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Providence College

See schedule oPROVIDENCE COLLEGE is a catholic, dominican, liberal arts institution of higher education and a community committed to academic excellence.

$102M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$200kHuman Services$111kYouth Development$76kEducation$66kHealth$40kReligion$36kRecreation & Sports$28kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $97,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $102,389,369 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $102,291,969 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOSTER FORWARD$20,000
RHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT INC$20,000
ST ANNE'S SHRINE PRESERVATION SOCIETY$15,000
ONWARD WE LEARN$10,000
HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS FOUNDATION$10,000
A WISH COME TRUE$6,400
GARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOSTER FORWARD: $20k → 14%FOSTER FORWARD: $10k → 14%WEST END COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$405k · 9 repeat orgs$233k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +117% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$405k
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+117%
+6%

Still filing today

89%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AW
    A WISH COME TRUE INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $46k · revenue +149%
  • FOSTER FORWARD
    2× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +26%
  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $28k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • GLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER RESOURCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +3%
  • Community Libraries of Providence
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • OPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +16%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
2
Providence Preparatory Charter School

The mission of pvd prep is to prepare a diverse group of providence middle school students for college preparatory high schools.

Education
3
Ywca Rhode Island

The ywca rhode island provides cultural, educational and recreational programs specifically for women, girls and young children.

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4
Rhode Island Housing Development Corporation

Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island

Housing & Shelter
5
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island

The parent support network of ri is a group of parents, family members, transition age youth, and adults with behavioral health lived experience who are committed to supporting and assisting peers and working with statewide and national…

Human Services
6
Refocus Inc

Refocus is a human service agency that serves adults with differing physical and developmental needs. we are an organization of dedicated people offering opportunities for growth in a loving, trusting, and challenging environment. we value…

Health
7
Rhode Island Parent Information Network Inc

We are peer professionals on a mission to help rhode islanders of all abilities, ages, and backgrounds get the support they need to thrive.

Human Services
8
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

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…

Health
9
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
10
Ser - Jobs for Progress Inc

Ser's mission is to provide literacy and job training services for economically disadvantaged rhode islanders so that they may improve their quality of life.

Employment
11
Girls on the Run Rhode Island

At Girls on the Run Rhode Island we inspire girls to recognize their inner strength and celebrate what makes them one of a kind. Trained coaches lead small teams through our research-based cirricula which includes dynamic discussions,…

Youth Development
12
Rhode Island Youth Theatre

Rhode island youth theatre is a non-profit educational theatre company that provides opportunites for youth to explore their interests and develop their theatre skills.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Inspiring Minds; the most unlike its peers is St Anne's Shrine Preservation Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF RHODE ISLAND: $200,000 · OtherCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF RHODE ISLANDA WISH COME TRUE INC: $46,000 · OtherA WISH COME TRUE INCSPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND INC: $28,100 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND INCSMITH HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 · OtherSMITH HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONST ANNE'S SHRINE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · OtherOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $74,144 · Other+8 moreGLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthGLORIA GE…YOUTH PRIDE INC: $15,500 · HealthYOUTH PRI…EASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 · HealthEASTER SE…KATE FOUNDATION FOR RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH INC: $10,000 · HealthKATE FOUN…INSPIRING MINDS: $18,000 · EducationINSPIRING…Community Libraries of Providence: $15,000 · EducationCommunity…SOPHIA ACADEMY: $12,500 · EducationSOPHIA AC…ONWARD WE LEARN: $10,000 · EducationONWARD WE…FOSTER FORWARD: $30,000 · Human ServicesWEST END COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG VOICES: $24,330 · Youth DevelopmentRHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND: $18,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MANTON AVENUE PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFIRSTWORKS: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$403,244Health$55,500Education$55,500Human Services$45,000Youth Development$44,330Community Improvement$18,000Arts & Culture$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA WISH COME TRUE INC: $46,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFOSTER FORWARD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND INC: $28,100 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSMITH HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetYOUNG VOICES: $24,330 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetGLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINSPIRING MINDS: $18,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND: $18,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH PRIDE INC: $15,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetST ANNE'S SHRINE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST END COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONWARD WE LEARN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAN UP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MANTON AVENUE PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetChicago Blackhawks Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKATE FOUNDATION FOR RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $5,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
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.

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.

United Way of Rhode I…The Rhode Island Comm…Citizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…Centreville Savings B…The Champlin Foundati…The Nordson Corporati…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Harborone Foundation …The Beacon FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…
United Way of Rhode Island IncRI46.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · The Beacon Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Providence College funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Providence College. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 45%
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 29 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $110M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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