Providence Preservation Society lists 2025 most endangered places
PROVIDENCE – An armory building that had been a focal point of developmental controversy in recent years, the state’s tallest skyscraper and an old...
Six local colleges’ online programs among U.S. News’ best for 2025
PROVIDENCE – Six local colleges were named by U.S. News & World Report as having the best online programs in the country, according to...
$250K in grants awarded by Navigant foundation
SMITHFIELD – The Navigant Credit Union Charitable Foundation recently approved and awarded $250,000 in grant funding to directly support 16 nonprofit organizations operating across...
BankRI distributes $115K to 31 nonprofit organizations, agencies
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded $115,000 in charitable grants to 31 local organizations that help families in crisis meet their basic needs,...
Center for Leadership & Educational Equity awarded $9.97M federal grant
PROVIDENCE – The Center for Leadership & Educational Equity recently received a five-year grant award of $9.97 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s...
PBN unveils 2025 Book of Lists
PROVIDENCE – Approximately 240 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking and conversing, while obtaining copies of...
Hugh Lena, PC’s first provost, dies at 76
PROVIDENCE – Hugh F. Lena III, who was Providence College’s first provost and senior vice president and had been part of the college’s academic...
In two disadvantaged R.I. cities, a pilot business program focuses on resiliency
Olga Saucedo made her lifelong dream of owning a restaurant come true, opening Cultura Mixta Family Restaurant in Central Falls last spring.
In May 2024,...
Five Questions with William J. Fazioli
William J. Fazioli | CEO and executive director, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank
1. In November, Rhode Island voters approved Question 4, $53 million in bonds...
Guillette wins Rhode Island Foundation’s Murray Family Prize
LISA GUILLETTE, executive director of East Providence-based nonprofit Foster Forward, was recently presented with the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community...
