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

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

Who is the largest housing funder in Rhode Island?

The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Rhode Island, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Rhode Island?

$108M reached 118 housing organizations in Rhode Island, from 392 funders. 48% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Rhode Island

$108M reached 118 housing organizations in Rhode Island, from 392 funders, with no single one dominating.

$108M

granted

118

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

392 funders gave $108M to 118 housing organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Rhode Island is The Rhode Island Community Foundation, at $30M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Crossroads Rhode Island, at $23M.

Largest funders of housing in Rhode Island

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

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$30M 2Local Initiatives Support Corporation$8M 3Aloha Foundation$7M 4United Way of Rhode Island Inc$6M 5Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$6M 6The Chicago Community Trust$5M 7Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation$4M 8The Champlin Foundation$3M 9Kings Grant Foundation$3M 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M

Housing organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

108 other housing organizations$25M

Crossroads Rhode Island$23M Amos House$21M Olneyville Housing Corporation$12M

How to find housing funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to housing in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Aloha Foundation. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
52% of housing money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Aloha Foundation. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Rhode Island?: The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Rhode Island, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Rhode Island?: $108M reached 118 housing organizations in Rhode Island, from 392 funders. 48% 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.