Grant Opportunities
Each program has different purposes, application requirements, and deadlines. Carefully review the guidelines provided for each funding opportunity.
To browse through frequently asked questions about our grantmaking please visit the Grant Program FAQs page.
Please note that we have transitioned to a new grant application system. All returning and first-time applicants will need to create a new account by clicking here.
Our former grant application system will sunset at the end of 2024. If you would like to retain a copy of your historic information from this system, you must do so by the end of 2024. Please click here for instructions.
Grants
Community Grants
Application ClosedCommunity Grants support community-building activities in cities and towns throughout Rhode Island.
More InformationCommunity Organization Capacity Building Grants
Application ClosedThis program is intended to support nonprofits led by Black, Latino, Indigenous, or Asian executive directors or other decision-makers within an organization. Please complete the Capacity Building Programs application to apply for this grant.
More InformationEquity Action Grants
Application ClosedEquity Action is committed to enacting social change by championing initiatives and organizations that encourage justice for, provide support to, and improve the quality of life of LGBTQ Rhode Islanders.
More InformationRhode Island Expansion Arts Program
Application ClosedA collaboration between Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, this program offers funding and organizational assistance to community-based, culturally diverse arts and cultural organizations.
More InformationFood Security Grants
Application ClosedGrants from this program fund local nonprofit organizations that address food insecurity for Rhode Island’s most vulnerable populations.
More InformationFund for a Healthy Rhode Island Grants
Application ClosedGrants from this fund support projects focused on retaining a racially, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse health workforce.
More InformationJune Rockwell Levy Foundation Grants
Multiple DeadlinesGrants are made to 501(c )(3) organizations serving the communities of Providence County, with a preference for northern Rhode Island.
ApplyGrants from Special Medical Funds
Application ClosedGrants from this collection of funds support nonprofits engaged in work that impacts the health and healthcare of Rhode Islanders in several specific areas.
More InformationMedical Research Grants
Application ClosedGrants from this program provide seed funding for new independent investigators' research projects.
More InformationNewport County Fund Grants
Application ClosedThe Newport County Fund offers competitive small grants, to nonprofit organizations serving one or more of the six cities and towns of Newport County.
More InformationNorth Smithfield Ambulance & Rescue Association Fund Grants
Application ClosedGrants support charitable programs and activities in North Smithfield. Please complete the Small Grant Programs application to apply for this grant.
More InformationOpioid Settlement Impact and Recovery Grants
Application ClosedThis grant program aims to support programming for trauma supports for RI first responders; organizations that serve families of people who use drugs; and organizations that support people impacted by substance/opioid use by providing necessity-related 'care packages'
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