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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS of Rhode Island will hold its Bowl for Kids' Sake event on May 4 at Lang's Bowlarama Inc. in Cranston. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Philanthropy Calendar, March 27, 2024

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.

Citizens awards $177K toward financial literacy for 10 R.I. nonprofits

CENTRAL FALLS – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is awarding $177,000 to 10 Rhode Island nonprofit organizations as part of the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY is launching a new Doctoral of Clinical Psychology program in 2025. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant University launches doctoral clinical psychology program to address mental health crisis

SMITHFIELD – Citing a need to address the mental health crisis both locally and nationally, Bryant University on Tuesday announced that it is launching...

PBN earns 11 awards, including general excellence, in annual NENPA competition

WALTHAM, Mass. – Providence Business News received 11 awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association, including five first place honors and recognition...

RI Bio executive director announces retirement

PROVIDENCE – RI Bio, a life sciences professional trade organization, has announced that Executive Director Carol Malysz will be retiring at the end of...
PROJECT WEBER/RENEW has received a $1 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Project Weber/RENEW receives $1M gift from MacKenzie Scott

PROVIDENCE – Project Weber/RENEW is getting a seven-figure financial boost from the former wife of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, and it arrived at...

NCAA tourney snubs might financially hurt PC, other Big East schools

PROVIDENCE – “March Madness” became maddening over the weekend for not just Providence College, but also the Big East Conference Inc. as a whole....

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards honorees

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...

Five Questions With: Shannon Gilkey

Shannon Gilkey is the Rhode Island postsecondary education commissioner. He spoke with Providence Business News about the relocation to Providence of the Rhode Island...
Tracey Cunningham-Martins was named CEO and president of Cranston-based AccessPoint RI in 2022. She previously served as associate director of employment for the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Be inclusive for all

Tracey Cunningham-Martins | AccessPoint RI CEO and president Matching individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those with barriers to employment with suitable employers is...
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