· Private foundation
Robert D Wray Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $171k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DAVIS FARM | $120,233 |
| CREATURE CONSERVE | $51,000 |
| UMASS DARTMOUTH | $30,000 |
| RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| TOMORROW FUND | $10,000 |
| SOPHIA ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SWANSEA | $5,000 |
| CROSSROADS RI | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS | $2,500 |
| REHOBOTH STATION THREE FIREFIGHTERS | $2,500 |
| ALLENDALE ASSOCIATION | $2,500 |
| THE AVENUE CONCEPT | $1,500 |
| REHOBOTH ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY INC | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
SOPHIA ACADEMY7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +14%- CCCREATURE CONSERVE INC3× · 2023–2025 · $64k · revenue +122% · 55% of their budget
- RAREHOBOTH ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY6× · 2019–2025 · $57k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- BUBROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH CANCER INSTone grant, 2024 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
- TFTHE FRIENDS OF LINDEN PLACEone grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…
The mission of the greene school is to organize, operate and promote a not-for-profit educational institution in western rhode island that shall emcompass a charter and/or independent school and that shall be at all times operated in…
To serve the community as a valued resource for education, conservation and recreation.
The rhode island bankers association will serve as the sole rhode island based organization serving the banking industry and will advocate for its member institutions and participate alongside other new england banking industry…
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
Rimta's mission is to champion the rhode island marine industry through advocacy, education, environmental stewardship, innovation and promotion.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
The french american school of rhode islands (fasri) multilingual experience cultivates globally-minded, confident, creative learners.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 40 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.
- Who funds SOPHIA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CREATURE CONSERVE INC ↗
- Who funds REHOBOTH ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Rehoboth Food Pantry Inc ↗
- Who funds ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE TOMORROW FUND ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
- Who funds REHOBOTH AMBULANCE COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds ALLENDALE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND ↗
- Who funds HATTIE IDE CHAFFEE NURSING HOME INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND AUTHORS ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
- Who funds THE GENESIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds BARRINGTON FARM SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE AVENUE CONCEPT INC ↗
- Who funds BOOKS ARE WINGS ↗
- Who funds Girls on the Run Rhode Island ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF LINDEN PLACE ↗
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 · Amica Companies Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert D Wray Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert D Wray Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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