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Foundations That Fund Animal Welfare in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 49 funders that made 670 grants totaling $13.7M to 56 animal welfare organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $10K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Animal Welfare Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $13.7M
Funders 49
Grants 670
Organizations funded 56

Top Funders — page 1 of 2

1. Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $74K · through 2025 · 27.0% of their giving
$415K
2. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
271 grants to 23 organizations · largest $154K · through 2024
$3.9M
3. United Way of Rhode Island Inc
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$514K
4. Ahimsa Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$86K
5. Employee Community Services Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 3.3% of their giving
$18K
6. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
30 grants to 18 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024
$755K
7. Greater Good Charities
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2022
$45K
8. June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2020
$25K
9. Navigant Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$20K
10. Restore America's Estuaries
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$46K
11. Frontstream Global Fund
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024
$70K
12. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025
$383K
13. Community Foundation of New Jersey
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2022
$128K
14. Petsmart Charities Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $18K · through 2024
$60K
15. Nevada Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021
$38K
16. Charities Aid Foundation America
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024
$149K
17. Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K
18. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$50K
19. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2025
$38K
20. Impactassetsinc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024
$72K
21. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2023
$78K
22. The New York Community Trust
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$55K
23. American Gift Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024
$23K
24. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$12K
25. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation DBA Fiduciary Trust Charitable
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020
$6K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to animal welfare work in Rhode Island, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering animal welfare work, with an address in Rhode Island. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable animal welfare funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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