Rhode Island · Public charity
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation
The RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE FOUNDATION's mission is to support local communities and nonprofit organizations that have a positive impact on the lives of rhode islanders.
- $137k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $77k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $77k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $70k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $57k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Bay Inc | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc | $56,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Meeting Street | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Samaritans Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Honor Mae Meunier Trust Fund | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clagett Sailing | $18,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Museum of Newport Irish History Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 11% |
| Looking Upwards Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Bay Inc | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc | $56,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Meeting Street | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Samaritans Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Honor Mae Meunier Trust Fund | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clagett Sailing | $18,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Museum of Newport Irish History Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 11% |
| Looking Upwards Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sail Newport | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rotary International | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sojourner House Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation 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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Beacon Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation
- How much does Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation give?
- Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $77,000, out of $136,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Save the Bay Inc ($58k), Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated ($58k), Special Olympics Rhode Island Inc ($57k).
- Does Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Beacon Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
- Where is Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation based?
- Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Foundation is based in RI.
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