How much funding does RIF: Miss Swinburne Fund Grant provide?

The listing does not state a funding amount. Check the funder's announcement for specifics.

When is the deadline for RIF: Miss Swinburne Fund Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who is eligible for RIF: Miss Swinburne Fund Grant?

Geography: In Newport County, Rhode Island; In Newport County.

RIF: Miss Swinburne Fund Grant

The Rhode Island Community Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Women Foundation Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Geography

In Newport County, Rhode Island
In Newport County

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Applications will not be considered from organizations with overdue grant reports.

Overview

The RIF: Miss Swinburne Fund Grant, established by Miss Elizabeth Swinburne, supports nonprofit organizations that promote the self-sufficiency of girls and women in Newport County, Rhode Island. Created to honor Miss Swinburne's legacy, the fund offers annual awards for programs providing educational opportunities, such as certificates and degrees. Organizations can apply without restrictions from other funds, ensuring a broad support network for women's empowerment in the community.

Miss Elizabeth Swinburne, a civic-minded woman of the early 1900s, established a school in her home to educate young women in the science and skills of household arts. In 2002, the League established a fund in Miss Swinburne’s name at the Foundation to support scholarships and charitable programs and services for women and girls in Newport County, Rhode Island. Programs that provide certificates, degrees, and/or formal credentialing for the participants are encouraged.
This fund provides annual awards to nonprofit organizations that support the self-sufficiency and independence of girls and women in Newport County. An application to the Miss Swinburne Fund does not restrict an organization from applying to other funds administered by the Foundation.

Eligibility

Annual awards to nonprofit organizations that support the self-sufficiency and independence of girls and women in Newport County.

Ineligibility

Applications will not be considered from organizations with overdue grant reports.

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