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Nonprofits in Rhode Island

The IRS recognises 6,647 tax-exempt organizations with a Rhode Island address, rank 48 of 51. 722 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

6,647
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
5,361
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
722
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
597.6
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$18,134,962,617
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
0.3%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Rhode Island by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$2,454,579,414
2NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND$1,944,801,410
3BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE$1,585,724,817
4THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL$816,989,164
5KENT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$755,830,921
6WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND$620,363,659
7LIFESPAN CORPORATION$449,326,854
8PROVIDENCE COLLEGE$423,738,758
9LIFESPAN PHYSICIAN GROUP INC$366,760,724
10JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY$342,378,728
11BRYANT UNIVERSITY$255,859,551
12RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN$239,901,991
13SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE$232,310,829
14ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY$231,963,642
15NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION$204,818,900

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Rhode Island by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE$9,401,196,408
2NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION$3,919,589,889
3COASTAL1 CREDIT UNION$3,342,555,316
4RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$2,160,470,291
5THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,349,471,706
6PROVIDENCE COLLEGE$1,128,884,296
7LIFESPAN CORPORATION$1,115,050,265
8THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL$1,066,262,318
9JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY$773,639,499
10RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN$763,962,426

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Rhode Island by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1PROVIDENCE COLLEGE$3,016,012
2BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE$2,882,923
3BUTLER HOSPITAL$2,192,482
4CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM$2,192,482
5KENT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$2,192,482
6WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND$2,192,482
7EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL$2,016,723
8LIFESPAN CORPORATION$2,016,723
9NEWPORT HOSPITAL$2,016,723
10RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL$2,016,723

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Rhode Island by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Education97
Human Services73
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations68
Health Care57
Arts, Culture and Humanities42
Housing and Shelter24
Community Improvement and Capacity Building21
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention20
Recreation and Sports14
Voluntary Health Associations and Medical Disciplines11

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Rhode Island by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
47North Dakota6,784
49Vermont6,566

Rhode Island elsewhere on the Factbook

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  • Prison populationCrime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

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  • Federal obligationsFederal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Payments to doctorsHealth

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • The Rhode Island Factbook entryAcross the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration hub has no page for a state: CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography, so assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.

Compared with Vermont.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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