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Dozens of nonprofits across the state will share nearly $7 million in grants from two new grant programs launched last year as part of the Rhode Island Foundation’s new Five-Year Action Plan.

“We are focused on crucial community priorities like civic and cultural life, housing and economic mobility, healthy and strong communities, sustainability, and education and student success,” said David N. Cicilline, the Foundation’s president and CEO.

“These grants deliver on the more than one year of community outreach and research that went into developing a blueprint to address the varied and complex challenges the state faces,” said Cicilline.

The Foundation awarded more than $6.5 million from its new Community Priority Grants program, which, provides programmatic and general operating support to organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the Foundation's community priorities and related focus areas.

The East Bay Community Action Program, the Coalition for a Multilingual Rhode Island, Conexion Latina Newport, the Housing Network of Rhode Island, Mixed Magic Theatre, the Providence Resilience Partnership and the Healthcare Workforce Education Center are among the more than 100 nonprofits that received Community Priority grants.

In addition, the Foundation awarded more than $360,000 from its new Capacity Building Grants program, which primarily provides funding to support the infrastructure and/or technical assistance needs of organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the community priorities and related focus areas.

The Blackstone Valley Community Action Program, Mentor Rhode Island, NewportFILM, the Rhode Island Land Trust Council and the Valley Affordable Housing Corp are among the 29 organizations that received Capacity Building grants.

The full list of grant recipients is posted at rifoundation.org/recentgrantees

With this second round of Community Priority and Capacity Building grants, the Foundation has awarded $13.6 million since launching the new grant programs last July.

The announcement comes as the Jan. 29 deadline for pre-applying for the first round of 2026 funding nears. For more information about applying for a Community Priority or Capacity Building grant, visit rifoundation.org/grants-scholarships.

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, together with neighbors and partners, the Foundation is helping to create progress that lasts.