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Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$614k
Granted FY2025still arriving
106
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2023–2025.

Human Services$123kFood & Nutrition$88kEducation$76kCommunity Improvement$70kArts & Culture$58kHealth$54kHousing & Shelter$41kRecreation & Sports$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 106 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k82 grants · $296k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $318k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$25,000
POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS$20,000
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC)$20,000
HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY$15,000
STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM$15,000
PAWTUCKET CENTRAL FALLS DEVELOPMENT$15,000
PROJECT GOAL INC$15,000
HOPE & MAIN$15,000
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES$15,000
BIKE NEWPORT$12,000
FEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION$11,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF RHODE ISLAND INC$10,000
BOYS TOWN NEW ENGLAND$10,000
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN NEW ENGLAND: $10k → 7%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND: $4k → 14%LOOKING UPWARDS INC: $5k → 7%BOYS TOWN NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 7%PROJECT WEBERRENEW: $2k → 14%BENJAMIN CHURCH SENIOR CENTER INC: $1k → 7%PROGRESO LATINO: $1k → 14%ACCESS POINT RI: $1k → 14%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $3k → 14%FEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $11k → 14%JAMES L MAHER CENTER: $8k → 7%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $4k → 14%JEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES: $2k → 14%NEWPORT PARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIES: $2k → 7%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $8k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $4k → 14%ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 14%REFUGEE DREAM CENTER: $5k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER PROVIDENCE: $4k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

9%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$115k · 6 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 100 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$115k
$588k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+38%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $545k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • CA
    CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NEWPORT COUNTY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +44%
  • BT
    Boys Town New England Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $584k
  • FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +38%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
2
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
3
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island

The parent support network of ri is a group of parents, family members, transition age youth, and adults with behavioral health lived experience who are committed to supporting and assisting peers and working with statewide and national…

Human Services
4
Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council

Advancement of fiscally responsible government, competitive tax policies, and economic opportunities for all in rhode island by providing objective and nonpartisan research and analysis.

Public Benefit
5
Rhode Island Housing Development Corporation

Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island

Housing & Shelter
6
Rhode Island Food Policy Council

Promoting a more equitable, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system in rhode island.

Food & Nutrition
7
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
8
Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in Ri Inc

To celabrate the day of portugal in the state of rhode island

Human Services
9
Hospital Association of Rhode Island

To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…

—
10
Rhode Island Public Radio

To provide quality journalism and compelling storytelling that informs, educates, and inspirescommunity.

—
11
Nami Rhode Island

The mission of NAMI Rhode Island is to educate the public about mental illness; to offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness; to advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with…

Health
12
Jamaican Association of Rhode Island
Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island and the most unlike its peers is Winners Circle Xr Academy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Education ProgramsNewport County Heritage & C…Disability & Behavioral Hea…Senior Residential CareClassical Music Performance…Member-Based Social ClubsYouth Sports LeaguesRhode Island Advocacy & Edu…Healthcare System Infrastru…Rhode Island Economic Devel…Urban Food & Environmental …Providence Area Libraries &…Regional History MuseumsHealthcare System Organizat…Basic Needs Assistance
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%6%<5yr13%9%5–10yr18%24%10–20yr18%14%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr18%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr13%6%5–10yr18%21%10–20yr18%16%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr18%27%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/90
the rest of the field
11%
448/4,208

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

90 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 90 of the 108 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/90
Grantees still filing
40/90
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $583,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+51 more — $310,500 · Other+51 moreBoys Town New England Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — $12,000 · Human ServicesFEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC — $11,000 · Human ServicesJAMES L MAHER CENTER — $8,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Development Center — $5,000 · Human ServicesLOOKING UPWARDS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $4,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesBEAUTIFUL DAY — $3,500 · Human Services+9 more — $14,500 · Human ServicesRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · Food & NutritionNorthern RI Food Pantry — $10,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionEAST BAY FOOD PANTRY — $6,000 · Food & NutritionTHE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CENTER OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $2,000 · Food & NutritionSALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY — $15,000 · EducationNEWPORTFALL RIVER STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM — $15,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $10,000 · EducationNEWPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $8,000 · EducationFABNEWPORT INC — $7,000 · EducationCOLLEGE VISIONS — $4,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE PROMISE — $2,500 · Education+3 more — $5,000 · EducationIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFIRSTWORKS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET RI — $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL — $5,000 · Arts & CultureBLITHEWOLD INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEWPORT FESTIVALS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureRI Slave History Medallions — $3,000 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $3,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Company — $2,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY STRING PROJECT INC — $2,000 · Arts & CultureBATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION — $2,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT GOAL INC — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsSAIL NEWPORT — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBIKE NEWPORT — $12,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE BAY INC — $6,000 · EnvironmentPOCASSET POKANOKET LAND TRUST INC — $5,000 · EnvironmentCONANICUT ISLAND SAILING FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EnvironmentAQUIDNECK COMMUNITY TABLE — $4,000 · EnvironmentEASTERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $2,500 · Environment
Other$894,000Human Services$82,000Food & Nutrition$81,000Education$66,500Arts & Culture$54,500Recreation & Sports$35,000Environment$34,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NEWPORT COUNTY — $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE & MAIN — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPAWTUCKET CENTRAL FALLS DEVELOPMENT CORP — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Town New England Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORTFALL RIVER STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDA VINCI CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC — $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRSTWORKS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING AROUND MINISTRIES INC TURNING AROUND MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMAE ORGANIZATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRefugee Development Center — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOOKING UPWARDS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLITHEWOLD INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE VISIONS — $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROVIDENCE PROMISE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEASTERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRI SCHOOL FOR PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY STRING PROJECT INC — $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION — $2,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE GEORGE HAIL FREE LIBRARY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEWPORT PARTNERSHIP FOR FAMILIES — $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWinners Circle XR Academy Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBENJAMIN CHURCH SENIOR CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSPOINT RI — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…United Way of Rhode I…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Centreville Savings B…Amica Companies Found…Washington Trust Co C…The Beacon FoundationVan Beuren Charitable…Bristol County Saving…Citizens Charitable F…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI131.7× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Beacon Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 108 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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