Rhode Island ARPA Support Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Purpose: Distribute funding from Rhode Island's $1.1 billion share of the federal American Rescue Plan Act allocation for COVID-19 recovery.
Background: Jointly established in 2022 by the Rhode Island Foundation, Governor McKee, the General Assembly, and the Rhode Island Pandemic Recovery Office.
Funding Source: $20 million from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) program, part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Focus Areas:
- Food insecurity
- Housing issues
- Homelessness
- Behavioral health needs
Geographic Scope: Rhode Island
Eligibility: Rhode Island-based nonprofits negatively impacted by COVID-19 that deliver services addressing food insecurity, housing issues, homelessness, and behavioral health needs
Achievement: $20 million awarded over a six-month period to 240 nonprofits — the single largest pool of grants in the Foundation's 107-year history
Contact:
- Phone: (401) 274-4564
- Email: info@rifoundation.org
- Address: One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903
What The Rhode Island Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 977
- Total given
- $72M
- Median grant
- $24K
- Range
- $5,034–$5.01M
- By dollars: Rhode Island 86%, Massachusetts 4%, Florida 3%. Top recipient cities: Providence, RI; Newport, RI; Warwick, RI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI
Other (primary)
$5.01M
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School · East Providence, RI
Art - arts and culture (primary)
$3.15M
Women & Infants Development Foundation · Providence, RI
Hl - healthy lives (primary)
$2.01M
Trinity Repertory Company · Providence, RI
Art - arts and culture (primary)
$1.53M
Crossroads Rhode Island · Providence, RI
Housing (primary)
$1.31M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Hunger
- Housing
- Homeless
- Mental health
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