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Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 217 funders that made 1,890 grants totaling $265.0M to 106 health & medicine organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $265.0M
Funders 217
Grants 1,890
Organizations funded 106

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Miriam Hospital Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2023 · 92.7% of their giving
$19.3M
2. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
752 grants to 54 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$32.7M
3. Newport Hospital Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2023 · 20.9% of their giving
$9.6M
4. Brown Physicians Inc
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $4.2M · through 2023 · 85.8% of their giving
$8.6M
5. Lifespan Physician Group Inc Brown Health Medical Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
6. Kent Hospital Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $870K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.6M
7. The Saint Elizabeth Community
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 16.6% of their giving
$2.6M
8. Bethany Home Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $487K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
9. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
8 grants to 8 organizations · largest $600K · through 2020 · 31.5% of their giving
$1.1M
10. United Way of Rhode Island Inc
65 grants to 19 organizations · largest $406K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$2.8M
11. The Steere House Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$637K
12. Hospital Association of Rhode Island
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $128K · through 2020 · 36.7% of their giving
$384K
13. Chartercare Foundation
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $33K · through 2023 · 26.9% of their giving
$245K
14. Haffenreffer Family Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$342K
15. Scholarships to Economically Poor Students
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2025 · 14.0% of their giving
$167K
16. American College of Diabetology
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$150K
17. The Miriam Hospital Women's Association
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $49K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$103K
18. The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $450K · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$900K
19. Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 7.5% of their giving
$220K
20. American Dental Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $504K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$812K
21. Swim Across America Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$665K
22. June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 5.1% of their giving
$193K
23. Employee Community Services Association
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 12.9% of their giving
$68K
24. Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $181K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$588K
25. Navigant Credit Union Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2022 · 6.2% of their giving
$125K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 12 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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