Citizens branch manager begins sabbatical <br> with Providence-based nonviolence group
CRANSTON – Marla Sabater, branch manager at Citizens Bank’s Garfield Avenue Stop & Shop branch in Cranston, has been named the latest recipient of...
Online journal dedicated<br> to philanthropy debuts in R.I.
Rhode Island’s self-styled “first and only online news source dedicated to philanthropy” debuted this month.
Did you know …
• John Clarke, co-founder of Rhode Island...
Tournament donation aids Hasbro playroom
Hasbro Children’s Hospital received a $100,000 donation from the nonprofit organization Golf Fights Cancer.
The money was raised in October 2008 during the...
Blood center, DD offer bag of coffee for giving
Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts and representatives from the Rhode Island Blood Center and Dunkin’ Donuts gathered at a Cranston area Dunkin’ Donuts...
Nonprofit service board requires diligence
Over the past few years, the boardroom tribulations of several nonprofit institutions have been subject to public scrutiny due to questionable decision-making by senior...
Five Questions With: Marie Ghazal and Lori J. Hurley
For more than three decades, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children (WIC) has helped ensure that pregnant women, nursing mothers...
SEED expanding its SBA lending in R.I.
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corporation (SEED) is expanding its services in Rhode Island.
The nonprofit, which last month received approval from the...
Rhode Island Foundation names 12 <br> nonprofit leaders as 2009 Fellows
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has selected a dozen nonprofit leaders to take part in its Foundation Fellows program, which the organization is...
R.I. students’ NECAP scores rise again
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island elementary and middle school students showed improvement in reading, writing and math scores on a regional standardized test for the...
R.I. must bear cost of lead-paint plan
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Superior Court today held the state government responsible for paying the “co-examiners” who developed a statewide abatement plan during Rhode...