Rhode Island · Private foundation
The Barber 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $152k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Barber Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 5 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $62k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $52k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $85k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $77k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $26k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $51k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $51k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $285,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Button Hole | $76,500 | 9 | 1% |
| US Challenge Cup Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Move United | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fairways for Freedom Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bryant University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seal Legacy Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rostro de Cristo Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corliss Institute Inc The | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $285,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Button Hole | $76,500 | 9 | 1% |
| US Challenge Cup Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Move United | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fairways for Freedom Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bryant University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seal Legacy Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rostro de Cristo Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corliss Institute Inc The | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fessenden School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barber Family 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barber Family Foundation
- How much does The Barber Family Foundation give?
- The Barber Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $42,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barber Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (62%), Youth Development (16%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are The Barber Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement ($286k), Button Hole ($77k), US Challenge Cup Inc ($9k).
- Does The Barber Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barber 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 Barber Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Barber Family Foundation based?
- The Barber Family Foundation is based in RI.
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