Rhode Island · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
53 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$6.5M
52. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
29 grants to 7 organizations · largest $376K · through 2024
$2.2M
53. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
25 grants to 7 organizations · largest $163K · through 2024
$900K
54. The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$166K
55. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $77K · through 2024
$741K
56. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$229K
57. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$198K
58. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024
$82K
59. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$192K
60. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $23K · through 2024
$102K
61. Network for GoodDonor-advised
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $13K · through 2023
$29K
62. Newport Country Club Preservation Foundation TrustRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $162K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$543K
63. United States Olympic and Paralympic CommitteeRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$6.6M
64. Friends of Townie AthleticsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $134K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$134K
65. Audrain Automobile Museum IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 42.6% of their giving
$130K
66. New England Yankee Hockey Conference Inc - USA Hockey Ne DistRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$63K
67. Johnson & Wales UniversityRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 20.5% of their giving
$20K
68. Rhode Island Community Food Bank AssociationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$87K
69. Usta Foundation IncorporatedRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $92K · through 2024
$335K
70. St George's SchoolRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
71. St Francis Yacht ClubRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 66.7% of their giving
$5K
72. Usaga United States Adaptive Golf AllianceRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2019 · 8.5% of their giving
$11K
73. United States Golf AssociationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2024
$165K
74. Amateur Athletic Union of the US Inc C/O Walt Disney ResortsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 5.3% of their giving
$8K
75. Rhode Island Council for the HumanitiesRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2019 · 1.3% of their giving
$19K

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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