Rhode Island · Private foundation
The Charlesmead Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 39
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Charlesmead Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $820k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $940k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $954k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.0M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $919k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Stage Associates Inc | $1,260,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Rebuild Metro Inc | $675,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Attic Youth Center | $222,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Collegebound Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Dream Program Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ashley Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Benedicts Preparatory School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Public Interest Law Center | $85,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Charlesmead 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: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · The Abell Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Linehan Family Foundation Inc · Blanket Fort Foundation · Clayton Baker Trust · The Bunting Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Charlesmead Foundation
- How much does The Charlesmead Foundation give?
- The Charlesmead Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $1,405,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 39 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Charlesmead Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Health (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Charlesmead Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Center Stage Associates Inc ($1.3M), Rebuild Metro Inc ($675k), The Attic Youth Center ($222k).
- Does The Charlesmead Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Charlesmead 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 Charlesmead Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Charlesmead Foundation based?
- The Charlesmead Foundation is based in RI.
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