Rhode Island · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $319K · through 2024
$438K
52. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024
$182K
53. The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024
$6K
54. Groundwork USA IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$618K
55. Working Families Organization IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2022 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.1M
56. Olneyville Housing CorporationRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$234K
57. Environment Council of Rhode Island Education FundRegrantor
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 35.3% of their giving
$37K
58. Guy Harvey Ocean Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2020 · 5.5% of their giving
$106K
59. New England Grassroots Environment Fund IncRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$96K
60. Windward FundRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $390K · through 2020
$623K
61. American ForestsRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2021
$143K
62. The Miriam HospitalRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$22K
63. Coexistence Story IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$10K
64. Clean Ocean Access IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 2.6% of their giving
$11K
65. National Marine Sanctuary FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2021
$79K
66. Point32health Foundation IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2024
$91K
67. Global Alliance for Incinerator AlternativesRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$25K
68. National Arbor Day FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$61K
69. The Groundtruth Project IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024
$24K
70. Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024
$90K
71. Detroit Zoological SocietyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019
$10K
72. Maine People's Resource CenterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021
$15K
73. Institute for Nonprofit NewsRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$40K
74. The Nature ConservancyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2019
$125K
75. National League of Cities Institute IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2019
$12K

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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