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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Rhode Island, currently National Education Association of the United States, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Rhode Island?

National Education Association of the United States gives the most to employment organizations in Rhode Island, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Rhode Island?

$32M reached 87 employment organizations in Rhode Island, from 141 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Rhode Island

$32M reached 87 employment organizations in Rhode Island, from 141 funders, with no single one dominating.

$32M

granted

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

141 funders gave $32M to 87 employment 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 employment in Rhode Island is National Education Association of the United States, at $6M.
The employment organization drawing the most is National Education Association Rhode Island, at $6M.

Largest funders of employment in Rhode Island

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

1National Education Association of the United States$6M 2The Rhode Island Community Foundation$5M 3Local Initiatives Support Corporation$3M 4Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation$2M 5United Way of Rhode Island Inc$1M 6Laborers' International Union of North America$1M 7Building Futures$906k 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$906k 9Floorcovering Industry Improvement Fund$789k 10Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation$650k

Employment organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

77 other employment organizations$9M

National Education Association Rhode Island$6M The Genesis Center$5M Building Futures$2M Skills for Rhode Island's Future$2M Beautiful Day$2M

How to find employment funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to employment in Rhode Island are National Education Association of the United States, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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 employment money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Rhode Island, currently National Education Association of the United States, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Rhode Island?: National Education Association of the United States gives the most to employment organizations in Rhode Island, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Rhode Island?: $32M reached 87 employment organizations in Rhode Island, from 141 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.

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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.