Rhode Island · Nonprofit
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,336,432 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,134,261). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 73
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $86M
What Rhode Island Hospital Foundation does
Mission
To be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, and more specifically, for the purpose of supporting and otherwise benefiting and being responsive to the needs of Brown University Health and its affiliates.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During fiscal year 2025, Rhode Island Hospital Foundation (RIHF) made transfers of $2,039,411 to Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) to support the renovations, relocation and creation of The POC Center for Sickle Cell and Other Diseases in addition to supporting both the program and staffing. Other significant philanthropic transfers to RIH were as follows: (1) $1,406,756 to Rainwater Neurosurgery Research in general support, including equipment purchases, for brain tumor and other brain cancer related research for the Brain Tumor Program within Neurosurgery at RIH; (2) $788,605 to provide resources to support critical components necessary to create an environment to treat and unravel mysteries of the brain and nervous system; (3) $680,358 for general cancer institute support and usage inclusive of providing patient assistance within the Brown University Health Cancer Institute at RIH; and(4) $502,860 To support the design and construction costs associated with the renovations of the RIH lobby.
$8,203,534 spentof which $8,203,534 as grants62% of program spendingThrough the development and administration of its philanthropic activities, RIHF is able to transfer funds raised to RIH to support its mission and purposes, which in turn benefits the Rhode Island community. Most notably, RIHF provides philanthropic support to various programs at Hasbro Children's Hospital (HCH), the pediatric division of RIH. In fiscal year 2025, the Foundation transferred the following to various HCH programs and capital projects: (1) $516,012 for the general purposes of treating children with cancer as determined by the Director of Hematology/Oncology; (2) $434,208 to support the Pediatric Pulmonary Program; and (3) $446,731 in support of the Child Life Program, which offers pediatric patients and their families opportunities for recreation, creativity, and diversion to provide a sense of normalcy during their hospital stay. The goals of HCH's Child Life Program are to: (a) encourage children and adolescents to maintain a sense of independence, self-esteem, and control; (b) reduce the potential stress associated with the medical experience; (c) reestablish family routines; and (d) listen and advocate for family-centered care.
$4,393,748 spentof which $4,393,748 as grants33% of program spendingRIHF remitted $538,785 of endowment earnings to The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in fiscal year 2025 in support of shared chairs in cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics, urology, emergency medicine, and oncology.
$538,785 spentof which $538,785 as grants4% of program spendingRIHF remitted $5,000 of grants to outside agencies in fiscal year 2025 in support of scholarships awards related to nursing and pre-med studies.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,141,067.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $76M to $86M (+13%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $154k → $3.4M.
13 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.1M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Rhode Island Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 54% · 2019 68% · 2020 27% · 2021 83% · 2022 39% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
26% of RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 40 related entities
- Alternative Living Concepts Inc · exempt
- Bayberry Courts Inc · exempt
- Bradley Hospital Foundation · exempt
- Brown Health Medical Group · exempt
- Brown Health Medical Group of Massachusetts Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
- RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,336,432 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,134,261). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $12,336,432 in grants to RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,134,261 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 73 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing