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Rhode Island Arts Grants

Explore 27 grant opportunities

Community Priority Grants
$150,000
Rhode Island Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 28, 2025

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island that focus on addressing community priorities and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

Arts
County governments
Capacity Building Grant
$15,000
Rhode Island Foundation
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 28, 2025

This program provides funding and support to nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island to strengthen their capacity to address community priorities while promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

Capacity Building
Nonprofits
Newport County Fund Grants
$10,000
Rhode Island Foundation
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 28, 2025

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations and municipal departments in Newport County, Rhode Island, to develop and enhance community programs that address local needs and improve residents' quality of life.

Social Advocacy
Nonprofits
Rhode Island Business Competition 2025
Contact for amount
Rhode Island Business Competition
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 27, 2025

This competition provides funding and support to individuals or teams with innovative business ideas aimed at creating jobs and fostering economic growth in Rhode Island.

Business and Commerce
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Project Fund Grant
$4,000
City of Providence, Rhode Island - Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT)
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 19, 2025

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations and individual artists in Providence to develop arts and cultural projects that enhance community access, promote cultural equity, and create significant local impact.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Nonprofits
Ely Fund Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative
Contact for amount
City of Providence, Rhode Island - Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT)
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 19, 2025

This initiative provides funding for free outdoor performances in Providence's parks, celebrating the city's diverse cultural heritage and engaging local communities through the arts.

Arts
Nonprofits
Human Service and Outside Agency Fund
$180,000
South Kingstown Town Council
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jan 16, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to local non-profit organizations that assist South Kingstown residents, particularly those in need, through various community services and initiatives.

Health
City or township governments
Big Yellow School Bus Grant
$500
State of Rhode Island Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Dec 6, 2024

This program provides funding to Rhode Island schools and affiliated non-profits to facilitate arts and cultural field trips that enhance students' learning experiences outside the classroom.

Arts
Nonprofits
Frank B. Hazard General Charity Fund Program
Contact for amount
Frank B. Hazard General Charity Fund
Private

Application Deadline

Dec 1, 2025

Date Added

Nov 8, 2024

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations in Providence, Rhode Island, that provide essential services to low-income individuals, with a focus on food security, housing, and healthcare, while being managed by a majority Protestant board.

Infrastructure
City or township governments
2024-2025 Local Agriculture and Seafood Act Grants Program
$100,000
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Nov 5, 2024

This program provides funding to farmers, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals in Rhode Island to enhance local food and seafood production, sustainability, and access, particularly for underrepresented and small-scale producers.

Agriculture
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Rhode Island Agricultural Energy Program
$20,000
Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 10, 2024

This program provides financial support to Rhode Island agricultural businesses and nonprofits for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to help reduce energy costs and promote sustainability.

Energy
For profit organizations other than small businesses
benefit Charitable, & Religious Purposes in Rhode Island
$10,000
Harry M. Miriam C. and William C. Horton Fund
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 10, 2024

This fund provides financial support to Rhode Island-based organizations for projects that address basic needs like food, shelter, and healthcare, as well as arts, education, and human services.

Education
County governments
Rhode Island Foundation’s Arts in Academics Grants
$1,000
Rhode Island Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 10, 2024

This grant provides funding to K-12 public school teachers, artists, and nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island to create innovative projects that integrate the arts into core academic subjects, enhancing student learning through collaboration and hands-on experiences.

Arts
City or township governments
Rhode Island Historic Preservation Matching Grants 2025
$10,000
The 1772 Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 8, 2024

This funding opportunity provides matching grants to nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island for various historic preservation projects, such as restoring building exteriors and upgrading safety systems.

Arts
Nonprofits
Adelaide Dawson Lynch Trust Fund
$5,000
Adelaide Dawson Lynch Trust
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 27, 2024

This grant provides financial support to charitable organizations in Rhode Island that offer food and shelter to economically disadvantaged residents.

Infrastructure
Nonprofits
Medical Research Grants
$25,000
Rhode Island Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 23, 2024

This funding opportunity provides financial support to early-career biomedical researchers in Rhode Island for pilot projects or to enhance previously submitted NIH research proposals that scored well but were not funded.

Science and Technology
County governments
Project Grant for Organizations in Rhode Island
$3,000
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
State

Application Deadline

Oct 1, 2024

Date Added

Aug 13, 2024

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) offers the Project Grant for Organizations (PGO), a grant ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 for less than a year, to support arts and culture projects relevant to Rhode Island communities, with eligibility for nonprofit organizations incorporated in Rhode Island with a community-involved board of directors.

Arts
Nonprofits
1829 Legacy Fund Grants 2024
Contact for amount
Rhode Island Foundation
Private
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Aug 12, 2024

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island that provide essential services in human services, education, arts, and responsible journalism, particularly focusing on the homeless and youth.

Infrastructure
Nonprofits
2025 Consolidated Homeless Fund
$4,500,000
Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD)
State

Application Deadline

Aug 9, 2024

Date Added

Jul 29, 2024

The Consolidated Homeless Fund seeks proposals for preventing and responding to homelessness in the State of Rhode Island, including through street outreach and engagement, emergency shelters and low-barrier warming centers, housing navigation, housing problem solving, rapid re-housing, system-wide services, and other innovative projects. Donor Name: Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) State: Rhode Island County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/09/2024 Size of the Grant: Not Available Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The State of Rhode Island is invested in the goal of a homeless crisis response system that prevents homelessness whenever possible, and if homelessness occurs, rapidly exits those impacted to permanent housing solutions. As a person-centered system rooted in evidence-based best practices, the system incorporates a Housing First philosophy that is trauma informed and low barrier. As such, proposals submitted through this RFP should ensure that the voice of those with lived expertise in homelessness and strategies around harm reduction, being trauma informed, eliminating barriers, and being housing focused are incorporated into program/project designs. This RFP also challenges agencies to leverage mainstream resources whenever possible to expand and serve additional households. They realize that all individuals served are not eligible for Medicaid services and that Medicaid cannot cover all aspects of services; however, Medicaid funding should be a component of your budget. Project Types The CHFP seeks proposals for various homeless projects in response to this RFP from qualified nonprofit organizations or government entities (Vendors) for the following project types/programs: Emergency Shelters Street Outreach including CES Navigation Rapid Re-Housing Supportive Services Only System-wide and systems projects including Housing Problem Solving Warming CentersΒ  Temporary Seasonal SheltersΒ  New Permanent Emergency Shelters. Eligible projectsΒ  Proposal submissions are being encouraged through this RFP process for service provision through: Emergency Shelter, Street Outreach, Rapid Rehousing, Housing Problem Solving, Services only when paired with a housing project, and Systems projects. Funding Information The CHFP anticipates approximately $4.5 million in funds for the program year of October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, with approximately $2.5 million for new projects. Eligibility Criteria Applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be considered: Is a nonprofit organization (defined as tax-exempt secular or religious organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code), a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, a Public Housing Authority (PHA) or a Community Action Agency (CAP). Has no part of its net earnings inuring to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual. Does not have any findings from the State of Rhode Island or HUD that have not been addressed or resolved.Β  Has standards of financial accountability that conform to 2 CFR 200.302, β€˜Financial Management’ and 2 CFR 200.303, β€˜Internal Controls,’ which includes systems and software that allow for effective control over, and accountability for, all funds, property, and other assets.Β  Has a functioning accounting system that is operated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or has designated a fiscal agent that will maintain such an accounting system; and Has experience administering projects and services that assist people experiencing homelessness and/or housing instability.Β  For more information, visit OHCD.

Disaster Prevention and Relief
Nonprofits
Harry M., Miriam C. and William C. Horton Grant Program
$10,000
Harry M., Miriam C. and William C. Horton Fund
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jun 25, 2024

This fund provides financial support for projects in Rhode Island that meet basic needs like food, shelter, and healthcare, with grants ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 for one year.

Education
Nonprofits