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Who funds human services in Rhode Island
Human services funding in Rhode Island is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Boys Town New England Inc leads, and the money reaches 218 groups.
The short version
- 755 funders gave $229M to 218 human services organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 51% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Rhode Island is The Rhode Island Community Foundation, at $35M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Boys Town New England Inc, at $24M.
Largest funders of human services in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Rhode Island, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Rhode Island
- 1Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to human services in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
49% of human services money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Rhode Island?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Rhode Island?
- The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to human services organizations in Rhode Island, $35M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Rhode Island?
- $229M reached 218 human services organizations in Rhode Island, from 755 funders. 51% 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
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.