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The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 37
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$27M
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 Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $274k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsOther
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 arriving28$1.5M11%
FY202336$1.5M19%
FY202237$1.4M30%
FY202135$1.2M54%
FY202036$1.2Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$1.7MPhilanthropy$947kArts & Culture$888kHousing & Shelter$795kEducation$735kEnvironment$584kFood & Nutrition$533kHuman Services$168kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
UT
VA
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 59 grantees
All grantees of The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island$646,66752%
Save the Bay Inc$542,20053%
Crossroads Rhode Island$500,00021%
Butler Hospital Foundation$425,000494%
The Miriam Hospital Foundation$384,41934%
Community Musicworks$340,00055%
Community Preparatory School$315,60042%
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre$225,00044%
Amos House$200,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$160,00020%
Gaia Vaccine Foundation$150,000522%
Providence Children's Museum$134,90023%
Rhode Island Zoological Society$125,00011%
Providence Public Library$100,00012%
Family Promise of Athens Inc$80,00054%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$75,00010%
Edesia Inc$60,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$60,00010%
Jewish Collaborative Services$40,00040%
Grow Smart Rhode Island$30,00042%
Sojourner House Inc$30,00010%
The Wheeler School$25,50050%
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School$25,00011%
Hopehealth Visiting Nurse$25,00010%
Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue Inc$25,00039%
Community String Project Inc$23,00043%
Opendoors$20,00011%
Warrior Expeditions$20,00042%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$20,00040%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Needham Community Council Inc$15,00041%
Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc$15,00030%
Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David Dba Temple Beth-El$13,5004n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$13,00030%
Girls on the Run Rhode Island$11,50036%
Flamingo Gardens Inc$10,00020%
Roger Williams Park Conservancy Inc$10,00018%
Greenwave Organization Corp$10,00010%
The Bigger Vision of Athens Inc$10,00024%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$9,50030%
The Jonnycake Center of Westerly Inc$7,50010%
Athens Area Diaper Bank Inc$5,00022%
Feeding South Florida Inc$5,00010%
The Nuci Phillips Memorial Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Golden Harvest Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Inc$5,00010%
Hunter Seven Foundation$5,00011%
Our Rescue$5,00010%
New Urban Arts$5,00010%
Woonasquatucket River Watershed$3,40010%
Athens Area Homeless Shelter Inc$3,00010%
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education$3,00011%
World Resources Institute$3,00010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,00010%
Community Servings Inc$2,50010%
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center$2,50011%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Bear Hollow Inc$2,0001n/a
Pine Street Inn Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island: $646,667 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSave the Bay Inc: $542,200 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $500,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetButler Hospital Foundation: $425,000 over 4y, 94% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $384,419 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCommunity Musicworks: $340,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCommunity Preparatory School: $315,600 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre: $225,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetAmos House: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGaia Vaccine Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetProvidence Children's Museum: $134,900 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetRhode Island Zoological Society: $125,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetProvidence Public Library: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFamily Promise of Athens Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetAnti-Defamation League Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEdesia Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Collaborative Services: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGrow Smart Rhode Island: $30,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSojourner House Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Wheeler School: $25,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHopehealth Visiting Nurse: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetCommunity String Project Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetOpendoors: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWarrior Expeditions: $20,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNeedham Community Council Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAssociation for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run Rhode Island: $11,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetFlamingo Gardens Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoger Williams Park Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetGreenwave Organization Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bigger Vision of Athens Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jonnycake Center of Westerly Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAthens Area Diaper Bank Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nuci Phillips Memorial Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGolden Harvest Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northeast Georgia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHunter Seven Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOur Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Urban Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 57.

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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 FoundationRI43.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Amica Companies Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Pearle W & Martin M Silverstein Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · The Nordson Corporation Foundation

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 Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation

How much does The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation give?
The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $1,460,653 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (24%), Philanthropy (13%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island ($647k), Save the Bay Inc ($542k), Crossroads Rhode Island ($500k).
Does The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Norman and Rosalie Fain 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 Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc, The Champlin Foundation.
Where is The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation based?
The Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation 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 77 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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