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, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. 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.

How much grant money goes to human services in Rhode Island?

$115M reached 145 human services organizations in Rhode Island, from 458 funders. 50% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Rhode Island

$115M reached 145 human services organizations in Rhode Island, from 458 funders, with no single one dominating.

$115M

granted

145

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

458 funders gave $115M to 145 human services organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% 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 $26M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Crossroads Rhode Island, at $16M.

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.

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$26M 2Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$11M 3Local Initiatives Support Corporation$9M 4Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic$6M 5Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto$5M 6The Champlin Foundation$5M 7The Chicago Community Trust$5M 8United Way of Rhode Island Inc$4M 9Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater$3M 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M

Human services organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

135 other human services organizations$59M

Crossroads Rhode Island$16M Boys Town New England Inc$11M Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island$5M Newport County Regional YMCA$5M Children's Friend and Service$5M

How to find human services funders in Rhode Island

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Start 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, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See 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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
50% 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, Local Initiatives Support Corporation. 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, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Rhode Island?: $115M reached 145 human services organizations in Rhode Island, from 458 funders. 50% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.