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Lifespan Corporation

Delivering health with care while maintaining a comprehensive, integrated, academic health system.

$850k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$508kHealth$451kCommunity Improvement$130kEmployment$86kRecreation & Sports$50kPublic Benefit$31kArts & Culture$20kPhilanthropy$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $760,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $850,280 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,080 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $126k
  • $250k+1 grant · $600k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF PROVIDENCE$600,000
NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE$126,000
HOPEHEALTH HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE$10,000
THE TOMORROW FUND$10,000
RHODE ISLAND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$8,000
GREATER PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,200
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, $686k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Hope Hospice & Pall Care: $10k → 14%HOPEHEALTH HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $10k → 14%HOPE HEALTH HOSPICE: $10k → 14%Hope Hospice & Pall Care: $10k → 14%Jewish Alliance of Greater RI: $6k → 14%Inst for Study & Practice of NonViolence: $130k → 14%INSTITUTION FOR STUDY & PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE: $128k → 14%NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $126k → 14%Inst for Study & Practice of NonViolence: $125k → 14%The Izzy Foundation: $6k → 14%Inst for Study & Practice of NonViolence: $125k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 14 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
8

Total granted

$2.0M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+15%

Still filing today

79%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $271k · revenue +33%
  • YEAR UP INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +1%
  • TT
    THE TOMORROW FUND
    4× · 2017–2025 · $51k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • RI
    RHODE ISLAND QUALITY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -48%
  • BU
    BRYANT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $16k · revenue +18%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
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
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
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
3
The Alumni Association of the University of Rhode Island

The university of rhode island alumni association informs and engages current and future alumni as committed partners of the university, its missions and traditions.

—
4
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…

—
5
The Rhode Island Community Foundation

The rhode island foundation mobilizes generosity and motivates change that makes a difference

Philanthropy
6
Rhode Island Medical Society

To promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of public health and to advocate quality patient care and promote the exchange of information

—
7
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
8
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
9
Rhode Island Health Care Assoc

The mission of rhode island health care association is to enhance its members' ability to provide sustainable quality health care and quality of life to the residents of rhode island's skilled nursing facilities.as a state affiliate of the…

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10
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
11
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROVIDENCE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT: $620,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE SCHOOL DEPARTMENTProvidence Business News: $106,295 · OtherProvidence Business NewsTHE TOMORROW FUND: $50,500 · OtherTHE TOMORROW FUNDGround Control Events: $30,000 · Other+6 more: $80,050 · Other+6 moreNONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $633,500 · Human ServicesNONVIOLENCE INSTITUTEHOPEHEALTH HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOPEHEALTH HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE+2 more: $12,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $270,795 · HealthAmerican Heart Asso…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $36,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOC…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer …RHODE ISLAND QUALITY INSTITUTE: $20,000 · HealthRHODE ISLAND QUALIT…YEAR UP INC: $85,750 · EducationBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · EducationCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentDANCING FOR A CAUSE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL: $10,750 · Public Benefit
Other$886,845Human Services$685,500Health$351,795Education$101,750Youth Development$20,000Arts & Culture$20,000Public Benefit$10,750

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 budgetNONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $633,500 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $270,795 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $85,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOMORROW FUND: $50,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetHOPEHEALTH HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $29,550 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND QUALITY INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDANCING FOR A CAUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL: $10,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEDESIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE OF GREATER RHODE ISLAND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE IZZY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

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.

Employee Community Se…United Way of Rhode I…The Rhode Island Comm…Citizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Employee Community Services AssociationRI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Employee Community Services Association · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Lifespan Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lifespan Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–90%
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.

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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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