· Public charity
Rhode Island Bar Foundation
RHODE ISLAND BAR FOUNDATION's mission is to foster and maintain the honor and integrity of the profession of law and to study, improve and facilitate the administration of justice in rhode island, as well as promote the study of law, research therein and diffusion of knowledge and to promote high standards of legal education.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $106k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $361k
- $250k+1 grant · $706k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RI LEGAL SERVICES | $705,504 |
| DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE | $182,669 |
| RI BAR ASSOCIATION - ELDERLY PRO BONO | $123,900 |
| JUSTICE ASSISTANCE | $54,431 |
| RI LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| CENTER FOR MEDIATION & COLLABORATION RI | $20,000 |
| RI CENTER FOR JUSTICE | $13,000 |
| RI COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | $12,000 |
| RI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | $11,000 |
| KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| DAY ONE | $8,750 |
| RIPIN | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| SOJOURNER HOUSE | $7,500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RLRI LEGAL SERVICES9× · 2017–2025 · $3.9M
- DIDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE5× · 2021–2025 · $660k
- RBRI BAR ASSOCIATION - ELDERLY PRO BONO9× · 2017–2025 · $594k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2025 · $10k
- KIKIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSEone grant, 2025 · $10k
- RRIPINone grant, 2025 · $8k
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.
0 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. 0 of the 17 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.
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.
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