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The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc

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.

$274k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$58,500
Organizations funded a year
3 to 23
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$2.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$274k17%
FY20233$106k0%
FY202216$372k19%
FY202119$273k16%
FY202023$597k26%
FY201917$305k29%
FY201823$744k52%
FY201719$373kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.2MHuman Services$679kArts & Culture$608kEducation$244kHousing & Shelter$173kEnvironment$90kFood & Nutrition$37kAnimals$21kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CT
RI
CO
MD
DC
OK

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Miriam Hospital Foundation$375,03842%
Foster Forward$325,00063%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$250,95080%
Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County Inc$240,000711%
Crossroads Rhode Island$172,50060%
Rhode Island Hospital$162,33030%
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$152,13621%
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School$138,04131%
Providence Public Library$131,00051%
Save the Bay Inc$75,00040%
Trinity Repertory Company$55,00030%
Ronald McDonald House of Providence Inc$38,0003n/a
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre$36,20051%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$33,50050%
Children's Friend and Service$32,50030%
The Groden Center Inc$31,00050%
South County Hospital Healthcare System$25,00010%
Providence Public Library Foundation$25,00011%
Waterfire Providence$21,84041%
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education$20,00014%
Blackstone Parks Conservancy$12,000412%
Jewish Family Service Inc$10,00010%
Nonviolence Institute$8,00040%
Rhode Island Urban Debate League$5,0001n/a
Narragansett Historical Society$5,00014%
Brightfocus Foundation$5,00010%
Providence Athenaeum$5,00010%
Friends of Canonchet Farm$2,0002n/a
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$1,50020%
Rhode Island School of Design$1,50010%
Narrow River Land Trust Inc$1,0001n/a
Edesia Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island$1,00011%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,00010%
Rhode Island Public Radio$1,00010%
Narrow River Preservation Assoc Inc$5001n/a
Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($642k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $375,038 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFoster Forward: $325,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $250,950 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Violence Resource Center of South County Inc: $240,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $172,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRhode Island Hospital: $162,330 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $152,136 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School: $138,041 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetProvidence Public Library: $131,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSave the Bay Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre: $36,200 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $33,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Friend and Service: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Groden Center Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouth County Hospital Healthcare System: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Public Library Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWaterfire Providence: $21,840 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBlackstone Parks Conservancy: $12,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetJewish Family Service Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNonviolence Institute: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNarragansett Historical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Athenaeum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island School of Design: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdesia Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Public Radio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI40.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc

How much does The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc give?
The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $273,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Human Services (22%), Arts & Culture (20%).
Who are The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Miriam Hospital Foundation ($375k), Foster Forward ($325k), Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc ($251k).
Does The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair 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 Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc?
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 Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc based?
The Joseph and Rosalyn Sinclair Foundation Inc is based in RI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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