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Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation

Accepts applications Westerly, Rhode Island · EIN 056099414

Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation is a private foundation in Westerly, Rhode Island. In tax year 2025 it gave $80,400 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $7,200 and the largest $36,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $40,200 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$40,2006$760,127
2024$40,2007$741,249
2025$80,4007$718,050

How to apply

ContactWashington Trust Co James McGair
10 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone or email(401) 348-1234
What to submitLetter of request
RestrictionsNone N/A

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Rhode Island.

StateGrantsAmount
Rhode Island7$80,400

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Saint Raphael Academy
Pawtucket, RI
Unrestricted gift$36,000
St Teresa School
Pawtucket, RI
Unrestricted gift$18,000
Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket
Pawtucket, RI
Unrestricted gift$7,200
McAuley Corporation
Providence, RI
Unrestricted gift$7,200
Pawtucket Soup Kitchen
Pawtucket, RI
Unrestricted gift$4,800
Jeanne Jugan Residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Pawtucket, RI
Unrestricted gift$3,600
Society of St Vincent Depaul Rhode Island
Cranston, RI
Unrestricted gift$3,600

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation give?

$80,400 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $7,200.

Who runs Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists The Washington Trust Company (Trustee), James J McGair (Co-Trustee) and Janet Louise Tracey (Committee Member).

What does Joseph C and Blanche Coutu Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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