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Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund at a glance

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Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$106k
Granted FY2026still arriving
23
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Education$279kFood & Nutrition$174kHealth$83kYouth Development$76kArts & Culture$67kHousing & Shelter$64kHuman Services$59kCrime & Legal$34kOther$0
02FY2026 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k22 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$11,000
SCOUTING AMERICA-NARRAGANSETT COUNC$5,000
HOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER$5,000
SOPHIA ACADEMY$5,000
HOPE HEALTH$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
COLLEGE VISIONS$5,000
CITY MEAL SITE$5,000
PROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE$5,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
RISE$5,000
COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL$5,000
INSPIRING MINDS$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOC: $3k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOC: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND: $3k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOC: $1k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND & SERVICES: $1k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOC: $1k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND & SERVICES: $1k → 14%FOSTER FORWARD: $1k → 14%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $6k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $5k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND: $1k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$915k · 46 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2026, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
33

Total granted

$915k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+20%

Still filing today

67%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2026 · $45k · revenue +200%
  • SOPHIA ACADEMY
    8× · 2018–2026 · $39k · revenue +30%
  • SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • THE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +64%
  • MM
    MIXED MAGIC THEATRE
    one grant, 2025 · $5k
  • NC
    NARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +76%
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
Providence Children's Museum

The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on…

Arts & Culture
3
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

Trinity academy for the performing arts utilizes an interdisciplinary arts-integrated program to prepare our artist-scholars for collegiate and professional success.

Education
4
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
5
Ri School for Progressive Education

The purpose of the organization is to improve outcomes for all students in rhode islands public schools through rigorous, high-quality teacher preparation.

Education
6
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
7
Rhode Island Parent Information Network Inc

We are peer professionals on a mission to help rhode islanders of all abilities, ages, and backgrounds get the support they need to thrive.

Human Services
8
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
9
The Highlander Charter School

Using innovative education practices as a catalyst for social change, highlander charter school ensures that all children have the opportunity and support necessary to meet their full potential.

Education
10
Cold Spring School Inc

Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.

Education
11
Cowden Street Collaborative Inc

Our mission is to cultivate a community where students take ownership of their education, preparing them to excel in high school, college, and beyond. we provide a rigorous academic experience that empowers scholars to view themselves as…

Education
12
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Mary's Home for Children; the most unlike its peers is The Frosty Drew Memorial Fund Inc. 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

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 82 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
39/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $63,000 · OtherRI COMMUNITY FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $43,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY MEAL SITE INC: $42,000 · OtherCITY MEAL SITE INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $38,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $37,000 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTERTHE FROSTY DREW MEMORIAL FUND INC: $30,200 · OtherTHE FROSTY DREW MEMORIAL FUND INCHOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER: $28,990 · OtherAMOS HOUSE: $20,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $18,500 · OtherPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $21,000 · OtherBUTTON HOLE: $20,395 · Other+42 more: $189,850 · Other+42 moreCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $45,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SC…SOPHIA ACADEMY: $39,049 · EducationSOPHIA ACADEMYCOLLEGE VISIONS: $33,500 · EducationCOLLEGE VISIONSSCHOOL ONE: $19,500 · EducationSCHOOL ONEREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $19,000 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED INCThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $15,000 · EducationThe President and Truste…PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $13,200 · EducationPAUL CUFFEE SCHOOLINSPIRING MINDS: $10,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE PROMISE: $9,000 · EducationCommunity Libraries of Providence: $8,500 · Education+3 more: $7,500 · EducationCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $36,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS R…HOPEHEALTH: $35,000 · Human ServicesHOPEHEALTH134 Collaborative: $12,000 · Human Services134 Collabor…CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $10,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S F…WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON P…WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER OF NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTIES: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $23,500 · Arts & CultureFIRSTWORKS: $18,000 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Company: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSAVE THE BAY INC: $33,000 · EnvironmentFARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $27,500 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$551,935Education$219,249Human Services$110,000Arts & Culture$46,500Environment$33,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Philanthropy$28,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $39,049 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $37,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $36,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEHEALTH: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE VISIONS: $33,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $33,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FROSTY DREW MEMORIAL FUND INC: $30,200 over 8y, 18% of budgetFARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER: $28,990 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $27,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $23,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $21,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBUTTON HOLE: $20,395 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL ONE: $19,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $18,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $18,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $16,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $13,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budget134 Collaborative: $12,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRING MINDS: $10,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPROVIDENCE PROMISE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDAY ONE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNARRAGANSETT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF EAST PROVIDENCE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRODEN CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOLF SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER FORWARD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PAWTUCKET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANK OLEAN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SOPHIA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds HOPEHEALTH ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE VISIONS ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FROSTY DREW MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BUTTON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds AMOS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL ONE ↗
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRSTWORKS ↗
  • Who funds Prison Dharma Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
  • Who funds PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds 134 Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRING MINDS ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds Community Libraries of Providence ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DAY ONE ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE INC ↗

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 Champlin Foundati…The Rhode Island Comm…United Way of Rhode I…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…The Nordson Corporati…Amica Companies Found…Billy Andrade-Brad Fa…Ida Ballou Littlefiel…Centreville Savings B…Washington Trust Co C…Citizens Charitable F…
The Champlin FoundationPA70.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Citizens Charitable 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 Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Frederick C Tanner Memorial 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 82 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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