Open Foundations · Rhode Island

Ralph R Papitto and Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation

Providence, Rhode Island · EIN 854150612. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $24.3M across 270 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$24.3M
paid in 2024
270
grants paid
$10K
median grant
23%
to first-time recipients
$6.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JOHN TARANTINO
Address
100 WESTMINSTER STREET SUITE 105, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02903
Phone
4012761236
Form the request should take
ALL GRANT REQUESTS MUST BE MADE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://POCFOUNDATION.COM/HOW-WE-WORK/GRANT- SEEKERS/GRANT-APPLICATION/ INFORMATION WE REQUIRE INCLUDE: MISSION, BUDGET, OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITIES SERVED ANNUALLY, PERCENTAGE OF BIPOC BEING SERVED, DIVERSITY OF STAFF AND LEADERSHIP.IF YOU ARE MAKING A REQUEST FOR AN EXISTING PROGRAM, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR AND WHETHER THE PROGRAM HAS WORKED AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR MISSION.
Submission deadline
SUBMISSION FOR GRANTS ARE MADE DURING ONE OF TWO YEARLY APPLICATION PERIODS: JUNE 1-15 & DEC. 1-15.
Restrictions on awards
THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITES THAT WE DO NOT FUND: BULIDING CONSTRUCTION,CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, LOBBYING AND POLITICAL EVENTS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503219349101885. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 270 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Justice AssistanceRI$2,236,242GRANTS
2Brown UniversityRI$1,751,000GRANTS
3Devaccelerator IncRI$1,550,000GRANTS
4Building Futures Rhode IslandRI$1,500,000GRANTS
5Hasbro Children's HospitalRI$1,000,000GRANTS
6Ri Hospital Foundation DevelopmentRI$1,000,000GRANTS
7The Elisha ProjectRI$1,000,000GRANTS
8The Financial Literacy InitiativeRI$944,078GRANTS
9Ri Philharmonic Orchestra & Music SRI$935,000GRANTS
10Leadership Rhode IslandRI$702,500SPONSORSHIP
11Office of the Postsecondary CommissRI$534,978GRANTS
12Rhode Island Hospital FoundationRI$525,000GRANTS
13Hope & MainRI$513,062GRANTS
14Central Falls Children's FoundationRI$500,000GRANTS
15LifespanRI$500,000GRANTS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202145$12.7M
2022150$20.9M
2023249$22.8M
2024270$24.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Rhode Island96%
Massachusetts2%
New York1%
Connecticut0%
Illinois0%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrew CortesBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Arnell MillhouseBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Barbara PapittoTRUSTEE · 2024
Dennis ColemanBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Edward PieroniTRUSTEE · 2024
Fred ButlerBOARD MEMBER · 2024
John TarantinoMANAGING TRU · 2024
Junior JabbieBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Loren SpearsBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Marcia GoncalvesBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Marcy ReyesBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Paola FernandezBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Saima ChaudhryBOARD MEMBER · 2024
Ting BarnardBOARD MEMBER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; 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 collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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