BankRI receives record 7,000 books through 2021 collection
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island collected just over 7,000 books to donate to nonprofit Books Are Wings during its annual donation drive in March,...
Crisis exposes depths of the ‘digital divide’
When Magdalena Andreozzi moved workshops offered by her nonprofit online during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, she expected some bumps in the transition.
After all,...
Develop a vision for ARP aid
The state is expecting $1.1 billion in new federal pandemic relief, just over a year after receiving – and finally spending – $1.25 billion....
Brown University student named Congressional Medal of Honor Society awardee
PROVIDENCE – Aidan Reilly, a senior at Brown University who helped co-found a nonprofit that addresses food insecurity by repurposing produce surplus, was named...
Rhode Island Jump$tart named 2020-21 State Coalition of the Year
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition has been named the 2020-21 State Coalition of the Year by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.
The...
PPAC announces 2021-22 schedule; ‘Hamilton’ returning
PROVIDENCE – Providence Performing Arts Center’s curtain will rise again in October.
Twelve performances for the 2021-22 Broadway season were announced Tuesday by Providence Performing...
PBN earns 8 awards, including top website, in 2021 NENPA competition
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News received eight awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, including three first-place honors, during the 2021 New...
United Way’s 401 Gives Day eclipses $2M in raised funds for...
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island’s second annual 401 Gives Day exceeded the organization's own expectations Thursday, and all the while gave the...
RICADV doesn’t stop protecting people from domestic violence during the pandemic
Sadly, even in a pandemic, home is not always the safest place to be.
The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has posed an array of significant...
Five Questions With: Neil D. Steinberg
Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg oversaw the foundation’s record-setting awarding of $87 million in grants to nonprofits in 2020, some...
