Rhode Island · Private foundation
The Papitto 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Papitto Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 | 19 | $1.8M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.9M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $2.1M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.2M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $2.4M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $1.8M | 46% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $507k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $145k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant University | $2,100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Preparatory School | $1,400,400 | 6 | 9% |
| Read to Succeed Inc | $1,250,000 | 6 | 74% |
| Sophia Academy | $750,000 | 3 | 19% |
| San Miguel Education Center | $476,300 | 4 | 7% |
| St Andrew's School | $429,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $190,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Refocus Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Edwards Food and Wellness Center Inc | $55,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant University | $2,100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Preparatory School | $1,400,400 | 6 | 9% |
| Read to Succeed Inc | $1,250,000 | 6 | 74% |
| Sophia Academy | $750,000 | 3 | 19% |
| San Miguel Education Center | $476,300 | 4 | 7% |
| St Andrew's School | $429,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $190,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Refocus Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Edwards Food and Wellness Center Inc | $55,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Northeast Community | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope Alzheimer's Center | $17,700 | 3 | 1% |
| McAuley Corporation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary's Home for Children | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Falls Children Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Middlebridge School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Button Hole | $9,200 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope & Main | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Higher Ground International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Retreat House of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Klub Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Papitto Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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 Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Kilmartin Charitable Corporation · The Picerne Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Papitto Foundation
- How much does The Papitto Foundation give?
- The Papitto Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $1,804,535 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Papitto Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (75%), Arts & Culture (10%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are The Papitto Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bryant University ($2.1M), Community Preparatory School ($1.4M), Read to Succeed Inc ($1.3M).
- Does The Papitto Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Papitto 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 Papitto 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 Papitto Foundation based?
- The Papitto Foundation is based in RI.
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