"[2][3] RICFP is headed by former major league baseball player Mike Stenhouse.

Stenhouse formerly ran the Ocean State Policy Research Institute, a Rhode Island think tank that ceased operations in 2011.

In June 2012, the organization issued a report arguing that Rhode Island should eliminate its 7-percent tax to stimulate the state's struggling economy.

[5] RICFP later worked with Democratic state legislator Jan Malik on tax reduction proposals in the Rhode Island Legislature.

[3] The organization publishes government transparency data, including municipal and school district spending as well as public employee compensation.