Rhode Island · Private foundation
The Bancroft Family Foundation
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.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations The Bancroft Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 | 20 | $190k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $177k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $126k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $164k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $102k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adoption Rhode Island | $115,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hopecam Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Reading Partners | $40,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hall Neighborhood House Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Our Sisters School | $38,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| New Beginnings Family Academy Inc | $31,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Buddy-Mentor Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Boating Center Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Family Service of Rhode Island Inc | $27,976 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bancroft Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Harry M Miriam C Will C Horton F · Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Gruben Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bancroft Family Foundation
- How much does The Bancroft Family Foundation give?
- The Bancroft Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $189,576 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Bancroft Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Human Services (22%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Bancroft Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Adoption Rhode Island ($115k), Hopecam Inc ($50k), Reading Partners ($41k).
- Does The Bancroft Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bancroft Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bancroft Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Champlin Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
- Where is The Bancroft Family Foundation based?
- The Bancroft Family Foundation is based in RI.
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