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National Grid boosts support for City Year
National Grid now ranks as City Year Rhode Island’s largest team sponsor after a recent $300,000 donation. more
| 6/15/12
Five Questions With: Kathleen Pletcher
Executive artistic director at FirstWorks talks about the year-round series of events. more
DCYF lands $4M federal expansion grant
The R.I. Department of Children, Youth & Families is slated to receive a $4 million expansion grant over the next four years from the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for its system of care implementation. more
| 11/21/12
Clean Bays takes on new name for same environmental mission
The Rhode Island-based nonprofit Clean the Bay has a new name – Clean Bays. The group removes marine debris from the shores and waterways of southern New England. more
| 1/8/13
R.I. earns ‘C+,’ ranks 5th on education policy report card
Rhode Island earned a ‘C+’ with a score of 2.33 out of 4 on educational reform advocacy group StudentsFirst’s 2013 State Policy Report Card. more
| 1/7/13
Women’s Fund Rhode Island awards $40K in grants
The Women’s Fund Rhode Island, which works to eliminate gender inequality through systematic change, on Friday awarded six Rhode Island organizations a total of $40,000 in grants. more
Veterans Workshop lands $25K from Michigan nonprofit
Veterans Workshop, a veterans charity located in Rhode Island, has landed $25,000 from Rochester Hills, Mich.-based nonprofit Others First. more
| 7/18/12
Five Questions With: Jean Johnson
Executive director of House of Hope CDC talks about the nonprofit, which buys, builds, renovates and/or manages 18 properties for the state’s homeless adults and families. more
WD & Associates donates school supplies to group
For the fifth consecutive year, Bill and Tammie Delmage of WD & Associates Inc., a health care consulting firm in East Providence, have helped children in Rhode Island’s foster care system go back to school with new backpacks and supplies. more
9/17/12
Minority-owned companies not getting share of contracts
When Lisa Ranglin helped announce the creation of the Rhode Island Black Business Association in October 2011, she said there was a serious need for a central advocacy program for small businesses owned by minorities and females in Rhode Island. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 12/3/12

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