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Who funds animals in Rhode Island

Most of it comes from outside Rhode Island: only 29% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$31M
granted
85
organizations
29%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of animals in Rhode Island

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Rhode Island, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$6M2National Philanthropic Trust$4M3The Champlin Foundation$2M4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M5Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc$1M6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$855k7United Way of Rhode Island Inc$835k8Network for Good$817k9Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$787k10Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust$683k

Animals organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

75 other animals organizations$9M
Robert Potter League for Animals Inc$4MThe Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust$3MAudubon Society of Rhode Island$3MRhode Island Zoological Society$3MBrown University$3MRhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2MProvidence Animal Rescue League Inc$1M

How to find animals funders in Rhode Island

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island

    The funders giving the most to animals in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Champlin Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.

  3. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    71% of animals money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Rhode Island?
Start with the funders already giving to animals in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Champlin Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Rhode Island?
The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Rhode Island, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Rhode Island?
$31M reached 85 animals organizations in Rhode Island, from 324 funders. 29% came from funders also based in Rhode Island.
How recent is this data?
It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines
Giving abroad
which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.