Rhode Island · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 241 funders that made 3,260 grants totaling $184.5M to 177 human services organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $184.5M
Funders 241
Grants 3,260
Organizations funded 177

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

139. Olneyville Housing CorporationRegrantor
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024 · 43.8% of their giving
$1.2M
140. Family Service of Rhode Island IncRegrantor
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $290K · through 2020 · 97.6% of their giving
$1.1M
141. Lifespan CorporationRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 42.4% of their giving
$664K
142. Mentor Rhode Island the RI Mentoring Partnership IncRegrantor
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $44K · through 2023 · 31.0% of their giving
$576K
143. Ronald McDonald House Charities of New England IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2025 · 49.2% of their giving
$565K
144. Rhode Island Community Food Bank AssociationRegrantor
34 grants to 15 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 26.7% of their giving
$546K
145. The Jed FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$500K
146. Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island IncRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $366K · through 2024 · 78.9% of their giving
$437K
147. Point32health Foundation IncRegrantor
39 grants to 15 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$1.4M
148. HopehealthRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $206K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$206K
149. The Rhode Island Public Health FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2019 · 78.6% of their giving
$100K
150. Audrain Automobile Museum IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 28.7% of their giving
$88K
151. Southeast Asia Resource Action Center SearacRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$129K
152. Aldersbridge Communities (F/K/a United Methodist Elder Care)Regrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023 · 7.7% of their giving
$156K
153. Women's Fund of Rhode IslandRegrantor
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 15.2% of their giving
$77K
154. The Highlander Charter SchoolRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $68K · through 2023 · 11.1% of their giving
$97K
155. Brown Emergency Medicine IncRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 17.9% of their giving
$55K
156. Hopehealth Community Vna IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$38K
157. National Religious Campaign Against TortureRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $53K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$149K
158. Environmental League of Massachusetts IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$60K
159. Dave Thomas Foundation for AdoptionRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2024
$880K
160. New England Grassroots Environment Fund IncRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2023 · 3.9% of their giving
$144K
161. New Profit IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2020
$750K
162. Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for TexasRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$210K
163. The Economic Progress InstituteRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 49.0% of their giving
$24K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 13 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 human services 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 human services funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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