Gertrude B Elion Foundation

The Beacon Foundation

Warwick, RI

The Beacon Foundation funds U.S. nonprofits and municipalities working in health, wellness, education, disability services, and other charitable or civic areas, with priority for Rhode Island and nearby communities. Its 2025 grants ranged from $20 to $20,100, with a median of $1,000. It accepts unsolicited requests.

Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation A Shabshelowitz Co-Trustee

Fall River, MA

The foundation funds arts, education—particularly business and entrepreneurial skills—healthcare, and local-culture preservation, mainly in Bristol County, Massachusetts, nearby Rhode Island, Peterborough, New Hampshire, and surrounding areas. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $150,000, with a median of $5,000. It invites requests by letter to Jason Marshall; no deadline is listed.

Eugene P Schwartz Family Foundation

Norwood, MA

The foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, with grants typically around $300 (2025 awards ranged from $150 to $4,840). Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, and it funds only preselected organizations, not unsolicited requests.

Winstead Charitable Foundation Tr

Westerly, RI

The foundation supports Jewish, historical, educational, health, cultural, and environmental organizations, primarily in Rhode Island, with some funding in Massachusetts and Virginia. Recent grants ranged from $2,000 to $40,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts unsolicited written requests to Benjamin G Pastor; the 2023 filing reports no deadline.

Samuel H Consove T U W

Saint Louis, MO

David & Betsey Kilmartin Charitable

Glocester, RI

Illinois Public Health Institute

Chicago, IL

The Illinois Public Health Institute supports health justice through work on food, housing, health care, the environment, education, and public health, including medical respite and school food systems. Its 2025 grants ranged from $19,750 to $135,000, with a median of $75,000; funding is mainly in Illinois, with some reach into nearby states. It offers specific application-based opportunities, including medical respite planning grants, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

United Way of Rhode Island Inc

Providence, RI

United Way of Rhode Island funds Rhode Island nonprofits working on economic security, children’s learning, housing, food access, safety, and related community needs. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,008 to $547,033, with a median of $15,000; its emergency grants offer up to $50,000, with average awards of $25,000–$30,000. It accepts applications for emergency grants on a rolling basis.

Ress Family Foundation

Providence, RI

The RESS FAMILY FOUNDATION supports preselected charitable organizations, including environmental and marine conservation, education, religious, and community groups. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $79,860, with a median of $1,000; recipients were mainly in Florida and Massachusetts, with others in Georgia, Rhode Island, and Maine. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Grace K and Wesley S Alpert Charitable

Cranston, RI

The foundation supports health care and medical research, social services, food assistance, and animal welfare, primarily in Rhode Island, with some grants to organizations in other states. In 2024 it awarded 24 grants totaling about $1.95 million; grants ranged from $500 to $1.075 million, with a median of $7,500. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky

Providence, RI

The foundation supports Rhode Island organizations in health care, education, Jewish community services, arts and culture, and historic preservation. In 2024, grants ranged from $250 to $20,000, with a median of $1,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Rhode Island Community Foundation

Providence, RI

The Rhode Island Community Foundation funds Rhode Island nonprofits working in areas including civic and cultural life, climate, education, community health, housing, and economic mobility; some grants also support specific topics or places. Its 2024 grants had a median of about $24,000, though amounts varied widely. Applications are accepted through specific grant programs when open; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally.