Funding search · EIN 261944179 · Newport, RI

The Gruben Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

91
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Rhode Island Hospital Foundation2 grants · $240,000
  • Rhode Island Hospital1 grant · $175,000
  • Newport Classical2 grants · $80,000
  • Newport Music Festival2 grants · $75,000
  • Lucy'S Hearth2 grants · $75,000
  • Newport Festivals Foundation1 grant · $70,000
  • Norman Bird Sanctuary2 grants · $65,000
  • Newport Mental Health2 grants · $60,000
  • Strategic Preventive Partnerships2 grants · $55,000
  • Save the Bay2 grants · $52,500

Giving over time

$690,500
2022
$745,000
2023
$815,001
2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

  • $175,000

    Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $135,000

    Rhode Island Hospital Foundation · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $105,000

    Rhode Island Hospital Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Newport Festivals Foundation · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Newport Music Festival · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Braingate · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Parent Support Network of Ri · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Family Service of Ri · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Lucy'S Hearth · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Newport Classical · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Newport Classical · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Newport Mental Health · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $32,500

    Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Newport Classical · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Newport Hospital · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletwon, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Strategic Preventive Partnerships · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Bike Newport · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Family Service of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Martin Luther King Community Center · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Miriam Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Newport Mental Health · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Strategic Prevention Partnerships · Adamsville, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Women'S Resource Center · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Newport · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Dr Martin Luther King Jr Community · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Friends of Newport Skatepark · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Lucy'S Hearth · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Miriam Hospital · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Newport County Ymca · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Norman Bird Sanctuary · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Strategic Preventive Partnerships · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Womens Resource Center · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Dr Martin Luther King Jr Community · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital · East Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Miriam Hospital · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Newport County Ymca · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $23,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Newport · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Day One · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Eastern Ri Conservation · Tiverton, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Bike Newport · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Day One · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Newport Mental Health · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $16,667

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $16,667

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $16,667

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Child & Family Services of Newport · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Newportfall River Star Kids Scholarship Program · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Ri Slave History Medallions · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Child and Family Services · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Ecori · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District · Kingston, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Ecori · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Newport Music Festival · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Aquidneck Community Table · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Fabnewport · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Friends of Island Cemetery · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Housing Hotline · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    North Country School Inc (Camp Treetops) · Lake Placid, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    2nd Act · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Conexion Latina · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Housing Hotline · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    John Clarke Senior Living · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Newport Film · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    North Country School · Lake Placid, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Rhode Island Coalition To End Homelessness · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Rhode Island Slave History Medallions · Newport, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education · Providence, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Star Kids · Middletown, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    2nd Act · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Housing Hotline · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    John Clarke Senior Living · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Newport Film · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    North Country School · Lake Placid, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Rhode Island Slave History Medallions · Newport, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sophia Academy · Providence, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Star Kids · Middletown, RI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    List Academy of Music · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Newport County Yana · Middletown, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Newport Sings · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Aquidneck Land Trust · Middletwon, RI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe · Mashpee, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.