Rhode Island · Private foundation
The Barker Foundation Inc
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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,051
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $65k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Barker Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 4 | $15k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $85k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Players | $160,839 | 9 | 41% |
| Trinity Repertory Company | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Paul Cuffee School | $6,950 | 4 | 0% |
| The Manton Avenue Project | $5,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Highlander Charter School | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| School One | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Providence Performing Arts Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilbury Theatre Group | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Firstworks | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Barker Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 · Amica Companies Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · Ira S& Anna Galkin Charitable Tr · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Barker Foundation Inc
- How much does The Barker Foundation Inc give?
- The Barker Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $14,551 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barker Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (93%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Barker Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Players ($161k), Trinity Repertory Company ($9k), Paul Cuffee School ($7k).
- Does The Barker Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barker Foundation Inc 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 Barker Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Champlin Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Amica Companies Foundation.
- Where is The Barker Foundation Inc based?
- The Barker Foundation Inc is based in RI.
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