RI Beacon Foundation Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Eligibility.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity
- Not eligible: Color
- Not eligible: Religion
- Not eligible: Age
- Not eligible: Sex/gender
- Not eligible: National origin
- Not eligible: Sexual orientation
- Not eligible: Disability
- Not eligible: Any other characteristic protected by law
Overview
The RI Beacon Foundation Grant aims to enhance community welfare by supporting U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations primarily in Rhode Island. The Foundation seeks to promote goodwill, sponsor impactful initiatives, and foster partnerships through donations and volunteerism. By focusing on health, education, and civic causes, it endeavors to create a significant positive impact within the community while maintaining a commitment to inclusivity and non-discrimination.
The vision of the Foundation is to raise money and make grants to recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in the United States.
It aims to provide opportunities for organizations in the community who share its vision, to partner through volunteerism, donations and grants. Through the issuance of donations and grants, the Foundation will partner with several statewide 501(c)(3) organizations for targeted projects to further improve the State of Rhode Island and surrounding communities.
Eligibility
EligibilityThe Beacon Foundation shall make donations and provide grants to U.S. based 501(c)(3) organizations, and municipalities. These organizations may include 501(c)(3) entities with missions focusing on health, wellness, education, prevention, disability management and other charitable and civic causes, primarily in Rhode Island and surrounding communities.
Ineligibility
The Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex/gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
What The Beacon Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 151
- Total given
- $205K
- Median grant
- $1,000
- Range
- $20–$20K
- By dollars: Rhode Island 85%, Massachusetts 9%, Georgia 2%. Top recipient cities: Providence, RI; Warwick, RI; Middletown, RI.
- 42% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Rhode Island Institute for Labor Studies and Research · Cranston, RI
$20K
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association · Providence, RI
$8,300
Rhode Island Foundation · Providence, RI
$8,000
We Share Hope · Rumford, RI
$5,100
Greggs Giving Tree Inc · East Greenwich, RI
$5,000
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
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