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Feinstein Family Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$237k
Granted FY2021
135
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$400kEnvironment$50kReligion$18kArts & Culture$12kPhilanthropy$4kOther$0
02FY2021 · 135 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARYS$3,500
ST JOSEPHS$3,500
ST CECILIA SCHOOL$3,500
THOMAS WILLETT SCHOOL$3,500
ST LUKES$3,500
THORTON SCHOOL$3,500
TIVERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,500
ST JOHN SCHOOL$3,500
TIOGUE SCHOOL$3,500
ST PETER$3,500
NORTH SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$3,000
HOPE SCHOOL$3,000
JEWISH COMM DAY SCHOOL$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST PHILOMENA: $2k → 7%ROBERTSON SCHOOL: $2k → 7%THOMAS WILLETT SCHOOL: $4k → 11%SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%QUIDNESSETT ELEMENTARY: $4k → 7%WINMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2k → 7%ST JOHN SCHOOL: $4k → 11%STATE STREET SCHOOL: $2k → 7%ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $120k → 7%ST MARYS: $4k → 14%WAMSUTTA MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2k → 11%ROCKWELL SCHOOL: $2k → 7%WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY: $2k → 14%COELHO MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2k → 11%WAWALOAM SCHOOL: $2k → 7%THE HOPE ACADEMY: $2k → 14%VARIOUS - SEE ATTACHED LIST: $125k → 7%STONE HILL SCHOOL: $2k → 14%ROBERT BAILEY IV SCHOOL: $2k → 14%ST LUKES: $4k → 7%FRIENDS OF NITCA: $6k → 7%TIVERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL: $4k → 7%ST PETER: $4k → 7%WALTER RANGER SCHOOL: $2k → 7%WILLIAM L CALLAHAN SCHOOL: $2k → 14%TIOGUE SCHOOL: $4k → 7%NORTH SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $3k → 14%WESTPORT ELEMENTARY: $2k → 11%WARWICK VERERANS MEMORIAL: $2k → 7%WESTERN COVENTRY SCHOOL: $2k → 7%SHERMAN SCHOOL: $2k → 7%WASHINGTON OAK ELEMENTARY: $2k → 7%WARWICK NECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2k → 7%ST JOSEPHS: $4k → 7%WAKEFIELD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2k → 7%RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE: $60k → 14%RF KENNEDY SCHOOL: $2k → 14%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $2k → 14%WEST BROADWAY MIDDLE SCHL: $2k → 14%WEBSTER AVE ELEMENTARY: $2k → 14%STEERE FARM SCHOOL: $2k → 14%THORTON SCHOOL: $4k → 14%WINSOR HILL ELEMENTARY: $2k → 14%SALESVILLE ELEMENTARY: $4k → 14%ST CECILIA SCHOOL: $4k → 14%HOPE SCHOOL: $3k → 14%PROVIDENCE SHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10k → 14%JEWISH COMM DAY SCHOOL: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

7%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35k · 10 repeat orgs$497k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 119 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$35k
$275k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+17%

Still filing today

10%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
EducationAnimalsArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WM
    WAMSUTTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k
  • RK
    RF KENNEDY SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k
  • WC
    WESTERN COVENTRY SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k

Funded once

  • ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $120k · revenue +17%
  • RI
    RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $60k
  • SR
    SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +19%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Providence Preparatory Charter School

The mission of pvd prep is to prepare a diverse group of providence middle school students for college preparatory high schools.

Education
2
Pembroke Hill School

A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."

Education
3
Paul Cuffee School

Personal initiative, perserverance and social responsibility. our facility is committed to differentiated instruction and evidence-based practices that connect academic success to social-emotional learning.

Education
4
Plymouth Scholars Pto

Parent teacher organization

Education
5
Southside Elementary Charter School

The mission of southside elementary charter school is to provide a diverse group of providence kindergarten through fifth grade students with a solid step towards college and community leadership. students will learn to read, write, think…

Education
6
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science Inc

The purpose of the school is to promote, advance and sponsor charitable and educational activities.

Education
7
Polaris Charter School

The mission of Polaris Charter School is to create a joyful and exciting learning community for intellectually curious elementary-aged children. Through an engaging, inquiry-based curriculum, our students will develop the ability to…

Education
8
Kingston Hill Academy

Kingston hill academy's mission is to operate a "charter school" under the laws of the state of rhode island. kingston hill academy is dedicated to providing students with the opportunity for an inclusive, individualized, and challenging…

Education
9
Richmond Elementary School Pto

A commitment to enhancing and enriching the education of children and fostering a sense of community within the school, classroom and community.

Education
10
The Ensworth School

The ensworth school (the school), founded in 1958, is a kindergarten through twelfth grade, coeducational independent school located in nashville, tennessee. the mission of the school is to promote academic excellence and inspire students…

Education
11
The Greene School

The mission of the greene school is to organize, operate and promote a not-for-profit educational institution in western rhode island that shall emcompass a charter and/or independent school and that shall be at all times operated in…

Education
12
Portsmouth Christian Academy

Portsmouth christian academy exists to honor god joyfully by inspiring students to maximize their god-given potential.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Highlander Charter School; the most unlike its peers is George R Martin Pto. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 149 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE: $60,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COLLEGE+139 more: $279,000 · Other+139 moreROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $120,000 · EducationROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY+5 more: $11,500 · Education+5 moreSEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · AnimalsSEA RESEAR…PROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGE R MARTIN PTO: $1,500 · Community Improvement
Other$339,000Education$131,500Animals$50,000Arts & Culture$10,000Community Improvement$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $120,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOPE ACADEMY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOELHO MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $3,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HIGHLANDER CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENNFIELD SCHOOL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE R MARTIN PTO: $1,500 over 1y, 16% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds COELHO MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO ↗

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.

Feinstein Foundation IncRI15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Feinstein Foundation Inc · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Feinstein Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Feinstein Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Sea Research Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Feinstein Family Fund?

Find your warmest path to Feinstein Family Fund 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 149 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $125k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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