Funders for Bryant University

Foundations and grantmakers with a track record of funding colleges & universities organizations in RI — ranked by their actual grant history, most relevant first.

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25 funders found

Possible match Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $126.1M · 139 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · WA
Gave $126.1M across 139 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $907KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (139 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Laura and John Arnold Foundation $18.3M · 60 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · TX
Gave $18.3M across 60 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $305KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (60 grants to similar orgs)
Strong match Fidelity Foundation $46K · 62 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · MA
Gave $46K across 62 grants to colleges & universities orgs in RI, 2021–2024
Avg grant $745Most recent 2024
Why this funder (62 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Commonwealth Fund $8.0M · 60 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $8.0M across 60 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $133KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (60 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $24.0M · 48 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · CA
Gave $24.0M across 48 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $501KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (48 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match John Templeton Foundation $25.5M · 42 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · PA
Gave $25.5M across 42 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $607KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (42 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Ford Foundation $9.6M · 39 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $9.6M across 39 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $245KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (39 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Freedom Together Foundation $27.6M · 24 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $27.6M across 24 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $1.2MMost recent 2024
Why this funder (24 grants to similar orgs)
DAF sponsor The New York Community Trust $2.4M · 21 grants to similar orgs
DAF sponsor · NY
Gave $2.4M across 21 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2023–2024
DAF sponsor — donor-directed. These gifts are recommended by individual donors through a fund, not awarded by a foundation you can approach directly.
Avg grant $115KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (21 grants to similar orgs)
DAF sponsor The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund $256K · 35 grants to similar orgs
DAF sponsor · LA
Gave $256K across 35 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2023
DAF sponsor — donor-directed. These gifts are recommended by individual donors through a fund, not awarded by a foundation you can approach directly.
Avg grant $7KMost recent 2023
Why this funder (35 grants to similar orgs)
Strong match Amica Companies Foundation $113K · 20 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · RI
Gave $113K across 20 grants to colleges & universities orgs in RI, 2021–2024
Avg grant $6KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (20 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $4.2M · 21 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · CA
Gave $4.2M across 21 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $202KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (21 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Carnegie Corporation of New York $6.0M · 26 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $6.0M across 26 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2023
Avg grant $231KMost recent 2023
Why this funder (26 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $8.6M · 23 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · IL
Gave $8.6M across 23 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $374KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (23 grants to similar orgs)
DAF sponsor The Rhode Island Community Foundation $787K · 13 grants to similar orgs
DAF sponsor · RI
Gave $787K across 13 grants to colleges & universities orgs in RI, 2021–2024
DAF sponsor — donor-directed. These gifts are recommended by individual donors through a fund, not awarded by a foundation you can approach directly.
Avg grant $61KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (13 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Robert and Ardis James Foundation INC $8.2M · 22 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · DE
Gave $8.2M across 22 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2023
Avg grant $373KMost recent 2023
Why this funder (22 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match John S and James L Knight Foundation INC $3.9M · 19 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · FL
Gave $3.9M across 19 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2022–2024
Avg grant $207KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (19 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Gray Foundation C/O Goldman Sachs Wealth Services LP $7.7M · 20 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $7.7M across 20 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2022–2023
Avg grant $386KMost recent 2023
Why this funder (20 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match The Heising-Simons Foundation $2.5M · 14 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · CA
Gave $2.5M across 14 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $179KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (14 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Shell Oil Company Foundation $78K · 17 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · TX
Gave $78K across 17 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $5KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (17 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center INC $14.2M · 15 grants to similar orgs
Public charity grantmaker · MA
Gave $14.2M across 15 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2023
Avg grant $944KMost recent 2023
Why this funder (15 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation $2.1M · 11 grants to similar orgs
Public charity grantmaker · MA
Gave $2.1M across 11 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $193KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (11 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation $175.3M · 11 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · CA
Gave $175.3M across 11 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $15.9MMost recent 2024
Why this funder (11 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Bloomberg Family Foundation INC $166.1M · 10 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NY
Gave $166.1M across 10 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2021–2024
Avg grant $16.6MMost recent 2024
Why this funder (10 grants to similar orgs)
Possible match Smith Richardson Foundation INC $1.2M · 11 grants to similar orgs
Private foundation · NC
Gave $1.2M across 11 grants to colleges & universities orgs in neighboring states, 2022–2024
Avg grant $113KMost recent 2024
Why this funder (11 grants to similar orgs)
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