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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 83 funders that made 773 grants totaling $26.3M to 64 environment & conservation organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $10K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $26.3M
Funders 83
Grants 773
Organizations funded 64

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
357 grants to 35 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$8.4M
2. Restore America's Estuaries
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$1.2M
3. Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 31.3% of their giving
$89K
4. National Association of Conservation Districts
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $221K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$880K
5. June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 4.2% of their giving
$157K
6. United Way of Rhode Island Inc
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$515K
7. Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$33K
8. Russian Jewish Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021 · 14.4% of their giving
$20K
9. Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 3.0% of their giving
$87K
10. Boston Foundation Inc
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$1.6M
11. Rhode Island Ports Coalition
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
12. The Add Impact Network Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 1.5% of their giving
$103K
13. People's Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$10K
14. Federal Hill Commerce Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 6.3% of their giving
$8K
15. The Funders Network Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2019
$54K
16. Simon W Wardwell Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2021
$45K
17. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $378K · through 2024
$404K
18. The Miami Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $118K · through 2024
$236K
19. Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2021 · 1.0% of their giving
$12K
20. Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$26K
21. Woodard & Curran Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K
22. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$40K
23. The New World Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$25K
24. Navigant Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020
$8K
25. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024
$189K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 8 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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