Lifespan Corporation
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Lifespan Corporation at a glance
In short: Lifespan Corporation gave $760K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $127K), mostly in Rhode Island. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $760,200
- +366.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $126,700
- +210.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $1,115,050,265
- +132.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Rhode Island (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Lifespan Corporation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was City of Providence ($600K). Together the top 6 received $760K.
Grant Size Distribution
22 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 22 (73%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
Cities
How Lifespan Corporation gives
- Giving grew 283% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $86K (2020) to $760K (2025). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $760K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| City of Providence Providence, RI | Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (Pilot) | $600,000 |
| Nonviolence Institute Providence, RI | Community Health Program Sponsor | $126,000 |
| Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care Providence, RI | Sponsorship | $10,000 |
| The Tomorrow Fund Providence, RI | Sponsorship | $10,000 |
| Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Providence, RI | Sponsorship | $8,000 |
| Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Providence, RI | Sponsorship | $6,200 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,115,050,265 | $449,326,854 | $416,402,766 | $760,200 | 6 | $16,989,847 |
| 2024 | $478,816,383 | $352,572,623 | $359,263,520 | $163,000 | 4 | $5,717,997 |
| 2023 | $252,969,121 | $302,231,899 | $294,759,300 | $187,340 | 5 | $1,777,319 |
| 2022 | $234,961,621 | $285,097,737 | $287,327,416 | $198,305 | 4 | $-255,670 |
| 2021 | $256,655,537 | $281,124,527 | $273,271,113 | $170,795 | 3 | $1,777,525 |
| 2020 | $156,472,473 | $255,734,605 | $239,971,511 | $85,615 | 3 | $1,081,625 |
| 2019 | $105,528,055 | $240,445,480 | $238,550,780 | $238,415 | 12 | $2,469,246 |
About Lifespan Corporation
Based on IRS filings
Lifespan Corporation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Providence, RI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $760K. Net investment income was $17.0M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Lifespan Corporation is led by Timothy J. Babineau MD, Former President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 16 of 37 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Timothy J. Babineau MD
Former President & CEO
President & Ceo- → Fmr. President & CEO, 2023
Fmr. President & CEO → Former President & CEO, 2024
On filings since 2019
$1.9M (2019) → $1.3M (2025)
John Fernandez
President & CEO
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$2.1M (2024) → $1.7M (2025)
Crista f Durand
President - Newport Hospital
Pres.-Nh → President - Newport Hospital, 2024
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
$559K (2022) → $787K (2025)
Maria P. Ducharme
President - the Miriam Hospital
Pres.- Tmh → President - the Miriam Hospital, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
$561K (2023) → $695K (2025)
Lawrence A. Aubin Sr.
Chair
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edward D. Feldstein Esq.
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emanuel Barrows
Director
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence B. Sadwin
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael L. Hanna
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roger N. Begin CFP
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shivan Subramaniam
Director
On filings since 2019
4.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ziya L. Gokaslan MD
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martha Mainiero MD
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phillip Kydd
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah T. Dowling Jd Llm
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angel Taveras
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Janet Robinson
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paula McNamara
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bernard Buonanno III
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Cocks
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christina H. Paxson PhD
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mukesh K. Jain MD
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Samuel Mencoff
Director
New on the 2025 filing
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cedric j Priebe
Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer
Svp-Chief Information Officer → Svp- Chief Information Officer, 2020
Svp- Chief Information Officer → Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$608K (2019) → $778K (2025)
Paul J. Adler
Secretary
On filings since 2019
21.3 hrs/week
$551K (2019) → $879K (2025)
Saul N. Weingart
Former President - Rhode Island Hospital
Pres.-Rih → President - Rhode Island Hospital, 2024
President - Rhode Island Hospital → Former President - Rhode Island Hospital, 2025
On filings since 2022
$777K (2022) → $379K (2025)
Eva Greenwood
Former Treasurer & Interim Executive Vice President CFO
Treasurer → Former Treasurer & Interim Executive Vice President CFO, 2025
On filings since 2023
47.5 hrs/week
$199K (2023) → $539K (2025)
Peter K. Markell
Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer
Executive Vice President & CFO → Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$1.2M (2024) → $1.5M (2025)
William F. Schmiedeknecht
Senior Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer
Svp- Hr → Senior Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$657K (2024) → $625K (2025)
Babar Khokhar MD
Executive Vice President - Chief Physicians Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$1M (2025)
Cynthia Peterson
Executive Vice President - Ambulatory Clinics & Urgent Care
New on the 2025 filing
25 hrs/week
$549K (2025)
Jane Bruno
Senior Vice President - Marketing & Communications
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$646K (2025)
Marcia L. Neiberg
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$631K (2025)
Nicholas P. Dominick
Senior Vice President Service Lines
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
$702K (2025)
Sarah Frost
Executive Vice President - Chief of Hospital Operations
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$745K (2025)
Alan H. Litwin
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Capodilupo
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Arthur j Sampson (2019–2024) — Former Interim President & CEO
- Former: Jane Williams PhD RN (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Steven Pare (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: David a Kirshner (2021–2024) — Former Treasurer
- Former: G Alan Kurose (2021–2024) — Former Director
- Former: Todd A Conklin (2021–2024) — Former Executive Vice President & COO
- Former: Kenneth E Wood (2022–2024) — Chief Clinical Officer
- Former: Christoper Cocks (2024) — Director
- Former: Henry t Sachs III MD (2024) — President - Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital
- Former: Cathy E Duquette (2019–2023) — Evp-Quality & Safety
- Former: Lisa M Abbott (2020–2023) — Svp-Hr
- Former: Jonathan D Fain (2019–2022) — Director-
- Former: Mary A Wakefield (2019–2022) — Fmr. Treasurer
- Former: Richard Gillerman MD (2022) — Svp- Med. Info.
- Former: John B Murphy MD (2019–2021) — Evp-Phys. Affairs
- Former: Margaret Van Bree MHA DrPH (2019–2021) — Pres.-Rih-
- Former: Joseph J MarcAurele (2019–2020) — Director-
- Former: Pamela A Harrop MD (2019–2020) — Director-
- Former: Richard J Goldberg (2019) — Svp-Psychiatry
- Former: Sarah T Dowling (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.7M, to John Fernandez (President & CEO). 16 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Lifespan Corporation
How much does Lifespan Corporation give each year?
Lifespan Corporation gave $760K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $163K across 4 grants.
What is Lifespan Corporation's typical grant size?
Lifespan Corporation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $126,700, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Lifespan Corporation give grants?
Lifespan Corporation gives mostly in Rhode Island: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Providence, RI (6 grants).
Does Lifespan Corporation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Lifespan Corporation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Sponsorship" (4 grants).
Who are Lifespan Corporation's largest grantees?
Lifespan Corporation's largest 2025 grantees include City of Providence ($600,000), Nonviolence Institute ($126,000) and Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 97% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Lifespan Corporation?
Lifespan Corporation reported $1.1B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $449.3M.
What is Lifespan Corporation?
Lifespan Corporation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Providence, RI. It holds $1.1B in total assets as of 2025.
What is Lifespan Corporation's EIN?
Lifespan Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-2861978. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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