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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Rhode Island, currently Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, Newport Hospital Foundation Inc, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island Hospital Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Rhode Island, $98M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Rhode Island?

$762M reached 350 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,187 funders. 69% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Rhode Island

$762M reached 350 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,187 funders, with no single one dominating.

$762M

granted

350

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69%

from in-state

The short version

1,187 funders gave $762M to 350 health organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
69% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Rhode Island is Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, at $98M.
The health organization drawing the most is Rhode Island Hospital, at $181M.

Largest funders of health in Rhode Island

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

1Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$98M 2Newport Hospital Foundation Inc$98M 3The Rhode Island Community Foundation$59M 4Brown University$46M 5Miriam Hospital Foundation$40M 6The Saint Elizabeth Community$17M 7Bradley Hospital Foundation$17M 8Brown Physicians Inc$16M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 10The Champlin Foundation$15M

Health organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

340 other health organizations$280M

Rhode Island Hospital$181M N H C C Medical Associates Inc$68M The Miriam Hospital$62M Women & Infants Hospital of Ri$45M

How to find health funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to health in Rhode Island are Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, Newport Hospital Foundation Inc, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
31% of health money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Rhode Island, currently Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, Newport Hospital Foundation Inc, The Rhode Island Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Rhode Island?: Rhode Island Hospital Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Rhode Island, $98M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Rhode Island?: $762M reached 350 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,187 funders. 69% 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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.