How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Rhode Island?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Rhode Island, currently Social Capital Fund, Yale University, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in Rhode Island?

$76M reached 115 community development organizations in Rhode Island, from 273 funders. 40% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Rhode Island

$76M reached 115 community development organizations in Rhode Island, from 273 funders, with no single one dominating.

$76M

granted

115

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

273 funders gave $76M to 115 community development organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Rhode Island is Social Capital Fund, at $9M.
The community development organization drawing the most is The Capital Good Fund, at $21M.

Largest funders of community development in Rhode Island

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

1Social Capital Fund$9M 2Yale University$7M 3The Rhode Island Community Foundation$7M 4Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation$6M 5United Way of Rhode Island Inc$5M 6The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$3M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$2M 8Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc$2M 9Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$2M 10American Endowment Foundation$2M

Community development organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

The Capital Good Fund$21M Brown University$18M

105 other community development organizations$16M

Social Enterprise Greenhouse$4M Olneyville Housing Corporation$3M Hope & Main$3M Leadership Rhode Island Educational Foundation$2M Grow Smart Rhode Island$2M

How to find community development funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to community development in Rhode Island are Social Capital Fund, Yale University, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
60% of community development money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Rhode Island, currently Social Capital Fund, Yale University, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Rhode Island?: Social Capital Fund gives the most to community development organizations in Rhode Island, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Rhode Island?: $76M reached 115 community development organizations in Rhode Island, from 273 funders. 40% 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.

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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.