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Delta Dental of Rhode Island

Our mission is to deliver impeccable service, quality and innovation that exceeds expectations. As experts in oral health care, we are committed to accessible, affordable care that drives improved health outcomes.

$418k
Granted FY2022
21
Itemized grants FY2022
18
Organizations funded FY2022
11%
First-time grantees FY2022
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83% of Delta Dental of Rhode Island’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Rhode Island Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 20 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Delta Dental of Rhode Island named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $316k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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24
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’22
25
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2022
$316k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$65,900
Organizations funded a year
16 to 24
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
1
Total assets, FY2022
$139M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 11% of the organizations Delta Dental of Rhode Island funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202218$302k11%
FY202121$211k19%
FY202016$796k13%
FY201923$434k9%
FY201824$372k29%
FY201723$295kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$20MEducation$1.2MHealth$644kHousing & Shelter$283kHuman Services$281kYouth Development$180kFood & Nutrition$130kCommunity Improvement$118kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Delta Dental of Rhode Island by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Tufts College$500,00010%
Community Preparatory School$264,24953%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$222,57581%
Crossroads Rhode Island$180,45070%
San Miguel Education Center$174,60373%
Amos House$129,50080%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$120,40570%
The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce$117,90344%
Bryant University$102,43970%
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$92,50070%
Family Service of Rhode Island Inc$90,84870%
Salve Regina University$84,05060%
Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc$79,50035%
Providence College$75,96060%
Junior Achievement of Rhode Island Inc$71,47882%
Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc$67,83371%
Firstworks$64,50051%
The Miriam Hospital Foundation$61,70060%
McAuley Corporation$52,92061%
Greater Providence Young Mens Christian Association$51,37530%
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation$46,00070%
Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic$37,5005n/a
The Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc$35,69241%
St Patrick Academy$30,7002n/a
The Tomorrow Fund$26,35051%
Rhode Island Business Group on Health$24,25037%
City Year Inc$20,00020%
Thundermist Health Center$17,00010%
Lasalle Academy$16,5502n/a
Johnson & Wales University$15,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$15,00010%
Children's Friend and Service$12,57320%
St Peter-Warwick$11,6401n/a
American Planning Association 67 Rhode Island Chap$10,325164%
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School$10,00010%
Rhode Island NGA 2017 Inc$10,0001n/a
The Learning Commnunity Charter School Inc$10,00010%
The Wheeler School$10,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10,00010%
Delta Dental Plans Association$9,81410%
The Providence Tourism Fund$9,25013%
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc$8,52410%
Bradley Hospital Foundation$8,00010%
Hope Hospice Inc$7,50010%
Als United Rhode Island$6,53012%
Pleasant Street Christian Reformed Church$6,2501n/a
Dental Lifeline Network$5,50010%
Women & Infants Hospital of Ri$5,25010%
Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England$5,05010%

Where it is load-bearing

Delta Dental of Rhode Island supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Preparatory School: $264,249 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc: $222,575 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $180,450 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSan Miguel Education Center: $174,603 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetAmos House: $129,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $120,405 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce: $117,903 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBryant University: $102,439 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $92,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Service of Rhode Island Inc: $90,848 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSalve Regina University: $84,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCvs Health Charity Classic Inc: $79,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetProvidence College: $75,960 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Rhode Island Inc: $71,478 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Rhode Island Inc: $67,833 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFirstworks: $64,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $61,700 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMcAuley Corporation: $52,920 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGreater Providence Young Mens Christian Association: $51,375 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOcean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation: $46,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc: $35,692 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Tomorrow Fund: $26,350 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRhode Island Business Group on Health: $24,250 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCity Year Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThundermist Health Center: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohnson & Wales University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Friend and Service: $12,573 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Planning Association 67 Rhode Island Chap: $10,325 over 1y, 64% of budgetRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Learning Commnunity Charter School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wheeler School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Dental Plans Association: $9,814 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Providence Tourism Fund: $9,250 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNational Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc: $8,524 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBradley Hospital Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHope Hospice Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAls United Rhode Island: $6,530 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDental Lifeline Network: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomen & Infants Hospital of Ri: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Southeastern New England: $5,050 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI42.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Delta Dental of Rhode Island

How much does Delta Dental of Rhode Island give?
Delta Dental of Rhode Island reported 21 itemized grants totaling $315,620, out of $417,572 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Delta Dental of Rhode Island fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Education (5%), Health (3%).
Who are Delta Dental of Rhode Island's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trustees of Tufts College ($500k), Community Preparatory School ($264k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc ($223k).
Does Delta Dental of Rhode Island fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Delta Dental of Rhode Island?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc, Amica Companies Foundation.
Where is Delta Dental of Rhode Island based?
Delta Dental of Rhode Island is based in RI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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