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Foundations That Fund Youth Development in Rhode Island

Imperigo has identified 95 funders that made 724 grants totaling $27.4M to 36 youth development organizations in Rhode Island, with a median grant of $13K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in Rhode Island

Total granted $27.4M
Funders 95
Grants 724
Organizations funded 36

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024
$161K
52. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024
$8K
53. Mentor Rhode Island the RI Mentoring Partnership IncRegrantor
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 12.1% of their giving
$225K
54. Audrain Automobile Museum IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 28.7% of their giving
$88K
55. Alliance for Early Success FKA Birth to Five Policy AllianceRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $335K · through 2025 · 1.5% of their giving
$1.0M
56. Borealis PhilanthropyRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $320K · through 2024
$951K
57. Music and Youth InitiativeincRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$55K
58. Newport Festivals Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 44.4% of their giving
$20K
59. Providence CollegeRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023 · 9.3% of their giving
$38K
60. The Economic Progress InstituteRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 30.6% of their giving
$15K
61. Partnership for Americas ChildrenRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$133K
62. Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaRegrantor
25 grants to 5 organizations · largest $219K · through 2024
$1.2M
63. Rhode Island Council for the HumanitiesRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2022 · 4.2% of their giving
$63K
64. Brown Emergency Medicine IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$25K
65. The Astraea Foundation IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$126K
66. Timothy Smith NetworkRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2019 · 22.2% of their giving
$7K
67. Local Initiatives Support CorporationRegrantor
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$884K
68. Women's Fund of Rhode IslandRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2025 · 5.2% of their giving
$26K
69. NEO Philanthropy IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$622K
70. Rhode Island Education CollectiveRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 9.6% of their giving
$7K
71. Providence Student UnionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3K · through 2022 · 50.8% of their giving
$3K
72. Movement Ground FarmRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$6K
73. The Schott Foundation for Public EducationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$75K
74. Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
75. Chinese Progressive AssociationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2022
$50K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to youth development 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. 9 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 youth development 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 youth development funding in Rhode Island, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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