Private foundation · Cranston, RI

The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati

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Typical grant size
$917 $2K $5K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
81
Repeat grantees
57
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Carol Salmanson
TRUSTEE
$18K
Barbara Salmanson
TRUSTEE
$18K
Alan Salmanson
TRUSTEE
$18K
Benjamin G Paster
TRUSTEE
$2K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
19.1%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
573
Total grants awarded
$4.7M
Total amount
$8K
Average grant
$420K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$520K
47 grants
2023
$800K
32 grants
2022
$360K
37 grants
2021
$546K
58 grants
2020
$383K
70 grants
2019
$388K
57 grants
2018
$321K
51 grants
2017
$140K
21 grants
2016
$392K
68 grants
2015
$389K
56 grants
2014
$320K
63 grants
2013
$187K
13 grants

Top recipients

12 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$2.2M
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$442K
10 grants · NJ · ✓ Exact match
$225K
Nutureart Non-profit Inc
7 grants · NY
$164K
Independent Curator's International (ici)
8 grants · NY
$137K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$135K
9 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$100K
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$84K
4 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$78K
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$72K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

United Jewish Appeal (uja) Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$270K
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$97K
Independent Curator's International (ici)
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$31K
Hearing Health Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$25K
American Friends of Leket Israel
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NJ · TY 2024
$15K
Food Bank for New York City
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Smack Mellon
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$7K
Jewish Child Care Association
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$5K
The Bowery Residents Committee
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Bizchut
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
TY 2024
$5K
Friends of Tsad Kadima
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
IL · TY 2024
$5K
Friends of United Hatzalah
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$4K
Zaka USA
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$4K
Propublica Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Ezer Mizion Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$3K
American Friends of Orr Shalom Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
WI · TY 2024
$3K
The Childrens Bridge of Zichron Menachem Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$3K
National Arts Club
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$2K
National Resources Defense Council
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$2K
National Alliance to End Homelessness
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
DC · TY 2024
$2K
Feed Soldiers
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$2K
American Friends of Alyn Hospital
SUPPORT OF MEDICAL CARE TO NEEDY
NY · TY 2024
$2K
New York Public Radio Wqxr
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$2K
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
DC · TY 2024
$2K
Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Fund for Global Human Rights
HUMAN RIGHTS
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Art Spiel
GENERAL OPERATING FUND
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Environmetal Defense Fund - Edf
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Dorot
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Lone Soldier Center
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
TY 2024
$1K
Rhode Island Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
RI · TY 2024
$1K
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Nami
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Union of Concerned Scientists
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
MA · TY 2024
$1K
Jewish Museum
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$750
World Central Kitchen
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
DC · TY 2024
$638
Norte Mar- Give Fund
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$600
Pan Mass Challenge
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
MA · TY 2024
$513
The Art Students League
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$500
Hunter College Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$400
The Teak Fellowship
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$263
New York Public Library
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$263
Park Avenue Synogogue
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$258
Lincoln Center Development Project Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$250
Center for Preservation of Artist Legacies
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$250
The City
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$180
New York Artist Equity Associatioin
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$165
Thirteen
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2024
$100
United Jewish Appeal (uja) Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2023
$420K
P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NY · TY 2023
$113K
American Friends of Leket Israel
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
NJ · TY 2023
$73K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.