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Ocean State Media Group
Ocean state media is rhode island's trusted public media organization, amplifying all voices through thought-provoking storytelling, original journalism, lifelong learning, and engaging live events.
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77% of Ocean State Media Group’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Rhode Island Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| SQUASHBUSTERS INC | $7,500 |
| RHODE ISLAND CENTER FOR THE BOOK | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 91% of its 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
4 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.
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ocean State Media Group funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ocean State Media Group. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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