Anchor Institutions

Working together, these three hospitals cumulatively provided one million dollars in core support for the establishment of the South Providence Development Corporation (SPDC), which aims to foster business development and increase employment opportunities that renew the social, economic, and health status within Providence.  Some notable achievements of the partnership include: their job training and placement services resulted in placements for 216 neighborhood residents, they financed and launched CleanScape, a for-profit neighborhood-based recycling company, and assisted in the creation of two other local enterprises; together these three firms employ 26 local residents. The coalition has also purchased and restored vacant and deteriorating real estate to carry out their other major initiatives including the development of a cooperative child care center, a small business incubator, and expansion of the SPDC’s environmental business.

The Ocean State Charities Trust was established in 1981 to aid Rhode Island citizens with housing, healthcare, education, and welfare.  The Trust specifies that grant recipients must be a public charity, incorporated in Rhode Island, and awards grants on a semi-annual basis. In 2011, the trust approved over $305,000 worth of funds to organizations such as Jonnycake Center of Westerly and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, making them the 20^th top-giving foundation in Rhode Island.

Founded in 1932, the Champlin Foundations have distrubted over $460 million in direct grants, almost exclusively for capital needs, consisting of equipment, construction, renovation, the purchase of real estate property, and reduction of mortgage indebtedness, to tax exempt organizations throughout Rhode Island. The group aims to provide “hands on” equipment and facilities for those being served by local tax-exempt organizations. In 2011, the group approved 208 endowments and dispersed almost $19 million dollars to organizations such as Rhode Island Center Assisting Those in Need, Dorcas Place, and Community Works Rhode Island.

The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) works to inspire a culture of philanthropy for and by Latinos, invest in Latino-based nonprofit organizations, and build and mobilize a California-wide network of donors and advocates to transform Latino communities.  Since 2008, LCF has invested more than $3 million in over 50 Latino-based organizations in 14 Northern California counties that have educated and empowered more than 100,000 children, youth, and their parents. Read more about Latino Community Foundation...