FundersRhode Island

David & Betsey Kilmartin Charitable

Glocester, RI · EIN 22-2727613. Reported 72 grants totalling $1,070,702 to 53 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$1,070,702granted, 2020-2024
53organizations funded
3%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David & Betsey Kilmartin Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,869; the smallest was $100 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
16 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
39 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Miriam Hospital FoundationProvidence, RI$365,000332023
Wgbg Educational FoundationBoston, MA$202,143112023
Harmony LibraryHarmony, RI$110,000222023
University of the SouthSewanee, TN$109,790112023
Ri Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsWarwick, RI$100,000112023
Rhode Island Conservators OrganizationNorth Scituate, RI$50,000112023
Rhode Island Zoological SocietyProvidence, RI$21,500332023
Cape Fear Valley Health FoundationFayetteville, NC$15,000112023
Washington and Lee School of LawLexington, VA$15,000222023
Volunters Service for AnimalsProvidence, RI$11,000222023
Grace Note Farm Music FestivalPascoag, RI$5,000112022
University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC$5,000112020
Glocester Police DepartmentChepachet, RI$4,869222024
Harmony Fire DepartmentHarmony, RI$4,000222023
Alzheimers Assoc of RiProvidence, RI$3,500222023
Glocester Human Resources Food BankChepachet, RI$3,000222023
Glocester Senior CenterGlocester, RI$3,000222023
Hope Hospice & Palliative Care of RiProvidence, RI$3,000222023
St Thomas Episcopal ChurchGreenville, RI$2,700222023
Audubon Society of Rhode IslandSmithfield, RI$2,500112023
Cardinal Cushing CentersHanover, MA$2,500112023
Cardinal Cushing SchoolHanover, MA$2,500112020
Spirit Works Foundation CenterWilliamsburg, VA$2,500112023
Thrive Behavioral HealthWarwick, RI$2,500112023
Friends WayWarwick, RI$2,000222023
Rhode Island Conservators OrgNorth Scituate, RI$2,000112020
Ri Community Food BankProvidence, RI$2,000222023
The Salvation ArmyProvidence, RI$2,000222023
Audobon Society of Rhode IslandSmithfield, RI$1,500112020
Bradley Hospital FoundationProvidence, RI$1,000112023
Compassion and ChoicesPortland, OR$1,000112023
Gateway HealthcareProvidence, RI$1,000112020
Habitat for HumanityShannock, RI$1,000112023
Hasbro Childrens HospitalProvidence, RI$1,000112023
House of HopeWarwick, RI$1,000112023
Rhode Island Public BroadcastingProvidence, RI$1,000222023
St Marys Bay View AcadamyRiverside, RI$1,000112020
The Leukemia & Lympoma SocietyWarwick, RI$1,000112020
The Nature Conservancy of RiProvidence, RI$1,000112023
The Nature Conservnacy of RiProvidence, RI$1,000112020
Gentle Giants Horse RescueMt Airy, MD$500112020
Planned ParenthoodNew York, NY$500112023
Ri State Grange FoundationChepachet, RI$500112020
Ronald Mcdonald HouseProvidence, RI$500112020
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$500112023
Hopehealth Visiting NurseLincoln, RI$250112021
National Audubon Society IncNew York, NY$250222023
Project OutreachProvidence, RI$250112023
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL$250112023
United States Equestrian Team FoundationPeapack and Gladstone, NJ$250112023
Poodle Rescue Connecticut IncNaugatuck, CT$200112023
Friends of the Cornell Lab of OrnithologyRiverside, CT$150112023
Bluffton Public LibraryBluffton, SC$100112020

17 of 53 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 3%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
7 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Environment
1 grant
Civil Rights
1 grant
Education
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202027$55,100$1,000
20213$105,350$250
20222$15,000$7,500
202339$892,383$2,000
20241$2,869$2,869

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in Rhode Island. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Rhode Island
$713K
Massachusetts
$207K
Tennessee
$110K
Virginia
$18K
North Carolina
$15K
South Carolina
$5K
Oregon
$1K
New York
$750

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsThe Rhode Island Community Foundation9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsUnited Way of Rhode Island Inc7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Rhode Island.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from David & Betsey Kilmartin Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 247 Farnum Road, Glocester, RI, 02814. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 22-2727613 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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