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Providence Center celebrates veterans housing facility, program
The Providence Center celebrated the opening of the Joyce House, a new program that will house homeless veterans with mental health and substance abuse problems with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Mayor Angel Taveras on Monday. more
Rhode Island reaches settlement with Justice over ADA violations
The U.S. Department of Justice entered into an interim settlement agreement on Thursday with the state of Rhode Island and the city of Providence to resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act that affected roughly 200 Rhode Islanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. more
| 6/13/13
Patel, Cooney honored by Boy Scouts
The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America hosted its Annual Distinguished Citizens Award Luncheon at The Omni Providence hotel on Thursday, awarding this year’s Sen. John H. Chafee Distinguished Citizens Award to Jaymin B. Patel, president and CEO of GTECH Corp., and the late Edward J. Cooney, former senior vice president and treasurer of Nortek Inc. more
BIF awarded $272K to study new models for the ‘aging experience’
(Updated, 3:28 p.m.) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $272,400 grant to the Business Innovation Factory to “explore the ‘connected aging experience’ and identify transformational models for connected aging,” according to the Providence-based organization. more
| 6/12/13
Big Brothers Big Sisters opens sixth donation center
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State has opened a new donation center on Route 44 in Johnston to help serve communities in the central and northern parts of Rhode Island, the nonprofit announced Tuesday. more
| 6/11/13
Fidelity Charitable releases donor-activity report
A new report has shed light on the charitable donation patterns of people who contribute to donor-advised funds operated through Fidelity Charitable, finding that many donors are older, actively engaged in philanthropy and clustered in large metropolitan areas, the charity announced Monday. more
ACLU finds racial gap in R.I. school suspensions
A report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island found that school suspensions throughout the state disproportionately target black, Hispanic and Native American students, often for relatively minor rule violations, the organization announced Wednesday. more
R.I. Foundation presents awards at annual meeting
At its annual meeting Wednesday evening, the Rhode Island Foundation presented its three annual awards to Rhode Islanders “who have shown tremendous leadership and dedication to improving out state and the quality of life for others through their philanthropy and community engagement,” according to a release. more
| 5/31/13
Champlin grant funds food bank truck
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has added a new 22-foot refrigerated truck to its fleet, courtesy of a $120,493 grant from the Champlin Foundations, the food bank announced Thursday. more
| 5/30/13
Nonprofits face June 30 deadline for annual reports
The deadline for Rhode Island’s 7,900-plus nonprofits to file annual reports with the state is approaching, according to Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. more
| 5/29/13
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