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Who funds water quality and access work in Rhode Island
15 funders have a record of paying for water quality and access work by Rhode Island recipients: 42 grants totaling $2.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Rhode Island Community Foundation ($155,325), Forrest C & Frances H ($195,000) and Olneyville Housing Corporation ($224,035).
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
6 matching grants · $155,325 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to CLEAN WATER FUND RI CHAPTER — protecting clean water by combating plastics, toxics and climate change
Forrest C & Frances HEast Greenwich, RI
4 matching grants · $195,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to THE WOOD-PAWCATUCK WATERSHED ASSN — potter hill dam removal project
Olneyville Housing CorporationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $224,035 · through 2024Largest: $199,655 to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — promote equity, public health and community safety
Largest: $50,000 to SAVE THE BAY INC — save the bay protects, restores, and improves the ecological health of the narrangansett bay region, including its watershed and adjacent coastal waters, through an ecosystembased …
United Way of Rhode IslandProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $113,828 · through 2024Largest: $53,402 to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — donor designation/grant
Largest: $3,000 to Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association — unrestricted gift
Largest: $20,000 to NARROW RIVER PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION — preserving and restoring the natural environment within the pettaquamscutt estuary and watershed.
Largest: $1.1M to SAVE THE BAY INC — relocate and expand save the bay's aquarium and to improve water quality, habitat and coastal resiliency in newport county and unrestricted
Largest: $72,000 to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — vehicle purchase
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $156,819 · through 2023Largest: $113,030 to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — engaging communities to build coastal resilience
Restore America'S EstuariesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $111,585 · through 2023Largest: $104,677 to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL — community based coastal habitat restoration
Largest: $2,500 to Weekapug Foundation for Conservation — to support the purchase of undeveloped land in the quonochontaug and winnapaug watershed
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