Grants from this program provide seed funding for new independent investigators' research projects.

The Newport County Fund offers competitive small grants, to nonprofit organizations serving one or more of the six cities and towns of Newport County.

Grants support charitable programs and activities in North Smithfield.

These grants support a variety of activities that strengthen and improve nonprofits' organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Grants support the preservation of original historical manuscripts and documents, and municipal records from the 19th century or earlier for smaller cities and towns in Rhode Island.

Grants support organizations and projects primarily benefiting residents of the historic village of Kingston.

Grants from this program support human services and healthcare, with a focus on the homeless; education and youth; arts and culture; and responsible and ethical journalism.

Grants from this fund are made to benefit organizations serving Black children who live in greater Providence.

Rhode Island Census 2020 Outreach Grants support one-time or periodic activities to raise awareness about the census.

A one-time grant opportunity for all Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program Alumni and Cohort

Rhode Island Foundation and the RI Department of Human Services have partnered to award $1 million in funding to assist RI-based nonprofits addressing COVID-19 impacts on victims of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and/or human trafficking (and their children).

Grants from this fund support nonprofits that provide programs, preserve artifacts and records of the court system, publish works about Rhode Island legal history, and offer public forums about Rhode Island legal and constitutional history.