Grants awarded
Who does Mary Dexter Chafee Fund fund?
Mary Dexter Chafee Fund has awarded $914,000 across 186 grants to 64 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $3,000 and $6,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $3,750 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$914K
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
64
Grants
186
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| B Boys and Girls Club of Providence | $47K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic | $43K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | ME | |
| P Project Goal INC | $35K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
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$34K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
| I Individual recipient | $33K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket | $33K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S San Miguel School of Providence | $32K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CT | |
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
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$30K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $29K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Providence Preservation Society
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$28K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
Families First Community Center
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$26K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | ME | |
| D Dorcas International Institute of RI | $26K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Providence Public Library
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$26K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
Lucy's Hearth
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| R RI Community Food Bank | $25K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$23K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
East Bay Food Pantry
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$22K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
| C Church of the Redeemer | $22K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $21K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music | $20K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | $20K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Next Step Domestic Violence Currency | $18K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
College Visions
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$15K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
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$15K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
Meals on Wheels of RI INC
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$13K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
| C Connecting Children and Families | $13K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Providence Childrens Museum
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$12K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | RI | |
Community String Project INC
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$12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
| N Newportfall River Star Kids Scholarship Program | $12K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Save the Bay INC | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | VA | |
| B Boysf and Girls Club of Providence | $9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Women's Resource Center | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Southern Ne | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Community Boating Center | $8K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of RI | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | ME | |
| G Groundwork of RI Currency | $6K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Trinity Repertory Company
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$6K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
Camp Surefire Foundation
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$6K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | RI | |
| 1 134 Collaborative | $6K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | RI | |
| M Mae Organization INC | $5K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Northern RI | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Providence County Day School | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Onward We Learn
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | RI | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C College Crusade of RI | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Community Boating Center INC | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Providence Country Day School
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$4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | RI | |
Squashbusters INC
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$4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Coggeshall Farm Museum INC
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | RI | |
| S Squash Busters INC | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mile of History Association | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | RI | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | RI | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| S School One | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| J Jdp Theatre Co | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Family Services of RI | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Animal Rescue League of Southern RI | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $900 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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