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Foundations That Fund Education in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 289 funders that made 3,260 grants totaling $274.0M to 199 education organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $274.0M
Funders 289
Grants 3,260
Organizations funded 199

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Delta Dental of Rhode Island
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$424K
27. Brown Physicians Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $324K · through 2023 · 3.2% of their giving
$324K
28. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $920K · through 2024
$2.1M
29. Weekapaug Golf Club
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 38.6% of their giving
$50K
30. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $10.5M · through 2024
$11.4M
31. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bios Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $107K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$256K
32. National Collegiate Athletic Association
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $743K · through 2023
$4.2M
33. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $505K · through 2024
$1.1M
34. Bristol Yacht Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$21K
35. Coastal1 Credit Union
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$46K
36. Campaign for Great Public Schools
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024
$565K
37. Lyford Cay Foundation Inc C/O Gilbride Tusa Last & Spellane LLC
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$96K
38. Navigant Credit Union
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $16K · through 2023 · 3.7% of their giving
$92K
39. Civic RI Central Falls Charter III LLC
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2022 · 7.0% of their giving
$44K
40. National Charitable Endowment Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$266K
41. Ifpda Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023 · 25.3% of their giving
$12K
42. South Carolina Student Loan Corp
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$75K
43. Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$120K
44. American Association of University Professors University of Rhode Isla
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
45. Undersea Technology Innovation Center
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$8K
46. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
29 grants to 8 organizations · largest $526K · through 2025
$1.7M
47. Charter Fund Inc D/B/a Charter School Growth Fund
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$740K
48. Manatee Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
49. Civic Broad Street Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 9.7% of their giving
$11K
50. Jewish Communal Fund
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $643K · through 2024
$2.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 15 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 education 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 education funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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