The Rhode Island Foundation is accepting applications for its Grants from Specialized Health Funds.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/20/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Rhode Island Foundation stewards a collection of funds of various sizes that generous donors have established to address health and healthcare needs of Rhode Islanders. These funds are used to support the Specialized Health Funds program, which provides grants to nonprofit organizations working in these related areas.
The Specialized Health Funds program is complementary to the Foundation’s Healthy and Strong Community Priority. The Foundation will prioritize applications that:
- Demonstrate knowledge and expertise in the area of proposed work
- Have organizational infrastructure that indicates sufficient capacity for this work, including financial infrastructure and staff
- Have the strongest alignment between an application and available funds
Funding availability varies each year and could include the following areas:
- Working on education, prevention, and care of those with renal disease
- Providing hospice care for the terminally ill
- Providing care and relief to individuals suffering from incurable diseases
- Providing care and treatment for those with cancer
- Providing support for people with physical disabilities
- Helping or aiding those with developmental or intellectual disabilities
- In addition to the medical conditions listed above, there may be limited funding available for organizations providing support and care to individuals suffering from mental illness, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, or heart ailments
- Focusing on the outreach, education, clinical or basic research involving human growth hormone steroids or other performance enhancing substances
- Providing care and support for individuals with low-vision and blindness:
- Assists visually impaired individuals in Rhode Island to move towards economic self-sufficiency
- Advances innovative solutions for people affected by blindness or vision loss
- Develops research-based solutions to the underlying disease or condition that causes blindness or vision loss, particularly macular degeneration
- Supports summer camps for Rhode Island children with low-vision and blindness
Funding Information
Grants generally range from $10,000 to $50,000 depending upon availability of funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizations located or delivering services in the state of Rhode Island.
- We also recognize there are entities and efforts without a 501(c)(3) IRS designation that align with this funding opportunity. Given that, we will also consider grant applications from groups using a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) IRS designation.
- Specialized Health Fund awards do not fund individuals, scholarships, capital or endowment efforts, fundraising events, or campaigns to elect candidates to public office.
For more information, visit Rhode Island Foundation.
