Felicia Fund Inc
Providence, RI · EIN 05-0420703. Reported 163 grants totalling $2,866,758 to 93 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Felicia Fund 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 $3,435 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mount Ann Fund | Lenox, MA | $1,000,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hope Club Preservation Fund | Providence, RI | $285,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Providence | Providence, RI | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $152,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum | East Greenwich, RI | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salve Regina University | Newport, RI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shelburne Museum | Shelburne, VT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mt Vernon Ladies' Association | Mt Vernon, VA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Liberty Baptist Church | Exeter, RI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy | Providence, RI | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parkgate Restoration Association | Newport, RI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Compass School | Kingston, RI | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of Linden Place | Bristol, RI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nscdny | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ansonia Music Outreach | New York, NY | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Newport Restoration Foundation | Newport, RI | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Old Sturbridge Village | Sturbridge, MA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Westerly Land Trust | Westerly, RI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Seven Gables | Salem, MA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Providence Preservation Society | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rihs | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roger Williams Park Zoo | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Attingham | New York, NY | $14,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Preserve Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $13,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blackstone Valley Tourism Council | Central Falls, RI | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Victorian Society | Haddonfield, NJ | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island Zoological Society | Providence, RI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canterbury Choral Society | New York, NY | $10,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School | East Providence, RI | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Coggeshall Farm Museum | Bristol, RI | $10,184 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 1ST Congregational Church Bristol | Bristol, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cooper Hewitt | Ny, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the N Brook Town House | North Brookfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Cherry Hill | Albany, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Historic Huguenot Street | New Paltz, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Linden Place Mansion | Bristol, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preservation Society Newport County | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Preservation Worcester | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Stanley Park of Westfield Inc | Westfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Society Library | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $8,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creature Conserve | Barrington, RI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Halcyon Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beacon Charter Schools | Woonsocket, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Preservation Archive Project | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roger Williams Park Conservancy | Providence, RI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Olana Partnership | Hudson, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coggeshall Farm Museum | Sturbridge, MA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vamum Continentials Inc | East Greenwich, RI | $5,789 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alden Kindred of America Inc | Duxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Connection - Ri | Pawtucket, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bristol Mild Passage Port Project | Bristol, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Building Bridges Providence | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bvtc | Pawtucket, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Pilgrim Museum | Provincetown, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cape Verdean Museum | East Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Genesse Country Village Museum | Mumford, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Landgdon Congregtional Church | Langdon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Risd Fund | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strawbery Banke Museum | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Aldren Kindred of America Inc | Duxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomas Cole Natl Hist Site | Catskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warner House | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Initiatives in Art & Culture | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alumni Association | Haddonfield, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Friend and Service | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Art Connection - Rhode Island | Pawtucket, RI | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Historic Wickford Inc | Wickford, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Scholars Initiative | Providence, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International House of Ri | Providence, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save Ellis Island Inc | Augusta, NJ | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tomaquag | Exeter, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cranston Public Library | Cranston, RI | $3,435 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 134 Collaborative | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Warren Armory | Warren, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angels Net Foundation Inc | W Boylston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mile of History Association | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portsmouth Historical Society | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwood Vol Fire Co #1 | Warwick, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic Deerfield | Deerfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Athenaeum | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement House | Long Island City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save the Bay | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newport Art Museum | Newport, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 93 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 41%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. 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 103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 32 | $463,119 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 31 | $538,100 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $512,550 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $645,789 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $707,200 | $3,850 |
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
43% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Felicia Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 90 Elm Street, Providence, RI, 02903. 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.
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