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Horace a & S Ella Kimball Foundation at a glance

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Horace a & S Ella Kimball Foundation

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.

$522k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$571kEducation$383kReligion$372kHealth$304kEnvironment$186kArts & Culture$168kRecreation & Sports$153kPublic Benefit$104kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$11,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWER STREET CENTER INC$50,000
URI FOUNDATION & ALUMNI$50,000
The Frank Olean Center Inc$40,000
THE COMPASS SCHOOL$30,000
Westerly Land Trust$30,000
The Nature Conservancy$25,000
Wood River Health Services Inc$25,000
The Westerly Senior Citizens Center$20,000
Dorcas International Institute of RI$20,000
The Jonnycake Center Inc$20,000
Boys & Girls Club of Providence$15,000
Southern Rhode Island Volunteers$15,000
Sojourner House$15,000
Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum$15,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $40k → 14%TOWER STREET CENTER INC: $50k → 7%Ocean Community YMCA: $30k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS - RI CHAPTER: $10k → 14%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $5k → 7%RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED: $9k → 7%RI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED: $3k → 7%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 38 repeat orgs$937k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
39

Total granted

$2.3M
$749k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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

  • TC
    THE COMPASS SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $180k · revenue +37%
  • TJ
    THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $141k · revenue +157%
  • THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • FA
    Fellowship Assembly of God- The Building
    one grant, 2020 · $87k
  • MR
    METROPOLITAN REG CAREER TECH CNTR
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • WS
    WESTERLY SENIOR CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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
Rhode Island Center for the Book

To promote personal and community enrichment by providing opportunities that enable the reading, writing, making and sharing of books.

Arts & Culture
2
Rhode Island Public Radio

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

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3
Rhode Island Housing Development Corporation

Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island

Housing & Shelter
4
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
5
Rhode Island Dream Center

The rhode island dream center provides hope and holistic support to the impoverished in the greater rhode island area through food, clothing and services.

Human Services
6
Rhode Island Bankers Association Inc

The rhode island bankers association will serve as the sole rhode island based organization serving the banking industry and will advocate for its member institutions and participate alongside other new england banking industry…

Public Benefit
7
Feed Ri

To provide food to organizations that feed the poor, distressed and the underprivileged.

Food & Nutrition
8
Jamaican Association of Rhode Island
Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns

To represent the interests of municipal officials and to provide them services which enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of city and town services through technical assistance, information sharing and training.

—
11
Rhode Island Natural History Survey

The Rhode Island Natural History Survey is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to gather and disseminate information on Rhode Islands animals and plants geology and ecosystems to facilitate communication among the diverse…

Science & Tech
12
Opening Doors for Westerly's Children

Opening doors for westerly's children promotes early childhood literacy and academic achievement for the children in westerly, rhode island. we provide essential education related materials and opportunities and support academically…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels of Ri Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pawtucket Slaterettes. 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

48 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. 48 of the 90 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
33/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOY FELLOWSHIPBUILDING ON THE LANE: $170,000 · OtherJOY FELLOWSHIPBUILDING ON THE LANEThe Westerly Senior Citizens Center: $160,000 · OtherThe Westerly Senior Citizens CenterURI FOUNDATION & ALUMNI: $150,000 · OtherURI FOUNDATION & ALUMNITHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $141,000 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INCIndividual grant recipient: $115,300 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $110,000 · OtherTHE WESTERLY LAND TRUST: $110,000 · OtherSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS: $104,000 · OtherCHARIHO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherSouth County Health: $94,000 · OtherFellowship Assembly of God- The Building: $87,000 · Other+59 more: $1,203,975 · Other+59 moreTHE COMPASS SCHOOL: $180,000 · EducationTHE COMPA…Langworthy Public Library: $48,000 · EducationLangworth…Wood River Preschool Inc: $30,000 · EducationWood Rive…Ashaway Free Library: $10,000 · Education+4 more: $18,000 · Education+4 moreTHE WESTERLY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthWOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $90,000 · HealthTower Street Center Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $40,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $35,000 · Human ServicesRI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED: $12,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $40,000 · EmploymentMAE ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 · EmploymentCLOUDS HILL VICTORIAN HOUSE MUSEUM: $52,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,545,275Education$286,000Health$190,000Human Services$147,000Youth Development$75,000Employment$60,000Arts & Culture$57,000

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 budgetTHE COMPASS SCHOOL: $180,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $141,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $110,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WESTERLY LAND TRUST: $110,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS: $104,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetTHE WESTERLY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetWOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCLOUDS HILL VICTORIAN HOUSE MUSEUM: $52,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetRHODE ISLAND BAR FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLangworthy Public Library: $48,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRANK OLEAN CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWood River Preschool Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCLAGETT SAILING: $20,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCANDID: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity 2000 Education Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAE ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE COCUMSCUSSOC ASSOCIATION: $18,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGILBERT STUART MEMORIAL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetecoRI Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSTAND UP FOR ANIMALS: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRI CENTER ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVisiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST ANDREW'S SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshaway Free Library: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ RHODE ISLAND: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Maddie Potts Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWillett Free Library: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRHODE ISLAND URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% 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 THE COMPASS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTERLY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CLOUDS HILL VICTORIAN HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Tower Street Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND BAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Langworthy Public Library ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FRANK OLEAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Wood River Preschool 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 Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…United Way of Rhode I…Washington Trust Co C…Amica Companies Found…Citizens Charitable F…Ida Ballou Littlefiel…Centreville Savings B…Ashaway Charitable Tr…Chelsea Groton Founda…The Beacon FoundationWarren Alpert Foundat…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI58.1× affinity28 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 · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Amica Companies Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Ashaway Charitable Trust · Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Beacon Foundation · Warren Alpert 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 Horace a & S Ella Kimball Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horace a & S Ella Kimball Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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
    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.

    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 90 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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