partnership with Church World Service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Refugee Resettlement Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee Reception & Registration (BPADAHAA), Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN), Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support) (EDAAADAI)

Keywords

• Refugee resettlement services
• Humanitarian aid
• Women's empowerment programs
• Refugee education advocacy
• Food security assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Providence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute one-time or recurring monetary donations to support refugee resettlement programs, food security initiatives, and operational costs. The organization runs a monthly giving campaign called 'Rise & Rebuild' with tiered donation levels.
2. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Business partners and grant-giving organizations provide financial support through grants and corporate donations. The organization maintains relationships with multiple partner organizations listed on their Collaborators page.
3. In-Kind Donations: The organization accepts household items, clothing, cleaning products, and feminine hygiene products from donors. Partner businesses like Trader Joe's and Commercial Fisheries of Rhode Island provide food donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Women's Refugee Care is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit resettlement agency that delivers a portfolio of refugee support services to newly arrived families in Rhode Island. Operating in partnership with Church World Service since August 2024, the organization provides airport welcome, culturally familiar food, clothing, and household items; housing and resettlement case management; a weekly food pantry serving over 1,000 individuals; school advocacy and education liaison; women's empowerment programming; and youth mentoring.

Product overview

Women's Refugee Care is a nonprofit refugee services organization offering a portfolio of interconnected resettlement and empowerment programs operating as a single unified service model. The core offerings include the Welcoming and Placement Program (in partnership with Church World Service) for initial refugee arrival support, the Education Advocacy Program for school liaison services, the Refugee Youth and Mentoring Program for youth development, the Women's Empowerment Group for peer support, and the Give a Smile to Your Neighbor Food Pantry for food security. Supporting infrastructure includes the Rise & Rebuild Monthly Giving Program for sustainable funding and a Volunteer and Internship Program for community engagement. The organization functions as a 501(c)(3) resettlement agency serving the refugee community in Rhode Island.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Refugee Youth and Mentoring Program A program connecting volunteers, college students, and refugee youth through weekly workshops on computer literacy, civic awareness, mental health, and financial literacy, paired with a mentoring program that matches newly settled refugee families with mentors for cultural adaptation.
• Education Advocacy Program Liaison service between the Rhode Island Department of Education and refugee families, sensitizing school administrators on refugee children's backgrounds and educating parents on U.S. education enrollment and expectations.
• Welcoming and Placement Program Resettlement support program operating in partnership with Church World Service (CWS), providing newly arrived refugee families with culturally familiar food, household items, clothing, and language-fluent welcoming assistance upon arrival in Rhode Island.
• Women's Empowerment Group Weekly peer-to-peer support group for refugee women providing a safe environment for de-stressing, community building, and skill learning, featuring a sewing project that combines English language practice with cultural textile heritage.
• Give a Smile to Your Neighbor Food Pantry Weekly food security program serving over 1,000 individuals with nutritious and culturally familiar food staples, supported by partnerships with the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Trader Joe's Market, and Commercial Fisheries of Rhode Island.
• Rise & Rebuild Monthly Giving Program Monthly giving campaign supporting refugee families through tiered donation levels ($15-$100 per month) that fund women's empowerment programming, youth mentorship, school advocacy, food access, and wraparound family care services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Food pantry serves over 1,000 individuals weekly
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Church World Service (CWS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024Since August 2024, WRC has been an official resettlement agency in partnership with Church World Service (CWS). This partnership ensures newly arrived refugees receive housing, resources, and community support needed to build stable and dignified lives in Rhode Island. WRC meets families at the airport, provides cultural food, clothing, conducts home visits, and locates services families need to create new lives in the USA.
• Rhode Island Community Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides a consistent and reliable food supply that significantly strengthens food security for refugee families served by WRC. This partnership enables the 'Give a Smile to Your Neighbor Food Pantry' to serve over 1,000 individuals weekly with nutritious and culturally familiar food staples.
• Trader Joe's MarketminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrader Joe's Market provides ongoing food donations to support the food pantry program, helping WRC provide culturally familiar groceries to refugee families in Rhode Island.
• Commercial Fisheries of Rhode IslandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommercial Fisheries of Rhode Island allows WRC to provide fresh fish to the refugees they serve, contributing to nutritional diversity and cultural food connections for resettled families.
• Community Church of Rhode IslandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity Church of Rhode Island participates in WRC's weekly Women's Empowerment Group, with Pastor Sarah and congregation members contributing faith-based support, inspirational sermons, and musical blessings to refugee women in the community.
• Brown UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWRC co-founders participated in a community dialogue on 'Gendering Migration' at Brown University's Anthropology Department alongside Brown faculty, students, and local activists. This collaboration bridges academic expertise with real-world refugee resettlement realities.
• Brown University Swearer CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Swearer Center's Practitioner in Residence for Tribal Engagement, Endawnis Spears, participated in the Gendering Migration panel dialogue, connecting refugee advocacy with tribal engagement and broader social justice frameworks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Rescue Committee (IRC): One of the largest US refugee resettlement agencies, operating resettlement, integration, and women's protection programs nationally and globally. Directly comparable in mission and service mix, but operates at materially greater scale and geographic breadth than WRC.
• US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI): National nonprofit delivering refugee resettlement, case management, and integration support across multiple states. Comparable mission and resettlement operations, with substantially broader geographic coverage than WRC.
• Samaritas: Michigan-based human services nonprofit with refugee resettlement, foster care, and family services. Operates a resettlement program structurally similar to WRC's CWS-partnered model but at significantly larger scale and broader service mix.
• Catholic Charities USA: Federated network of Catholic Charities agencies delivering refugee resettlement, food assistance, and family support across the US. Comparable wraparound service model and donor-driven funding base, but as a much larger, multi-program umbrella.

Direct peers

• HIAS: Jewish American refugee resettlement agency providing reception, placement, and integration services for newly arrived refugees across multiple US sites. Closely aligned service portfolio and beneficiary population to WRC.
• Church World Service (CWS): National refugee resettlement agency and WRC's core operational partner. CWS operates the same resettlement, housing, and integration model that WRC delivers in Rhode Island, and its allocation pipeline is the primary upstream source of WRC's beneficiaries.
• Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC): Community-based refugee resettlement and integration agency serving African diaspora and other refugee communities through placement, employment, and family support services. Mission-aligned peer delivering comparable wraparound resettlement services.
• Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island: Providence-based refugee and immigrant services agency operating resettlement, English language, employment, and integration programs in the same Rhode Island market. Closest direct local peer competing for similar beneficiaries and donor pools.

Regional players

• Refugee Services of Texas: Texas-based refugee resettlement and integration nonprofit providing reception, housing, employment, and youth services. Highly comparable operating model in a different US region, illustrating the replicable local resettlement-agency structure WRC could expand into.

Emerging players

• Refugee Dream Center: Smaller, community-based refugee services organization providing case management, youth programs, and resettlement support. Comparable in scale and community-led operating style to WRC, but operates in a different region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WomensRefugee
• Facebookfacebook.com/WomensRefugeeCare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/women-s-refugee-care
• Instagraminstagram.com/womensrefugee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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