Funding search · student-athlete mental health · Rhode Island
Who funds student-athlete mental health work in Rhode Island
15 funders have a record of paying for student-athlete mental health work by Rhode Island recipients: 92 grants totaling $8.0M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Rhode Island Community Foundation ($1.5M), Van Beuren Charitable Foundation ($2.0M) and Ri Interscholastic Injury Fund ($17,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Rhode Island recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND — dei provider pipeline: scholarships and internship stipends
Largest: $199,888 to RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH — community of practice in infant mental health in the early intervention system
Largest: $2,000 to CRANSTON WEST HIGH SCHOL — outstanding athlete & student
Largest: $75,000 to Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation — support for the revision and measurement of a peer support mental health intervention for high school students of color (well-being in color)
Largest: $10,200 to NEWPORT MENTAL HEALTH — support for mental health services
Point32health FoundationCanton, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $295,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — gen opp support; mental health
Largest: $250,000 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — golub family current-use fund for student-athlete well-being
America East ConferenceBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to BRYANT UNIVERSITY — student athletic assistance
Largest: $15,000 to Newport Mental Health — charitable donation
Largest: $130,269 to Brown University — how changing neighborhood and school contexts shape mental health and educational attainment from childhood to early adulthood
Largest: $221,904 to Brown University — hassenfeld fund for the study of social media and childrens mental health
Largest: $35,000 to Newport County Community Mental Health Center Inc — general operating support
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