Development team grows to enhance service to current and prospective donors
Karen Fuller will provide charitable planning advice and high-level relationship management and customer service.
Karen Fuller has been named a Senior Philanthropic Advisor at the Rhode Island Foundation. She is responsible for inspiring philanthropy with the Foundation’s current and prospective donors.
“Karen brings an impressive resume, a collaborative spirit and an exceptional commitment to serving our neighbors that will make her an outstanding addition to our work helping donors achieve their dreams," said David N. Cicilline, the Foundation’s president and CEO.
Fuller has more than 20 years of fundraising experience. Most recently, she served as director of major gifts at St. Francis House, which helps people who are experiencing homelessness in Boston. Previously, she was a major gifts officer at Simmons University and Director of Individual Philanthropy at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Her previous fundraising experience also includes major gift work at the Rhode Island Zoological Society and The Wheeler School.
In addition, Fuller is a past president of the Charitable Gift Planners of Rhode Island, an association of advancement professionals and colleagues from allied fields dedicated to furthering the gift planning profession through education and professional development; and a past vice president of Girls on the Run Rhode Island, which enhances participants' social, emotional and physical skills to successfully navigate life experiences.
Fuller earned an AB in Economics at Smith College.
The addition of Fuller comes as the Foundation awarded a record $93 million in grants and raised $82 million in gifts in 2025, the third highest performance in the organization’s 110-year history. At year-end, total assets stood at approximately $1.7 billion. Total fund investment return for the year was 16.2 percent.
The Rhode Island Foundation is the largest and most comprehensive funder of nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. Through civic leadership, fundraising and grant-making activities, often in partnership with individuals and organizations, the Foundation is improving the lives of all Rhode Islanders.
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