The Capacity Building Grant Program is one of three core grant programs and primarily provides funding to support the infrastructure and/or technical assistance needs of organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the community priorities, and related focus areas in the Foundation’s Five-Year Action Plan.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/29/2026
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 inclusiveness, accessibility, compassion, mutual respect and humility, ensuring that efforts address inequities and support thriving communities.
Priorities and Considerations
Capacity Building grants may support activities such as, but not limited to:
- Board development and governance
- Business planning and implementation
- Communications/marketing planning and implementation
- Data and evaluation planning and implementation
- Financial planning and implementation
- Fund development planning and implementation
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Succession planning and implementation
- Technology planning and implementation, i.e. purchase/lease of software
Funding Information
Capacity Building grant requests may be up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations are eligible to be awarded one Capacity Building grant during a 12-month period.
- This program primarily targets nonprofit, 501(c)3 organizations located in Rhode Island.
- Organizations also recognize there are entities and efforts without a 501(c)(3) IRS designation that align with this funding opportunity. Given that, they will also consider grant applications from groups using a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) IRS designation. If an organization is serving as a fiscal agent for another entity, they may also be eligible for a separate Community Priority grant to support their own organization.
- Given focus on Rhode Island, if your organization is located outside of the state yet serving Rhode Islanders in unique ways, they recommend completing the pre-application, and they’ll evaluate if your organization’s work might be a fit.
- This grant program will not fund individuals, for-profit entities, event sponsorships, or capital projects.
For more information, visit RIF.
