Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc
Newport, RI · EIN 88-2461260. Reported 114 grants totalling $1,247,500 to 108 recipients across tax years 2023-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $583,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants & Contributions Paid | Newport, RI | $583,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hasbro Children's Hospital | Providence, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation (lisc) | Providence, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Potter League for Animals | Middletown, RI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child & Family Services | Middletown, RI | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys Town New England | Portsmouth, RI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hope & Main | Warren, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pawtucket Central Falls Development | Pawtucket, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project Goal Inc | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Salve Regina University | Newport, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Star Kids Scholarship Program | Middletown, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bike Newport | Newport, RI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Crossroads Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Federal Hill House Association | Providence, RI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Capital Good Fund (the) | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Falls Foundation | Central Falls, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Davinci Center for Community Progress | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dr Martin Luther King JR Community Center | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iyrs School of Technology & Trades | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| John Clarke Nursing and Retirement Center | Middletown, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island Inc | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry | Cumberland, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| One Neighborhood Builders | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence Public Library (ppl) | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sail Newport | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Social Enterprise Greenhouse | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sojourner House | Providence, RI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| James L Maher Center | Newport, RI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ms Dream Center of Rhode Island | East Providence, RI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Community School | Newport, RI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Learning Community (the) | Central Falls, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fab Newport | Newport, RI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| East Bay Food Pantry | Bristol, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mcauley Ministries | Providence, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army - Providence Corps | Providence, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save the Bay | Providence, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seven Hills Rhode Island | Woonsocket, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory | Woonsocket, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amenity Aid | Warwick, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ballet Ri (formerly Festival Ballet Providence) | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blithewold Mansions Gardens and Arbor | Bristol, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conanicut Island Sailing Foundation | Jamestown, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Entrepreneurship for All Inc (eforall) | Lowell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Firstworks | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Groden Network (the) | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Local Return | Greenwich, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Looking Upwards Inc | Portsmouth, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mae Organization Inc | Cranston, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Art Museum | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Festivals Foundation | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Restoration Foundation | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust | Cranston, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Refugee Dream Center | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South County Health Foundation | Wakefield, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Vincent Depaul Society St Joseph's Conference Newport | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Turning Around Ministries | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amos House | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aquidneck Community Table | Newport, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket | Pawtucket, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| College Visions | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Service of Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Visiting Nurse Home and Hospice | Middletown, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Greater Providence | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beautiful Day | Providence, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clinica Esperanzahope Clinic | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island | Tiverton, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence Children's Museum | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Slave History Medallions | Newport, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Miguel School of Providence | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Youth Pride Inc | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cros - Rhode Island Chapter | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Better Lives Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Designxri | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District (ericd) | Tiverton, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Good Neighbors | Riverside, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence Promise | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South County Museum | Narragansett, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aquidneck Food Pantry Inc | Portsmouth, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community String Project | Bristol, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Comprehensive Community Action Program (ccap) | Cranston, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jamestown Historical Society | Jamestown, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Collaborative Services | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project Weberrenew | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence After School Alliance | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Free Clinic | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island School for Progressive Education | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (rise) | Cranston, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sophia Academy | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Battle of Rhode Island Association | Portsmouth, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tides Family Services | West Warwick, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trinity Repertory Company | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adoption Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Centro De Innovacion Mujer Latina | Providence, RI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| George Hail Free Library | Warren, RI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Partnership for Families | Newport, RI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Access Point Ri | Cranston, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Benjamin Church Senior Center Inc | Bristol, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jonnycake Center for Hope | Peace Dale, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Progreso Latino | Central Falls, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island SPCA | Riverside, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army Newport Corps | Newport, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Winners Circle Xr Academy | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Barrington Tap-in Inc | Barrington, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecting for Children & Families (woonsocket) | Woonsocket, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Mary of the Bay Church | Warren, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
6 of 108 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 74 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | $50,000 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $583,500 | $583,500 |
| 2025 | 106 | $614,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Rhode Island. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Rhode Island.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2022-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 184 John Clarke Road, Newport, RI, 02842. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 88-2461260 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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