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College Crusade raises $60K at Believe Breakfast

Nonprofit 12/11/2015

PROVIDENCE – The College Crusade of Rhode Island raised $60,000 at its 2015 Believe Breakfast celebration in mid-November at the Providence Marriott Downtown. The...

Report: R.I. volunteerism increased in 2014

Nonprofit 12/11/2015

Rhode Island volunteers gave 21.1 million hours of service in 2014, according to data from Volunteering and Civic Life in America 2015, the nonprofit...

RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION President & CEO Neil D. Steinberg said that $4.5 million of the $10 million campaign to restore Roger Williams Park has already been raised. / COURTESY STEW MILNE

R.I. Foundation launches statewide community grant program to celebrate centennial

Economic Activity 12/08/2015

(Updated 11:31 a.m. and 12:58 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – To start celebrating its centennial next year, the Rhode Island Foundation announced a statewide community grant program...

THIS IS A rendering of the Team USA Award that Alex and Ani designed for the U.S. Olympic Committee. / COURTESY ALEX AND ANI

Alex and Ani designs Team USA award for U.S. Olympic Committee

Capital Goods 12/07/2015

CRANSTON - Alex and Ani has designed the Team USA Award for the U.S. Olympic Committee, the company announced Monday. The in-house design team led...

Do buy-local campaigns work?

Economic Activity 12/05/2015

Rhode Island organizations are reinvigorating buy-local campaigns for the holidays, but how much the efforts truly boost the bottom lines for businesses can be...

DR. TIMOTHY J. Babineau, president and CEO of Lifespan, said "the big complicated problems are only solved through collaboration." On Friday, Lifespan, Brown University, Care New England, the University of Rhode Island, and the Providence VA Medical Center announce that they have forged a neuroscience research agreement. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Five R.I. institutions forge neuroscience agreement

Health Services 12/04/2015

PROVIDENCE - Five Rhode Island institutions engaged in brain science research have agreed to work collaboratively to enhance their collective critical mass and attract...

5Q: Shey Rivera

Economic Activity 12/04/2015

1 Following in Umberto Crenca's footsteps as artistic director (and now sharing oversight with Managing Director Shauna Duffy), what have you learned about leadership? Umberto...

Judith McSoley became major gifts officer at the Providence-based Adoption Rhode Island six months ago, after seven years as director of development and community relations. She has been at the nonprofit for 16 years.

Five Questions With: Judith McSoley

In Their Own Words 12/04/2015

Judith McSoley became major gifts officer at the Providence-based Adoption Rhode Island six months ago, after seven years as director of development and community...

Corin Nava, co-founder of the national nonprofit Project Sweet Peas, stands recently with a donation of Mamaroo swings for infants for the Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. / Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Project Sweet Peas donates swings to Women & Infants

Health Services 12/04/2015

PROVIDENCE – Project Sweet Peas, a national nonprofit whose volunteers support infants in intensive care, recently donated five Mamaroo swing sets for infants to...