Mary Dexter Chafee Fund
Private foundation · Little Compton, RI · EIN 05-6006295 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee
99grants reported
$5,000median award
$3,000lower quartile
$900smallest grant
$484Ktotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 99 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $14K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
31 Patten Dr
L Compton, RI 02837-1334
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket | Pawtucket, RI | $10,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Providence | Providence, RI | $10,000 |
| Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic | Ellsworth, ME | $10,000 |
| Families First Community Center | Ellesworth, ME | $10,000 |
| Next Step Domestic Violence Currency | Ellsworth, ME | $10,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England | Providence, RI | $10,000 |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | Hancock, ME | $10,000 |
| Woonasquatucket River Shed | Providence, RI | $8,100 |
| Women's Resource Center | Warren, RI | $8,000 |
| Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Families First Community Center | Ellesworth, ME | $8,000 |
| Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic | Ellsworth, ME | $8,000 |
| Dorcas International Institute of RI | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Providence | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket | Pawtucket, RI | $8,000 |
| Project Goal Inc | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Providence After School Alliance | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Dorcas International Institute of RI | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Families First Community Center | Ellesworth, ME | $8,000 |
| Next Step Domestic Violence Currency | Ellsworth, ME | $8,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Providence After School Alliance | Providence, RI | $8,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket | Pawtucket, RI | $7,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Providence | Providence, RI | $7,000 |
| Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic | Ellsworth, ME | $7,000 |
| Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | Providence, RI | $6,500 |
| Church of the Redeemer | Providence, RI | $6,250 |
| Save the Bay Inc | Providence, RI | $5,500 |
| Dorcas International Institute of RI | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | Hancock, ME | $5,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Project Goal Inc | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence After School Alliance | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Athenaeum Currency | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Preservation Society | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Public Library | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music | East Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| San Miguel School of Providence | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Public Library | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Preservation Society | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| San Miguel School of Providence | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Community Boating Center Inc | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Better Lives RI | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Beautiful Day | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Lucy's Hearth | Middletown, RI | $5,000 |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | Hancock, ME | $5,000 |
| Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Lucy's Hearth | Middletown, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Athenaeum Currency | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Preservation Society | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Providence Public Library | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music | East Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| San Miguel School of Providence | Providence, RI | $5,000 |
| Schoodic Arts for All | Winter Harbor, ME | $4,000 |
| Southside Community Land Trust | Providence, RI | $4,000 |
| Better Lives RI | Providence, RI | $4,000 |
| Groundwork of RI Currency | Pawtucket, RI | $4,000 |
| Southside Community Land Trust | Providence, RI | $4,000 |
| Woonasquatucket River Shed | Providence, RI | $4,000 |
| RI Community Food Bank | Providence, RI | $3,500 |
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