Foundations

Private foundations in Rhode Island

Foundations that fund causes in Rhode Island

• Education
  $157 million from 1,293 foundations
• Animals
  $48.0 million from 115 foundations
• Health
  $40.7 million from 343 foundations
• Youth programs
  $21.0 million from 277 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $19.6 million from 299 foundations
• Science and research
  $15.9 million from 131 foundations
• International
  $15.5 million from 172 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $15.0 million from 264 foundations
• Faith communities
  $12.2 million from 293 foundations
• Human services
  $11.7 million from 165 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $7.7 million from 213 foundations
• Community development
  $5.7 million from 101 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $2.0 million from 74 foundations
• Seniors
  $1.3 million from 61 foundations
• Disability
  $605,070 from 55 foundations
• Veterans
  $357,715 from 17 foundations

These count grants to recipients in Rhode Island, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in Rhode Island

• Providence
  91 foundations · $118 million
• Johnston
  68 foundations · $16.8 million
• Cranston
  15 foundations · $8.0 million
• Newport
  23 foundations · $7.7 million
• Westerly
  21 foundations · $6.4 million
• Warwick
  32 foundations · $5.7 million
• Pawtucket
  9 foundations · $5.0 million
• Lincoln
  7 foundations · $4.9 million
• East Greenwich
  6 foundations · $3.5 million
• Warren
  6 foundations · $3.2 million
• Barrington
  10 foundations · $1.9 million
• Jamestown
  6 foundations · $1.3 million
• North Kingstown
  8 foundations · $902,657
• East Providence
  7 foundations · $843,376
• Narragansett
  13 foundations · $561,396
• Rumford
  5 foundations · $327,314

Rhode Island foundations that accept applications

• Ralph R Papitto & Barbara A Papitto Private Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $24.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Warren Alpert Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $24.3 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $8.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Textron Charitable Trust DTD 122353 · Providence
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $500 · Community development
• Hasbro Foundation Inc · Pawtucket
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs
• The Collis Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• The Carter Family Charitable Trust · Little Compton
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $2.1 million
• Co TUA Rainbow Fund · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million
• Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · West Warwick
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Feinstein Foundation Inc · Cranston
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million
• Shriners of Rhode Island Charities Trust · Cranston
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $643,069 · Health
• Bafflin Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Environment and conservation
• Trimix Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Education
• The White Family Foundation · Cranston
  Accepts applications $995,500 a year · typical grant $7,500 · Arts and culture
• The Mann Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $875,805 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Westerly
  Accepts applications $832,005 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• Donald P and Elaine M Hayden Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $757,000 a year · typical grant $15,900 · Education
• Felicia Fund Inc · Providence
  Accepts applications $707,200 a year · typical grant $3,850 · Arts and culture
• Fred M Roddy Foundation Inc · Providence
  Accepts applications $634,316 a year · typical grant $44,462 · Health
• Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Riverside
  Accepts applications $630,000 a year · typical grant $12,000 · Education
• Henry C Lord Scholarship FD · Johnston
  Accepts applications $614,300 a year · typical grant $614,300 · Education
• Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Newport
  Accepts applications $614,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $581,000 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Navigant Credit Union Charitable Foundation Inc · Smithfield
  Accepts applications $569,140 a year · typical grant $10,170 · Education
• Helene & Bertram Bernhardt Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $508,634 a year · typical grant $4,500 · Faith communities
• Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Providence
  Accepts applications $422,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Health
• Charitable Trust Under Article VII of the · Jamestown
  Accepts applications $415,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation
• Citizens Community Foundation · Johnston
  Accepts applications $369,615 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• The R D la Penta Medical Scholarship Trust · Johnston
  Accepts applications $347,893 a year · typical grant $347,893 · Education
• Masonic Grand Lodge Charities of Rhode Island Inc · East Providence
  Accepts applications $336,853 a year · typical grant $102,717 · Education
• Edward Wagner & George Hosser Sch Fund · Johnston
  Accepts applications $292,083 a year · typical grant $81,014 · Environment and conservation
• The Joan H Brack Charitable Foundation · Johnston
  Accepts applications $290,000 a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Edwin Soforenko Foundation · Johnston
  Accepts applications $245,355 a year · typical grant $245,355
• Roy T Morgan Foundation Inc · Warwick
  Accepts applications $242,272 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Disability
• Hope Foundation · Riverside
  Accepts applications $241,319 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Arts and culture
• St Paul Housing Corp · Warwick
  Accepts applications $222,400 a year · typical grant $30,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Lawson Charitable Foundation · East Providence
  Accepts applications $215,000 a year · typical grant $25,000
• Meehan Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $215,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Winstead Charitable Foundation Tr · Westerly
  Accepts applications $210,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• The Beacon Foundation · Warwick
  Accepts applications $205,275 a year · typical grant $1,000 · Health
• Fuller Family Charitable Trust · Providence
  Accepts applications $200,000 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Environment and conservation
• Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Newport
  Accepts applications $197,500 a year · typical grant $2,750 · Youth programs
• IRA S& Anna Galkin Charitable Tr · Providence
  Accepts applications $190,522 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Health
• Arthur L Getz Charitable Tr · Johnston
  Accepts applications $173,405 a year · typical grant $173,405
• The Sachem Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $165,000 a year · typical grant $50,000 · International
• Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee · Little Compton
  Accepts applications $163,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Youth programs
• RI Infantile Paralysis Foundation · Saunderstown
  Accepts applications $137,121 a year · typical grant $137,121
• The Chase Family Foundation · East Providence
  Accepts applications $116,030 a year · typical grant $2,450 · Faith communities
• Philip Snyder Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $114,350 a year · typical grant $1,000 · Education
• Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · Rumford
  Accepts applications $105,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Food and hunger

Largest foundations in Rhode Island

• Ralph R Papitto & Barbara A Papitto Private Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $24.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Warren Alpert Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $24.3 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• CVS Foundation · Woonsocket
  Preselected only $19.8 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Health
• Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $8.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• The Hassenfeld Family Foundation · Providence
  Preselected only $8.4 million a year · typical grant $105,000 · Education
• FM Foundation · Johnston
  Preselected only $7.9 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Human services
• The Gilbane Family Foundation · Providence
  Preselected only $7.6 million a year · typical grant $500 · Education
• Brown University Charitable Trust · Providence
  Preselected only $6.8 million a year · typical grant $6.8 million · Education
• Elephant Rock Foundation Inc · providence
  Preselected only $6.6 million a year · typical grant $119,586
• Dorot Foundation · Providence
  Preselected only $5.3 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Faith communities
• Textron Charitable Trust DTD 122353 · Providence
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $500 · Community development
• Amica Companies Foundation · Lincoln
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $500 · Education
• Disosway Foundation Inc · Westerly
  Preselected only $2.8 million a year · typical grant $162,500
• The Murray Family Charitable Foundation · Warren
  Preselected only $2.7 million a year · typical grant $2.7 million
• Hasbro Foundation Inc · Pawtucket
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs
• Diagnostic Imaging Foundation · Warwick
  Preselected only $2.6 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Health
• The Collis Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• The Carter Family Charitable Trust · Little Compton
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $2.1 million
• Sand Dollar W Foundation · Newport
  Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $2,750 · Education
• Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · East Greenwich
  Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $11,250 · Environment and conservation
• Grace K and Wesley S Alpert Charitable Foundation · Cranston
  Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Science and research
• The Papitto Foundation · Hope
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Godley Family Foundation · Saunderstown
  Preselected only $1.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Co TUA Rainbow Fund · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million
• Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · West Warwick
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• UNFI Foundation · Providence
  Preselected only $1.6 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Food and hunger
• Feinstein Foundation Inc · Cranston
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million
• Seedworks Fund · Block Island
  Preselected only $1.5 million a year · typical grant $30,000
• The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation · Pawtucket
  Preselected only $1.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Thomas A Rodgers Jr Family Foundation · Newport
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Edward J & Virginia M Routhier Foundation · Johnston
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• The Charlesmead Foundation · Providence
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Shriners of Rhode Island Charities Trust · Cranston
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $643,069 · Health
• Citizens Charitable Foundation · Johnston
  Preselected only $1.3 million a year · typical grant $250 · Education
• Bazarsky Family Foundation · Middletown
  Preselected only $1.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Simon W Wardwell Foundation · Cranston
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Bafflin Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Environment and conservation
• Trimix Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Education
• AM Roberts Charitable Foundation · Westerly
  Preselected only $1.0 million a year · typical grant $56,150 · Education
• The White Family Foundation · Cranston
  Accepts applications $995,500 a year · typical grant $7,500 · Arts and culture
• R & D Impact Foundation · Newport
  Preselected only $916,800 a year · typical grant $30,400 · Health
• Carol and Alan J Bernon Family Charitable Foundation · East Greenwich
  Preselected only $903,000 a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• The Mann Family Foundation · Providence
  Accepts applications $875,805 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Westerly
  Accepts applications $832,005 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• Gruben Charitable Foundation · Newport
  Preselected only $815,001 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• Federated Foundations Inc · Block Island
  Preselected only $773,910 a year · typical grant $126,250 · Health
• Donald P and Elaine M Hayden Foundation · Lincoln
  Accepts applications $757,000 a year · typical grant $15,900 · Education
• Felicia Fund Inc · Providence
  Accepts applications $707,200 a year · typical grant $3,850 · Arts and culture
• Leon W Clarke Trust UW 1035101227 · Shannock
  Preselected only $704,059 a year · typical grant $37,852 · Faith communities
• Fred M Roddy Foundation Inc · Providence
  Accepts applications $634,316 a year · typical grant $44,462 · Health

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