Rhode Island · Public charity
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all rhode islanders.
- $273k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $135k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 73
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $468k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Rhode Island Council for the Humanities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $96k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $128k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 73 | $660k | 66% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $420k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $129k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $136k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Film Inc | $69,248 | 6 | 4% |
| The Manton Avenue Project | $68,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Little Compton Historical Society Inc | $68,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Firstworks | $53,450 | 5 | 2% |
| Stages of Freedom | $53,256 | 4 | 7% |
| Rhode Island Latino Arts Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 7% |
| New Urban Arts | $41,900 | 4 | 2% |
| LitArts RI | $40,835 | 3 | 8% |
| The Rhode Island Historical Society | $40,365 | 5 | 1% |
| Dirt Palace Public Projects | $35,000 | 3 | 8% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Amica Companies Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Heritage Harbor Foundation · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Citizens Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
- How much does Rhode Island Council for the Humanities give?
- Rhode Island Council for the Humanities reported 12 itemized grants totaling $134,795, out of $272,881 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Rhode Island Council for the Humanities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (42%), Arts & Culture (42%), Education (7%).
- Who are Rhode Island Council for the Humanities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Newport Film Inc ($69k), The Manton Avenue Project ($68k), Little Compton Historical Society Inc ($68k).
- Does Rhode Island Council for the Humanities fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rhode Island Council for the Humanities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Champlin Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation.
- Where is Rhode Island Council for the Humanities based?
- Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is based in RI.
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