Funding search · EIN 222604963 · Providence, RI
The Rhode Island Community Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 3,312
- grants reported
- $224.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $23,059
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.
Where the money goes
- Health care and clinical services for uninsured Rhode Islanders
- K-12 and college access programs, mostly Providence-area schools
- Arts and culture institutions: theater, orchestra, museums, public media
- Homelessness, shelter, and affordable housing development
- Food access, emergency assistance, and basic needs safety net
- Bay, watershed, and urban park conservation in Rhode Island
Typical grant
Half of all grants land between $10,000 and $68,675, with a median of $23,059, so a first ask in the $15,000 to $50,000 range fits the pattern. The seven-figure checks go to a small set of long-standing Providence anchors like United Way of Rhode Island, the RI Philharmonic, Women & Infants, Trinity Rep, and Crossroads, usually as aggregated giving across many funds. With 3,312 grants to 1,427 recipients over three years, most recipients show up more than once, so repeat support is the norm rather than the exception.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “HEALTHY LIVES”
- “EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS”
- “BASIC HUMAN NEEDS”
- “ECONOMIC SECURITY”
- “CIVIC LIFE”
Positioning adjacent work
- Map your work onto one of their named codes: Healthy Lives, Educational Success, Economic Security, Environment, or Civic Life.
- Ask $25,000 to $60,000 for a first grant; seven-figure sums go only to established Providence anchors.
- Name Rhode Island communities served, ideally Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket, or Newport, in the first paragraph.
- Show clinical or direct-service outcomes for uninsured or low-income residents rather than research findings alone.
Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly a Rhode Island funder, with 2,614 of 3,312 grants staying in state and Massachusetts a distant second; the Boca Grande, Florida cluster and out-of-state private schools like Casady and Waynflete are donor-advised giving that follows individual fundholders, not an open pipeline. Because so much of the money moves through advised and designated funds, relationships with RICF program staff and with the donors behind relevant funds matter as much as the merits of a proposal.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- United Way of Rhode Island10 grants · $14.8M
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation5 grants · $5.3M
- Crossroads Rhode Island10 grants · $3.8M
- Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School2 grants · $3.5M
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank9 grants · $3.3M
- Amos House9 grants · $3.1M
- One Neighborhood Builders2 grants · $3.1M
- Women & Infants Development Foundation2 grants · $2.5M
- Community Musicworks8 grants · $2.2M
- Trinity Repertory Company7 grants · $2.1M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 3,312 grants.
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