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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 56 funders that made 474 grants totaling $30.4M to 42 housing & shelter organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $30.4M
Funders 56
Grants 474
Organizations funded 42

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
251 grants to 27 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$15.5M
2. United Way of Rhode Island Inc
41 grants to 13 organizations · largest $107K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$2.0M
3. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $400K · through 2023
$4.1M
4. North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$500K
5. Westerly Community Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 17.6% of their giving
$15K
6. Chartercare Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 4.4% of their giving
$40K
7. Bowdoin Apartments Corporation C/O Kelliher & Callaghan
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 2.8% of their giving
$60K
8. Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2021 · 2.1% of their giving
$25K
9. Haffenreffer Family Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$37K
10. Tufts Health Public Plans Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$16K
11. Jeffrey Osborne Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 3.6% of their giving
$5K
12. Denny Hamlin Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2022 · 1.5% of their giving
$11K
13. June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$22K
14. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2020
$20K
15. Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$18K
16. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$100K
17. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2025
$36K
18. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$75K
19. Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2019
$9K
20. Marin Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024
$36K
21. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$25K
22. National Equity Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020
$8K
23. The Saint Elizabeth Community
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3K · through 2019
$3K
24. Community Foundation of New Jersey
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$12K
25. Ernst & Young Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024
$6K

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

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