Twelve employees of Mansfield Bank volunteered May 23, at North Attleboro High School with dozens of Special Olympians. The athletes, parents and bank employees all had rave reviews for the event, for which Mansfield Bank Charitable Foundation was a major sponsor. more

Bank Rhode Island recently announced that is has awarded a $2,000 charitable grant to South Providence Neighborhood Ministries. more

The Collette Foundation, the charitable arm of Collette Vacations, has designated The Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund as its 2013 Charity of the Year. more

The Hilton Garden Inn in Warwick has joined forces with Feeding America, a national domestic hunger-relief organization, for the Breakfast with Heart campaign. more

New Bedford Community Rowing’s youth rowing clinics received a recent boost, thanks to a $2,000 donation from BayCoast Bank. more

PROVIDENCE – In the latest round of charitable giving through its more than decade-old BlueAngel Community Health Grants, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is spreading $235,000 in grants to … more

BayCoast Bank has pledged $100,000 to the Westport Historical Society to support to help stabilize and make publicly accessible the Handy House also known as the Cadman-White-Handy House and one of the town’s most significant colonial-era homes. more

We are a philanthropic nation. Even with the challenges of recent economic times, charitable giving increased by $8 billion in 2011, an increase of almost 4 percent from 2010, according to the 2012 report by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Individuals gave $217 billion, compared with $209 billion in 2010. more

The Newport Art Museum’s recent “Wet Paint” celebration brought in a record $89,000 that will support the museum’s exhibition, education, outreach and historic-preservation programs. more

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England recently presented the Schwartz Center for Children with a $15,000 grant. The grant will fund the center’s outdoor therapeutic play area, making it accessible for all of the center’s visitors. more