· Private foundation
Meehan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $177k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY | $20,000 |
| JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER | $17,000 |
| LINCOLN SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| CROSSROADS RI | $15,000 |
| RI COALITION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE | $15,000 |
| THE LEARNING COMMUNITY | $15,000 |
| PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| AMOS HOUSE | $15,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| R I COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| PROVIDENCE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE | $10,000 |
| RI GOOD NEIGHBOR ENERGY FUND | $10,000 |
| RISPCA | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $7,500 |
| SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +99%- AHAMOS HOUSE9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +180%
SAVE THE BAY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- BTBREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +26%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $3k
- SSSECOND STORY THEATERone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island
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…
The rhode island foundation mobilizes generosity and motivates change that makes a difference
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…
As a founding hospital in the Brown University Health system, RIH is committed to its mission: Delivering health with care.
The purpose of the ricadv is to eliminate domestic violence in rhode island our mission is to support and enhance the work of our member agencies and to provide leadership on the issue of domestic violence.
Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…
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
The rhode island public health association (ripha) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt, professional organization that works toward the advancement of public health. ripha is the rhode island affiliate of the american public health…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
- Who funds AMOS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds THE FLOWER DISTRICT ↗
- Who funds Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Feinstein Foundation Inc · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Meehan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meehan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
- Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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