Fogarty Foundation Celebrates 60 Years of Service With Record $313,000 in Grants in RI

Fogarty Foundation Celebrates 60 Years of Service With Record $313,000 in Grants in RI

The accomplishments of late Rhode Island U.S. Congressman John Fogarty are sometimes lost to history.

He had one of the most profound legacies to improve healthcare for Americans.

Fogarty, who served in Congress for 22 years until his death in 1967, was one of the great champions of promoting science to improve healthcare and to create programs for those with developmental disabilities. 

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Fogarty was widely known as "Everybody's Congressman."

His legacy is celebrated annually through critical donations to Rhode Island non-profits focusing on Intellectual and physical developmental disabilities.

Now, the John E. Fogarty Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary by awarding a historic $313,000 in grants to 47 nonprofit organizations across Rhode Island.

 

Grants in 2025

2025 Grant Recipients: AccessPoint RI, The Arc of Bristol County, The Arc Rhode Island, Arts Alive!, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Autism Included, The Autism Project, Ballet Rhode Island, Best Buddies of Mass/Rhode Island, Bishop Hendricken Op0ons Program, Blackstone Valley Prep, Bridge Builders of Diversity, Camp JORI, Children’s Friend & Service, Common Fence Point Improvement Association, Episcopal Conference Center, Family Services of Rhode Island, The Fogarty Center, Frank Olean Center, Gateways to Change, Gnome Surf, Goodwill of SNE, Greater Providence YMCA, The Groden Center, James D. Rielly Foundation, James L. Maher Center, LIFE Inc., Living Innovations in RI, Looking Upwards, Meeting Street, Newport County Challenger, Newport County YMCA, Ocean Community YMCA, Outsider Collective, ReFocus, Revive the Roots, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilies Council (RIDDC), RI Parent Information Network (RIPIN), RI Social Skills Academy (RISSA), Sail To Prevail, Salve Regina University, Seven Hills RI, Shri Service Corps, Special Olympics RI, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Trudeau Center, and YMCA Pawtucket.

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