Felicia Fund Inc
Providence, RI · EIN 05-0420703. Reported 133 grants totalling $2,159,558 to 86 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Felicia Fund Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mount Ann Fund | Lenox, MA | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $152,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Providence | Providence, RI | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum | East Greenwich, RI | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salve Regina University | Newport, RI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shelburne Museum | Shelburne, VT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Club Preservation Fund | Providence, RI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mt Vernon Ladies' Association | Mt Vernon, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parkgate Restoration Association | Newport, RI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Linden Place | Bristol, RI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nscdny | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Compass School | Kingston, RI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Old Sturbridge Village | Sturbridge, MA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Newport Restoration Foundation | Newport, RI | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ansonia Music Outreach | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Providence Preservation Society | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rihs | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roger Williams Park Zoo | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Westerly Land Trust | Westerly, RI | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Preserve Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $13,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Attingham | New York, NY | $12,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island Zoological Society | Providence, RI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coggeshall Farm Museum | Bristol, RI | $10,184 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 1ST Congregational Church Bristol | Bristol, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cooper Hewitt | Ny, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the N Brook Town House | North Brookfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Huguenot Street | New Paltz, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Linden Place Mansion | Bristol, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Stanley Park of Westfield Inc | Westfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School | East Providence, RI | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $8,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Creature Conserve | Barrington, RI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beacon Charter Schools | Woonsocket, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Preservation Archive Project | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Preservation Worcester | Worcester, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roger Williams Park Conservancy | Providence, RI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Olana Partnership | Hudson, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canterbury Choral Society | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vamum Continentials Inc | East Greenwich, RI | $5,789 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halcyon Foundation | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Society Library | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alden Kindred of America Inc | Duxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Connection - Ri | Pawtucket, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blackstone Valley Tourism Council | Central Falls, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bristol Mild Passage Port Project | Bristol, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Building Bridges Providence | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bvtc | Pawtucket, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Pilgrim Museum | Provincetown, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cape Verdean Museum | East Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coggeshall Farm Museum | Sturbridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Genesse Country Village Museum | Mumford, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic Cherry Hill | Albany, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Landgdon Congregtional Church | Langdon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Preservation Society Newport County | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Risd Fund | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Aldren Kindred of America Inc | Duxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warner House | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Initiatives in Art & Culture | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alumni Association | Haddonfield, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Friend and Service | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Victorian Society | Haddonfield, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Wickford Inc | Wickford, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International House of Ri | Providence, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save Ellis Island Inc | Augusta, NJ | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tomaquag | Exeter, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cranston Public Library | Cranston, RI | $3,435 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 134 Collaborative | Providence, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Warren Armory | Warren, RI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angels Net Foundation Inc | W Boylston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House of Seven Gables | Salem, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mile of History Association | Providence, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Connection - Rhode Island | Pawtucket, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwood Vol Fire Co #1 | Warwick, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic Deerfield | Deerfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Athenaeum | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement House | Long Island City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
28 of 86 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 36%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 85 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 32 | $463,119 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 31 | $538,100 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $512,550 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $645,789 | $5,000 |
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. 47% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 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 Felicia Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 90 Elm Street, Providence, RI, 02903. 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.
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