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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Rhode Island, currently Newport Hospital Foundation, Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, 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.

How much grant money goes to health in Rhode Island?

$715M reached 353 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,178 funders. 67% 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

$715M reached 353 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,178 funders, with no single one dominating.

$715M

granted

353

organizations

67%

from in-state

The short version

1,178 funders gave $715M to 353 health organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
67% 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 Newport Hospital Foundation, at $90M.
The health organization drawing the most is Rhode Island Hospital, at $166M.

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.

1Newport Hospital Foundation$90M 2Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$86M 3The Rhode Island Community Foundation$59M 4Brown University$46M 5The Miriam Hospital Foundation$30M 6The Saint Elizabeth Community$17M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 8The Champlin Foundation$15M 9Diagnostic Imaging Foundation$14M 10The Chicago Community Trust$14M

Health organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

343 other health organizations$270M

Rhode Island Hospital$166M NHCC Medical Associates Inc$68M Women & Infants Hospital of Ri$44M Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital$29M

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 Newport Hospital Foundation, Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, 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
33% 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 Newport Hospital Foundation, Rhode Island Hospital Foundation, 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?: Newport Hospital Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Rhode Island, $90M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Rhode Island?: $715M reached 353 health organizations in Rhode Island, from 1,178 funders. 67% 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.