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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Rhode Island, currently Trustees of Boston University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cornell University. Then look at who funds the science 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 science in Rhode Island?

$49M reached 20 science organizations in Rhode Island, from 194 funders. 5% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Rhode Island

Most of it comes from outside Rhode Island: only 5% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Brown University alone draws 66% of every science grant dollar in Rhode Island.

$49M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

194 funders gave $49M to 20 science organizations in Rhode Island across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
5% of that came from funders also based in Rhode Island; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Rhode Island is Trustees of Boston University, at $4M.
The science organization drawing the most is Brown University, at $33M.

Largest funders of science in Rhode Island

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

1Trustees of Boston University$4M 2President and Fellows of Harvard College$4M 3Cornell University$3M 4The Simons Foundation Inc$3M 5University of Pittsburgh$2M 6Trustees of Tufts College$2M 7Emory University$2M 8University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$2M 9American Heart Association Inc$2M 10The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$2M

Science organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

Brown University$33M Gordon Research Conferences Inc$5M American Mathematical Society$4M University of Rhode Island Research Foundation$4M

How to find science funders in Rhode Island

1
Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island
The funders giving the most to science in Rhode Island are Trustees of Boston University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cornell University. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
95% of science money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Rhode Island?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Rhode Island, currently Trustees of Boston University, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cornell University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Rhode Island?: Trustees of Boston University gives the most to science organizations in Rhode Island, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Rhode Island?: $49M reached 20 science organizations in Rhode Island, from 194 funders. 5% 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.