· Private foundation
The Severus Foundation Corp
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calusa Waterkeeper | $120,000 |
| Bridgewater State University Founda | $45,000 |
| Child's Play Touring Theatre | $40,000 |
| Meteor Films Inc | $12,500 |
| Heart Productions Inc | $12,500 |
| Hope House | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Highfiled Hall Garden | $6,000 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Instititue | $5,000 |
| We Share the Hope | $5,000 |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $5,000 |
| Undue Medical Debt | $5,000 |
| Providence Community Library | $5,000 |
| Shout House Press | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
59 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CWCALUSA WATERKEEPER INC7× · 2017–2024 · $388k · revenue +443% · 32% of their budget
Community Libraries of Providence5× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +6%- MBMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- CRCaloosahatchee River Waterkeeperone grant, 2019 · $70k
- TAThe Association for Research in Visone grant, 2022 · $35k
- TOTown of Plympton-Two Brooks Preservone grant, 2018 · $25k
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.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Please see schedule o for complete description of the organization's mission.
The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…
To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.
How this is measured
58 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. 58 of the 117 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 CALUSA WATERKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds Child's Play Touring Theatre ↗
- Who funds ARTS EQUITY ↗
- Who funds Community Libraries of Providence ↗
- Who funds SHOUTMOUSEPRESSINC ↗
- Who funds METEOR FILMS INC ↗
- Who funds MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY ↗
- Who funds HIGHLAND LANDING PARK ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Iona Senior Services ↗
- Who funds O POSITIVE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds SEVEN STORIES INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds TIMESLIPS CREATIVE STORYTELLING INC ↗
- Who funds Arts Society of Kingston Inc ↗
- Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
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 · The Champlin Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Mabel T Woolley Trust · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Nordson Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Severus Foundation Corp funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Severus Foundation Corp. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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