Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531
Essex, CT · EIN 61-6426610. Reported 121 grants totalling $3,961,632 to 70 recipients across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,800 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $3,577,632. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arpin Charitable Fund Inc | East Greenwich, RI | $3,651,632 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Institute for Transformation | Tolland, CT | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Village Link | Woodside, CA | $26,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capstone Ministries Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope Hospice | Ft Myers, FL | $7,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| AIDS Project Ri | Providence, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bryant University | Smithfield, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels of Ri Inc | Providence, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservancy Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Church | Dayton, OH | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Providence Journal Summertime Fund | Providence, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank | Providence, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Kent Center | East Greenwich, RI | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Institute of Technology | East Greenwich, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sanibel Captiva Conservation | Sanibel, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westerly Land Trust | Westerly, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Captains for Clean Water Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crow | Sanibel Island, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | Sanibel, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Unbound | Kansas City, KS | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calusa Waterkeeper Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Castletown Ranch Horse Rescue Inc | Valley Center, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in Deeds | Ada, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farm Sancturay | Watkins Glen, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food & Water Watch | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Int'l Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | Yarmouth Port, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Masbia Soup Kitchen | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Missionaries for the Poor | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Conservancy Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Raising Haiti Foundation | Washington DC, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Manatee Club | Maitland, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Prout School | Wakefield, RI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Greenwich Animal Protection League | Cranston, RI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rainforest Alliance | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Return to Freedom Inc | Lompoc, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sato Project | Brookyln, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elephant Aid International | Attapulgus, GA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gulf Coast Humane Society | Ft Myers, FL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | Yorktown Heights, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston SPCA | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc | Sylmar, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane Goodall Insitute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Animal Shelter Inc | Salem, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South West Florida Horse Rescue Inc | Punta Gorda, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alley Cat Allies | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forever Family Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Golden Rescue South Florida Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Horse Play | Exeter, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Providence Animal Rescue League | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Secu Family House at Unc Hospitals | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Horse Protection Association of Florida Inc | Micanopy, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarah's Circle | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
47 of 70 (67%) 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 41%, across 2 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 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63 | $180,000 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $184,500 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | $3,597,132 | $7,000 |
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
94% 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 $2,000. 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 Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). 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: Essex Savings Bank 176 Westbrook R, Essex, CT, 06426. 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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