37 foundations in Rhode Island told the IRS on the latest Form 990-PF that giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, and each paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Together they paid $101.2M. The largest is Ralph R Papitto and Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation in Providence, which paid $24.3M across 270 grants in 2024. The ten biggest account for 90% of the state total. 20 of the 37 file a submission deadline. The rest leave that line blank or point to a website. At the median foundation, 23% of the year's grant dollars went to organizations it had not funded before.
Analysis by Matthew Hanauer, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at Civly, from IRS Form 990-PF filings · All states
Foundations are ranked by dollars paid in each one's latest filed year. Click a column heading to sort. Deadlines are shown as filed.
| # | Foundation | City | Latest year | Grants paid | Grants | Median grant | First-time recipients | Deadline as filed | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph R Papitto and Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $24.3M | 270 | $10K | 23% | SUBMISSION FOR GRANTS ARE MADE DURING ONE OF TWO YEARLY APPLICATION PERIODS: JUNE 1-15 & DEC. 1-15. | $6.8M |
| 2 | Warren Alpert Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $24.3M | 99 | $35K | 25% | 11/1 FOR DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP. 11/1 FOR WARREN ALPERT FOUNDATION PRIZE. | $397.3M |
| 3 | Cvs Foundation | Woonsocket | 2024 | $20.7M | 748 | $2K | 64% | THE ORGANIZATION HAS SUBMISSION DEADLINES WHICH CAN VARY BASED ON THE TYPE OF GRANT. | $194.3M |
| 4 | Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $8.8M | 14 | $20K | 33% | NO DEADLINES | $179.5M |
| 5 | Textron Charitable Trust 540 008 | Providence | 2024 | $4.2M | 1,199 | $500 | 17% | REQUESTS ARE PROCESSED AS THEY ARE RECEIVED. | $9.5M |
| 6 | Collis Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $2.5M | 22 | $40K | 49% | Not stated | $86.7M |
| 7 | Hasbrofoundation Inc | Pawtucket | 2024 | $2.2M | 34 | $40K | 23% | Not stated | $1.9M |
| 8 | Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation | West Warwick | 2025 | $1.6M | 138 | $5K | 54% | NO PARTICULAR DEADLINES | $27.3M |
| 9 | Bafflin Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $1.1M | 28 | $25K | 43% | Not stated | $13.9M |
| 10 | The White Family Foundation | Cranston | 2025 | $996K | 44 | $8K | 13% | PLEASE REFER TO THE FOUNDATION WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.THEWHITEFAMILYFOUNDATION.COM/GUIDELINES/ | $7.2M |
| 11 | Washington Trust Charitable Foundation | Westerly | 2025 | $832K | 138 | $2K | 29% | October 1st of each year | $1.1M |
| 12 | Mann Family Foundation | Providence | 2025 | $831K | 70 | $5K | 3% | Not stated | $6.5M |
| 13 | Donald P and Elaine M Hayden Foundation | Lincoln | 2024 | $757K | 18 | $16K | 97% | Rolling | $20.3M |
| 14 | Felicia Fund Inc | Providence | 2024 | $707K | 30 | $4K | 6% | NO SET DEADLINES | $8.3M |
| 15 | Fred M Roddy Foundation Inc | Providence | 2025 | $634K | 14 | $44K | 42% | Not stated | $8.6M |
| 16 | Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy | Riverside | 2024 | $630K | 46 | $12K | 14% | APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ANNUALLY BETWEEN JANUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH 31 FOR CURRENT YEAR'S PROGRAM | $12.7M |
| 17 | Banknewport Charitable Foundation | Middletown | 2025 | $614K | 106 | $5K | 89% | SEE APPLICATION FOR DEADLINES | $13.5M |
| 18 | Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $581K | 25 | $25K | 14% | Not stated | $11.0M |
| 19 | Navigant Credit Union Charitable Foundation Inc | Smithfield | 2025 | $569K | 36 | $10K | 98% | SEE APPLICATION | $10.2M |
| 20 | Helene & Bertram Bernhardt Foundation | Providence | 2024 | $509K | 15 | $4K | 4% | DECEMBER 1ST. | $10.7M |
| 21 | Ida B Littlefield Memorial Trust | Providence | 2024 | $422K | 57 | $5K | 28% | Not stated | $5.2M |
| 22 | Charitable Tr Under Article Vii of the Vivian J Palmieri Tr | Jamestown | 2024 | $415K | 19 | $10K | 0% | Not stated | $5.8M |
| 23 | Citizens Community Foundation | Johnston | 2024 | $370K | 19 | $15K | 24% | Not stated | $6.3M |
| 24 | Roy T Morgan Foundation | Warwick | 2025 | $242K | 12 | $15K | 15% | JANUARY 31st | $3.1M |
| 25 | Hope Foundation | Riverside | 2024 | $241K | 70 | $2K | 37% | Not stated | $3.7M |
| 26 | St Paul Housing Corp | Warwick | 2024 | $222K | 9 | $30K | 50% | Not stated | $3.2M |
| 27 | Meehan Foundation | Providence | 2025 | $215K | 19 | $10K | 16% | December 1 | $914K |
| 28 | Lawson Charitable Foundation | Barrington | 2024 | $215K | 9 | $25K | 65% | SEE HTTPS://LAWSONCHARITABLEFOUNDATION.ORG/FOR-GRANT-SEEKERS FOR DEADLINES. | $10.3M |
| 29 | Harold a Winstead Charitable Foundation | Westerly | 2024 | $210K | 22 | $5K | 38% | Not stated | $1.8M |
| 30 | Beacon Foundation | Warwick | 2025 | $205K | 151 | $1K | 30% | NOT APPLICABLE, SUBMISSIONS ARE ROLLING. | $4.5M |
| 31 | Fuller Fam Charitable Tr | Providence | 2024 | $200K | 63 | $3K | 19% | Not stated | $1.0M |
| 32 | Newportfed Charitable Foundation | Newport | 2025 | $198K | 44 | $3K | 8% | SEE WWW.NEWPORTFEDFOUNDATION.ORG | $3.3M |
| 33 | Ira S & Anna Galkin Charitable Trust | Providence | 2025 | $191K | 73 | $2K | 15% | Not stated | $1.8M |
| 34 | Mary Dexter Chafee Fund | L Compton | 2025 | $163K | 33 | $5K | 7% | Not stated | $2.8M |
| 35 | The Chase Family Foundation | Riverside | 2025 | $116K | 26 | $2K | 2% | Not stated | $253K |
| 36 | Philip Snyder Foundation | Providence | 2025 | $114K | 60 | $1K | 5% | Not stated | $2.5M |
| 37 | Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund Inc | Rumford | 2025 | $106K | 23 | $5K | 19% | NONE, DISTRIBUTIONS ARE APPROVED AT QUARTERLY MEETINGS. | $2.5M |
25 of them, led by the largest by dollars paid, have their own page with the application terms as filed, every recipient, and the trustees. The rest are listed here in full. Where a cell says n/a the filing does not carry that figure: a first-time recipient share needs more than one year of grants on record, and the asset figure comes from the IRS business master file, which does not cover every foundation.
Each figure comes from each foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. A foundation is listed when its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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