Rhode Island · Private foundation
Nicholas Caldarone Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $15k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $266k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations Nicholas Caldarone Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $15k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $18k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $20k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hoosac School | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Groden Center Inc | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John P Burke Memorial Fund | $7,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rhode Island Bar Foundation | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Button Hole | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hoosac School | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Groden Center Inc | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John P Burke Memorial Fund | $7,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rhode Island Bar Foundation | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Button Hole | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Mary's Home for Children | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nicholas Caldarone Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · The Beacon Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Nicholas Caldarone Foundation
- How much does Nicholas Caldarone Foundation give?
- Nicholas Caldarone Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Nicholas Caldarone Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (24%), Education (18%), International (16%).
- Who are Nicholas Caldarone Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc ($17k), Hoosac School ($9k), The Groden Center Inc ($8k).
- Does Nicholas Caldarone Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nicholas Caldarone Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nicholas Caldarone Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Champlin Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
- Where is Nicholas Caldarone Foundation based?
- Nicholas Caldarone Foundation is based in RI.
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