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The Chase Family Foundation

East Providence, RI · EIN 22-2743634. Reported 139 grants totalling $524,820 to 72 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$524,820granted, 2021-2025
72recipients, as named on its returns
48%of grantees funded again the next year
$267,210assets, latest filing

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. The Chase Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $31,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
63 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
34 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Community Preparatory SchoolProvidence, RI$97,250552025
Jewish Alliance of RiProvidence, RI$81,000552025
Jewish Federation of Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL$54,000442025
Temple Beth-ElProvidence, RI$52,570552025
Brigham & Women's HospitalChestnut Hill, MA$30,000332025
United Way of Rhode IslandProvidence, RI$30,000332025
Ri PhilharmonicProvidence, RI$27,500552025
Bradley HospitalRiverside, RI$21,000442025
Peace Love FoundationPawtucket, RI$16,000332024
Palm Beach United WayPalm Beach, FL$13,000442025
Friends of Israel Defense ForcesNew York, NY$10,000112023
Ri Food BankProvidence, RI$10,000332025
Citizens Bank Charitable FoundationJohnston, RI$9,887222025
DetectogetherWestborough, MA$8,500222024
Palm Beach Country Club FoundationPalm Beach, FL$7,000442025
Imperial Distributors Charity Golf TournamentWorcester, MA$6,085332024
Boys and Girls Club of CumberlandCumberland, RI$5,000112021
North Chicago Community PartnersLake Bluff, IL$4,500442025
Risd Museum AssociatesProvidence, RI$4,400442025
David Lynch FoundationNew York, NY$3,500112024
The Children's RoomArlington, MA$3,000222022
Transcendental MeditationPalm Beach, FL$3,000112024
The Nature ConservancyProvidence, RI$2,750222025
Button HoleProvidence, RI$2,500552025
Mass General HospitalBoston, MA$2,500112023
Palm Beach TmPalm Beach, FL$2,500112025
The Publics RadioProvidence, RI$2,000222025
Trinity RepertoryProvidence, RI$1,200112023
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode IslandWoonsocket, RI$1,000112022
Moses Brown FundProvidence, RI$1,000112025
Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MO$1,000112022
Stay at Home in Little Compton IncLittle Compton, RI$700552025
The Little Compton Wellness CenterLittle Compton, RI$700112023
Stadium TheatreWoonsocket, RI$600222023
R I Hospital FoundationProvidence, RI$550222024
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA$500112022
Hope HealthProvidence, RI$500112024
Little Compton Community CenterLittle Compton, RI$500222023
Ray of Hope Baystate Health FoundationSpringfield, MA$500112023
St Luke's SchoolBarrington, RI$500112023
Uf Scripps Biomedical ResearchJupiter, FL$500112022
Women's Cancer ClassicNeedham, MA$500112022
Southside Community Land TrustProvidence, RI$475442025
Clark UniversityWorcester, MA$300112022
American Lung AssociationProvidence, RI$250112022
Assumption of the Virgin Mary ChurchProvidence, RI$250222025
Barrington Land Conservation TrustBarrington, RI$250332024
Boston College Dillinger FundChestnut Hill, MA$250112023
Perlmutter Cancer Center at Nyu LangoneNew York, NY$250112023
Ri Jewish Historical SocietyProvidence, RI$250112022
Umass Medical CenterWorcester, MA$250112021
Butler Hospital FoundationProvidence, RI$200112021
Duke Children's DevelopmentDurham, NC$200112023
Friends of Sakonnet LighthouseLittle Compton, RI$200222025
Marshall Family Scholarship FundWarren, MI$200112022
Ri Art Education AssociationRhode Island, RI$200112024
Westchester Jewish CenterMamaroneck, NY$150112023
Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA$103112023
Amedisys IncEast Providence, RI$100112022
American FoundationPhoenix, AZ$100112021
BIKE4CHAI (chai Lifeline)Lakewood, NJ$100112023
Bright School for the DeafMetairie, LA$100112025
Chai LifelineNew York, NY$100112025
Cotuit Center for the ArtsCotuit, MA$100112023
Hagan Scholarship Fund at Prov CollegeProvidence, RI$100112023
Herreshoff Marine MuseumBristol, RI$100112023
Hope High Dollars for ScholarsConcord, MA$100112022
King's AcademySwansea, MA$100112025
Miriam HospitalProvidence, RI$100112021
Pancreatic Cancer Action NetworkManhattan Beach, CA$100112022
Wolf SchoolEast Providence, RI$100112022
Alzheimers AssociationProvidence, RI$50112023

29 of 72 (40%) 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 48%, 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 71 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.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
17 grants
Education
11 grants
Arts & Culture
10 grants
Recreation & Sports
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Religion
5 grants
Medical Research
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$79,000$1,000
202231$72,600$500
202337$138,628$500
202427$118,562$3,000
202526$116,030$2,450

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

71% 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.

Rhode Island
$372K
Florida
$80K
Massachusetts
$53K
New York
$14K
Illinois
$4K
Missouri
$1K
North Carolina
$200
Michigan
$200

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund30 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsThe Rhode Island Community Foundation19 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Rhode Island.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Chase Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 24 Hemingway Drive, East Providence, RI, 02915. 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 22-2743634 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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