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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 89 funders that made 568 grants totaling $33.0M to 42 recreation & sports organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $33.0M
Funders 89
Grants 568
Organizations funded 42

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United States Sailing Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.2M
2. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
156 grants to 11 organizations · largest $330K · through 2024
$3.6M
3. Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 22.8% of their giving
$58K
4. Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$102K
5. Trevor Oakley Moore Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2022 · 26.1% of their giving
$30K
6. Jeffrey Osborne Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 19.6% of their giving
$28K
7. Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 71.4% of their giving
$25K
8. People's Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2025 · 12.5% of their giving
$24K
9. United Way of Rhode Island Inc
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024
$376K
10. Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$75K
11. Tufts Health Public Plans Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 3.7% of their giving
$50K
12. June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$82K
13. Fraternal Order of Police #7
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5K
14. Cambridge Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$140K
15. The Map Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023
$60K
16. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024
$750K
17. United States Tennis Association Incorporated
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2023
$258K
18. Boston Foundation Inc
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$470K
19. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$25K
20. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2020
$250K
21. National Collegiate Athletic Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $94K · through 2023
$388K
22. Rite Aid Healthy Futures
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$56K
23. The Red Sox Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$22K
24. Santa Fe Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020
$30K
25. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $72K · through 2024
$193K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 11 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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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