How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Rhode Island?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Rhode Island?

$4M reached 114 disaster and safety organizations in Rhode Island, from 71 funders. 57% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Rhode Island

Funders are thin on the ground: 114 disaster and safety organizations share only 71 funders between them.

$4M

granted

114

organizations

57%

from in-state

The short version

71 funders gave $4M to 114 disaster and safety organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
57% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Rhode Island is The Rhode Island Community Foundation, at $1M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Rhode Island School of Design, at $573k.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Rhode Island

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

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$1M 2Rhode Island Council for the Humanities$594k 3New Venture Fund$573k 4National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$245k 5The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$195k 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$172k 7Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc$95k 8Charitable Trust Under Article VII of The$90k 9Point32health Foundation Inc$89k 10AM Roberts Charitable Foundation$83k

Disaster and safety organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

104 other disaster and safety organizations$2M

Rhode Island School of Design$573k Block Island Volunter Fire & Rescue Department (Inc)$328k Thundermist Health Center$250k Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc$245k Amos House$225k Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation$195k The Station Fire Memorial Foundation$162k Westbay Community Action Inc$150k The Rhode Island Community Foundation$150k The Westerly Ambulance Corps Inc$138k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, New Venture Fund. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
43% of disaster and safety money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Rhode Island?: The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Rhode Island, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Rhode Island?: $4M reached 114 disaster and safety organizations in Rhode Island, from 71 funders. 57% 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.