The Rhode Island Foundation is pleased to announce the Capacity Building Grants to support the needs of organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the community priorities, and related focus areas in the Foundation.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
At the center of each community priority is a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), ensuring that efforts address systemic inequities and support thriving communities.
Funding Information
Capacity Building grant requests may be up to $15,000.
Capacity Building grants may support activities such as:
- strategic planning
- business planning
- feasibility studies
- fund development planning
- marketing and communications planning
- planning for reorganization
- streamlining operations or services
- partnerships and mergers
- financial management planning or systems adoption
- transition or succession planning
- board planning and strengthening
- diversity, equity, inclusion, and access training, assessment, and planning, which can center on organizational culture and/or the equity focus of an organization’s work and relationship with the communities they serve.
Eligibility Criteria
Capacity Building Grants are awarded to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations based in Rhode Island.
For more information, visit RIF.
