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U.S. marketing manager for G Adventures talks about the company and its nonprofit foundation, Planterra, which are running the G Project.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Rhode Island Foundation ended the year with a record $678 million in asset, an increase on its 2011 year-end asset total of $604 million, thanks in part to a 13.1 percent return on its investments, according to its recently released annual report.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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With its second round of Innovation Fellowships, The Rhode Island Foundation is making investments in the state that, unfortunately, few others are stepping forward to make.
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5/13/13
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BankNewport recently contributed $5,000 to the Housing Hotline’s “You Can Make a Difference” emergency fund to help support those experiencing a crisis with shelter and basic human needs.
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5/13/13
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More than 20 employees of Fidelity Investments spent a day last month helping more than two dozen Providence children learn about and build solar-powered cars.
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5/13/13
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WaterFire plans to send its enchanting flames over the waterways of downtown Providence with 11 full lightings in 2013. At least that’s the schedule, the buildup to which was anything but typical this year due to added complexities of sequestration and public concern about security since the Boston Marathon bombing in April.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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In its inaugural Innovation Fellowships last year, The Rhode Island Foundation funded two projects with undeniable commercial potential built around growing retail and arts-centered startups.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The sixth Rhode Island Docent Symposium, which will host 150 people from 33 institutions in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut on May 13, for a day of communication and collaboration has been sold out for weeks, according to the Rhode Island Historical Society.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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more than 500 students from the University of Rhode Island’s 24 fraternities and sororities participated in a walkathon that raised more than $100,000 for South County Habitat for Humanity.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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Wine and beer tasting, Liver Walk Providence and more.
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By PBN Staff
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