How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Rhode Island?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc, United Way of Rhode Island Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island?

$4M reached 13 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island, from 57 funders. 37% 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.

Funding · Rhode Island · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$4M

granted

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

57 funders gave $4M to 13 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island is The Rhode Island Community Foundation, at $1M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Legal Insurrection Foundation, at $1M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island

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

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$1M 2Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc$370k 3United Way of Rhode Island Inc$333k 4Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$300k 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$297k 6Tides Center$294k 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$266k 8National Philanthropic Trust$159k 9Bradley Impact Fund Inc$131k 10The 85 Fund$100k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

Legal Insurrection Foundation$1M Olneyville Neighborhood Association$868k Rhode Island for Community and Justice$812k The Womxn Project Education Fund$355k Colage$337k Laotian American National Alliance$333k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Rhode Island

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Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc, United Way of Rhode Island Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of civil rights and advocacy money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc, United Way of Rhode Island Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Rhode Island?: The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Rhode Island?: $4M reached 13 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Rhode Island, from 57 funders. 37% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.