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.
*If you are applying for an Opioid Settlement Impact and Recovery Grant, applications continue to be accepted through our former grants portal. If you have an existing application in progress, you will NOT be required to create a new account. If you are a new applicant for this grant program, please follow the prompts within the grant opportunity to create your account.
Grants
Bristol Female Charitable Society Fund Grants
Application ClosedThis program provides funding to East Bay nonprofit organizations, with a preference for those providing services in Bristol.
More InformationClean Competition Fund Grants
OngoingGrants from this program are for education, outreach, scientific projects, and clinical or basic research involving appropriate medical uses or long-term health implications of human growth hormone (“hGH”) use or use of other performance-enhancing substances.
ApplyCommunity 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.
More InformationEquity Action Grants
Application ClosedOffering two types of grants, Equity 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. The application for this program will open in 2024.
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.
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