Rhode Island · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

93. Rhode Island Hospital FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15.9M · through 2023 · 96.6% of their giving
$63.8M
94. Brown UniversityRegrantor
53 grants to 8 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$28.2M
95. Lifespan Foundation Brown University Health FoundationRegrantor
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2023 · 94.0% of their giving
$7.0M
96. Women & Infants Development FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.6M
97. Rhode Island Health Center AssociationRegrantor
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $736K · through 2024 · 42.1% of their giving
$2.5M
98. Fall River Jewish Home IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.3M
99. Aldersbridge Communities (F/K/a United Methodist Elder Care)Regrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $785K · through 2023 · 82.7% of their giving
$1.7M
100. Linn Health and Rehabilitation FKA United Methodist Health Care CenterRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
101. Aldersbridge Foundation (FKA United Methodist Elder Care Foundation)Regrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
102. J Craig Venter InstituteRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $394K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$1.2M
103. Food for the Poor IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $425K · through 2022 · 28.3% of their giving
$617K
104. Ocean State Research Institute IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $329K · through 2024 · 33.1% of their giving
$608K
105. Arbor Hill Assisted LivingRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $556K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$563K
106. The George Washington UniversityRegrantor
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$4.6M
107. Center for Science in the Public InterestRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2021 · 8.2% of their giving
$810K
108. Brown MedicineRegrantor
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2023 · 72.8% of their giving
$295K
109. Rih Orthopaedic Foundation IncRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 43.2% of their giving
$265K
110. The Highlander Charter SchoolRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $86K · through 2024 · 27.0% of their giving
$234K
111. Rhode Island HospitalRegrantor
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $399K · through 2022 · 8.9% of their giving
$515K
112. The Solar Initiative of Block Island IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$200K
113. Building FuturesRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $138K · through 2021 · 13.4% of their giving
$252K
114. Cal Poly CorporationRegrantor
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $327K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$1.3M
115. Brown Emergency Medicine IncRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023 · 91.5% of their giving
$162K
116. The Providence Community Health Centers IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $162K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$162K
117. Saem Research FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$345K

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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