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Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation

To provide needed food, shelter, clothing, medicine and educational scholarships.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
65%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$515,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$5.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $292k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEducationPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$1.3M8%
FY202317$1.8M65%
FY20229$837k56%
FY202110$1.5M0%
FY202012$2.4M33%
FY201917$1.0M47%
FY20188$1.9M38%
FY201721$1.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.7MInternational$4.5MFood & Nutrition$1.5MArts & Culture$536kScience & Tech$507kHuman Services$395kPhilanthropy$317kEducation$175kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
RI
CA
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boston Medical Center Corporation$5,163,21270%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$3,370,67072%
Friends of Elnet$570,00046%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$507,06950%
Trinity Repertory Company$478,86152%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$305,00030%
Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc$250,0001n/a
Bradley Hospital Foundation$185,00033%
The Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc$155,00084%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$145,95620%
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital$130,00050%
Amos House$91,90131%
Water for Cambodia a Middletown Charitable Trust$90,000759%
The Fay School Inc$75,00020%
Nonviolence Institute$70,00071%
Greater Providence Young Mens Christian Association$62,90030%
Congregation Schaarai$60,0001n/a
Project Undercover Inc$60,000824%
Children's Trust Inc$57,50418%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Inc$52,22532%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$50,00010%
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc$49,50031%
Providence Performing Arts Center$49,40010%
Lincoln School$40,00030%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$31,4391n/a
Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation$30,00021%
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Northeast Community$30,0001n/a
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$25,00010%
Hopehealth Massachusetts Inc$20,39210%
Castros Kids$20,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$20,00010%
Foster Forward$20,00030%
Make a Difference Foundation Inc$20,0002n/a
Baileys Team Inc$16,089118%
North Kingston Police Department$13,7671n/a
Gregg's Giving Tree Inc$11,000414%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$10,49610%
Feed RI$10,00082%
Franciscan Hospital for Children$10,00010%
Ms Society$10,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
Movember Foundation$9,00020%
Friends of Homeless Animals$7,99311%
Narragansett Council Boy Scouts of America$7,50020%
Narragansett Lions Charities Inc$7,5001n/a
New England Wildlife Center Inc$7,49010%
Rhode Island State Police Museum Foundation Inc$7,481128%
Custom Crafted Enterprises$6,4501n/a
Operation Open Curtain - Gemilas Chesed for Russian Jews$6,0002n/a
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc$5,54010%
Special Olympics New Hampshire Inc$5,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island$5,00010%
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc$3,50060%

Where it is load-bearing

Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $5,163,212 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $3,370,670 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFriends of Elnet: $570,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $507,069 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $478,861 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $305,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBradley Hospital Foundation: $185,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc: $155,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $145,956 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmma Pendleton Bradley Hospital: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmos House: $91,901 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWater for Cambodia a Middletown Charitable Trust: $90,000 over 7y, 59% of budgetThe Fay School Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNonviolence Institute: $70,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetGreater Providence Young Mens Christian Association: $62,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProject Undercover Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetChildren's Trust Inc: $57,504 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Inc: $52,225 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetUniversity of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMassachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc: $49,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetProvidence Performing Arts Center: $49,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLincoln School: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopehealth Massachusetts Inc: $20,392 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoster Forward: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBaileys Team Inc: $16,089 over 1y, 18% of budgetGregg's Giving Tree Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetSunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $10,496 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeed RI: $10,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Homeless Animals: $7,993 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNarragansett Council Boy Scouts of America: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Wildlife Center Inc: $7,490 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRhode Island State Police Museum Foundation Inc: $7,481 over 1y, 28% of budgetDakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc: $5,540 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMorgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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 Community FoundationRI61.3× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Beacon Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Pisa Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated

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.

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Find your warmest path to Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation 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.

About Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation

How much does Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation give?
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $1,310,354, out of $7,036,255 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), International (35%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
Who are Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boston Medical Center Corporation ($5.2M), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($3.4M), Friends of Elnet ($570k).
Does Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc, The Champlin Foundation.
Where is Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation based?
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation is based in RI.

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 56 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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