URI being investigated by federal officials for possible civil rights violations
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island is among 45 colleges across the U.S. that are now being investigated by the U.S. Department...
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Marisa Angell Brown | Providence Preservation Society executive director
No matter what your organization or business does, 2025 is shaping up to be a year...
Mitchell earns 2024 AARP Rhode Island Andrus Award for Community Service
MARCUS MITCHELL, immediate past volunteer state president for AARP Rhode Island and founding president of the Providence Community Library, recently received the 2024 AARP...
R.I. Foundation awards $87M in grants in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Grantmaking was still aplenty last year for the Rhode Island Foundation.
The prominent nonprofit funder announced Thursday that it awarded close to $87...
United Way launches nonprofit fund amid federal funding uncertainty
PROVIDENCE – Citing uncertainty surrounding the status of federal funding and possible threats to local nonprofits’ stability, the United Way of Rhode Island Inc....
Amos House receives $1M from Papitto Opportunity Connection to grow nonprofit’s...
PROVIDENCE – Amos House is receiving a significant seven-figure financial gift from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to support a first-of-its-kind program to increase health...
Five Questions With: Victoria Heimer-McGinn
Victoria Heimer-McGinn is the co-founder and president of Brain Waves Rhode Island. The organization will hold its annual Brain Fairs in Pawtucket and at...
R.I. Foundation hires Cano Morales as its new VP of equity...
PROVIDENCE – Anna Cano Morales, the former Rhode Island College vice president of external relations and diversity, equity and inclusion who left the state-run...
Philanthropy Calendar, March 12, 2025
If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Bessette@PBN.com at least four weeks...
Arts group makes small change to funding application process, but ACLU...
PROVIDENCE – The National Endowment for the Arts made a small concession to its funding application process amidst a current legal battle with local...
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