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 2022–2024. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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