RecordWell Data

Foster Town

Towns & townships · Providence County · Rhode Island · population 4,468

$21,732,000revenue, 2024
$19,163,000spending, 2024
$3,000,000long-term debt, end of 2024

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$21,732,000 $19,163,000$2,569,000
2023$18,398,000 $18,109,000$289,000
2022$17,237,000 $17,165,000$72,000
2021$16,855,000 $16,311,000$544,000
2020$16,344,000 $16,344,000$0
2019$16,059,000 $16,199,000$-140,000
2018$15,590,000 $15,525,000$65,000
2017$15,226,000 $15,202,000$24,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $13,962,000
  • State aid $5,401,000
  • Other revenue $1,804,000
  • Charges for services $261,000
  • Federal aid $229,000
  • Other taxes $75,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Schools (K-12) $12,544,000
  • Police $2,343,000
  • Highways & roads $1,677,000
  • Central staff $879,000
  • General / other $467,000
  • Financial administration $381,000
  • Solid waste $300,000
  • Fire protection $257,000
  • Libraries $180,000
  • Health $55,000
  • Public welfare $31,000
  • Parks & recreation $29,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances.