· Private foundation
The Philmoney Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $300k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $245k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION | $69,500 |
| INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION | $65,000 |
| CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND | $60,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PROVIDENCE | $50,000 |
| SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI INC | $47,000 |
| HOLT-ELWELL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | $40,000 |
| RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $27,500 |
| PRESERVE RHODE ISLAND | $25,000 |
| 1928 FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| HOPE CLUB PRESERVATION FUND | $20,000 |
| RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| NATHANIEL GREENE HOMESTEAD | $10,000 |
| LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $202k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION5× · 2021–2025 · $252k · revenue +13%
CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND5× · 2021–2025 · $202k · revenue +29%
THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY5× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- SOSOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDone grant, 2020 · $25k
- FSFIVE STAR VETERANS CENTERone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +23%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Founded in 1747 on the enlightenment ideals of intellectual pursuit and civic engagement, the redwood library and athenaeum generates knowledge in the humanities for the benefit of the widest possible audience with nothing in view but the…
The preservation society of newport county's mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in america. we hold in public trust the…
Promote businesses through the organization of various meetings, functions, and programs.
Advancement of fiscally responsible government, competitive tax policies, and economic opportunities for all in rhode island by providing objective and nonpartisan research and analysis.
To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
The rhode island bankers association will serve as the sole rhode island based organization serving the banking industry and will advocate for its member institutions and participate alongside other new england banking industry…
The university of rhode island alumni association informs and engages current and future alumni as committed partners of the university, its missions and traditions.
The nantucket historical association preserves and interprets the history of nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island's significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.
The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…
To collect, preserve and share the heritage of jamestown ri
To preserve the architectural heritage of providence and stimulate community revitalization through advocacy, lending and development in historic areas.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
- Who funds HOLT-ELWELL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OPERATING CAMP MOWGLIS ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE ↗
- Who funds THE RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE CLUB PRESERVATION FUND ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PRESERVE RHODE ISLAND ↗
- Who funds HALCYON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES PROVIDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLAMBAKE CLUB OF NEWPORT ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN ↗
- Who funds FIVE STAR VETERANS CENTER ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds YORK HARBOR READING ROOM FOUNDATION ↗
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: Felicia Fund Inc · The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Amica Companies Foundation · Heritage Harbor Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Sachem Foundation · Hope Foundation · Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Philmoney Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Philmoney Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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