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CVS Caremark Charitable Trust opens 2012 grant application process
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust – a private foundation founded by CVS Caremark Corp. – has opened the 2012 grant application process to eligible nonprofit organizations seeking funding. more
| 6/1/12
R.I. nonprofits receive grants to combat veteran homelessness
Two veteran advocacy nonprofits – Operation Stand Down Rhode Island and Veterans Inc. – will receive grants to help prevent and end homelessness among veterans, lawmakers announced Wednesday more
Osprey population back from oblivion, says Audubon
Volunteers for the Rhode Island Audubon Society’s Osprey Monitoring Program reported 178 successfully fledged young in 2012, the highest number in the program’s 35 year history. more
Kids Count: R.I. ranked 25th in nation for child welfare
Rhode Island ranked 25th in the nation for the overall wellbeing of its children, according to the 23rd annual Kids Count data book released Wednesday. more
Brown lands major gift to establish aging health initiative
Brown University’s Program in Public Health will receive a major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund to establish an aging health initiative. more
| 1/9/13
Kids Count: R.I. youth employment rate at 50%
Rhode Island’s youth employment rate, at around 50 percent for those aged 16 to 24, is following in what is being called a dangerous trend of declining against a still struggling economy, according to a new Kids Count report from the Annie B. Casey Foundation. more
Maternova selected as Global Hot 100 enterprise
Maternova Inc. was selected as one of the Global Hot 100 to represent the best in innovation at the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. more
Kids Count presents Warwick education data
At an event Wednesday at the Warwick Public Library, Rhode Island Kids Count Policy Analyst Stephanie Geller presented Warwick-centric data from the 2012 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, showing the improvements and declines in the well-being of the city’s children and youth. more
Ocean State Job Lot makes record food donation
(Updated Jan. 4, 10:45 a.m.)On Tuesday, Jan. 15, Ocean State Job Lot will make a record donation to food banks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and New York. more
| 1/3/13
Providence named finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge
Rhode Island’s capital city has been named a finalist in the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition designed to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Monday. more
| 11/5/12
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