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Who funds youth development in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's youth development organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$108M
granted
91
organizations
40%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of youth development in Rhode Island

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

1The Rhode Island Community Foundation$10M2The Champlin Foundation$8M3Donation Center Foundation of Rhode Island$8M4United Way of Rhode Island Inc$6M5Rhode Island Boy Scouts$4M6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M7Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc$4M8Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)$4M9New Venture Fund$2M10Boys & Girls Clubs of America$2M

Youth development organizations in Rhode Island that draw the most

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

81 other youth development organizations$34M
Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc$14MBig Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Inc$10MBoys and Girls Clubs of Providence$9MNarragansett Council Boy Scouts of America$7MBoys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket$7MSan Miguel Education Center$7MRhode Island Kids Count Inc$7MGirl Scouts of Southeastern New England$4M

How to find youth development funders in Rhode Island

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Rhode Island

    The funders giving the most to youth development in Rhode Island are The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Champlin Foundation, Donation Center Foundation of Rhode Island. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the youth development 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    60% of youth development money in Rhode Island comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Rhode Island.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Rhode Island?
Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Rhode Island, currently The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Champlin Foundation, Donation Center Foundation of Rhode Island. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Rhode Island from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Rhode Island?
The Rhode Island Community Foundation gives the most to youth development organizations in Rhode Island, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Rhode Island?
$108M reached 91 youth development organizations in Rhode Island, from 421 funders. 40% 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 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.