Rhode Island · Private foundation
Otto H York Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $270k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations Otto H York Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $245k | 9% |
| FY2025 | 12 | $220k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $247k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $230k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $193k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $175k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $170k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $105k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Urban Arts | $225,000 | 10 | 3% |
| Downcity Design | $192,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Youth in Action Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 8% |
| As 220 | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
| College Visions | $120,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Community Musicworks | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Tides Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Urban Arts | $225,000 | 10 | 3% |
| Downcity Design | $192,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Youth in Action Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 8% |
| As 220 | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
| College Visions | $120,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Community Musicworks | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Tides Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sophia Academy | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Firstworks | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Seguinland Institute | $32,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Libraries of Providence | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gamelan Sekar Jaya | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Providence Student Union | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Repertory Company | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aurea | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pollination Project Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beat the Streets Providence | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Youth Pride Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($450k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Otto H York Foundation Inc 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: Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Amica Companies Foundation · The White Family Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · Barr Foundation
How this is measured
About Otto H York Foundation Inc
- How much does Otto H York Foundation Inc give?
- Otto H York Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $270,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Otto H York Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Otto H York Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: New Urban Arts ($225k), Downcity Design ($192k), Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre ($150k).
- Does Otto H York Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Otto H York Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Otto H York Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
- Where is Otto H York Foundation Inc based?
- Otto H York Foundation Inc is based in RI.
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