GCRI Member Data & Research
GCRI, its members, and partners around the state contribute to our shared understanding of issues facing communities and nonprofits, as well as philanthropic strategies and insights.
What follows is a list of data and research made available by GCRI’s members and partners, with the hope that it contributes to more strategic and effective philanthropic contributions work across the Ocean State.
Rhode Island Nonprofit Sector Data
- 2025 Rhode Island Nonprofit State of the Sector Survey
- The State of Rhode Island’s Nonprofit Sector: January 2023
- 2022 Rhode Island Nonprofit State of the Sector Survey
Civic Life
The Rhode Island Civic Health Index, sponsored by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, draws upon data-driven indicators and information about diverse connections to civic life to join 30 other states that have examined their own civic well-being. This index provides a baseline to help communities, leaders, and policymakers understand what challenges and opportunities Rhode Islanders share.
The 2022 Rhode Island Civic Health Index examines five areas of civic health in Rhode Island in terms of where we are now (the current status of that area), where we can go from here (steps to strengthen that area), and how we can move forward, together (questions for every Rhode Islander to consider). The report draws upon a number of governmental and private data sources for this assessment. Click here for the executive summary.
If you or your organization are interested in the raw data from the 2022 RI Civic Health Index Survey, you can access a PDF of that data here.
2027 Rhode Island Civic Health Index is under development now!
Health
Starting in 2019, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Public Health have delivered an annual RI Life Index, which captures Rhode Islanders’ perceptions of social determinants of health and well-being. View Index
Arts Education
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts developed the Rhode Island Arts Education Data Dashboard in partnership with the Arts Education Data Project. It offers an in-depth overview of the state of arts education in Rhode Island’s public and public charter schools dating back to 2020. This comprehensive and interactive tool is designed so that users can easily navigate data that illustrates arts enrollment, access, and trends on a statewide, district, and school level, pre-kindergarten through high school.
Women’s Well-Being
The Rhode Island Women’s Well-Being Index, sponsored by the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, provides a comprehensive, composite measure of how women are faring, broken down by city/town and county where such data is available. 2024 policy briefs available include: