United Way of R.I. opens registration for 401Gives Day
PROVIDENCE – Nonprofits can now register to participate in Rhode Island’s largest single-day fundraising event set for April 1.
United Way of Rhode Island Inc....
Five Questions With: Shakour Abuzneid
Shakour Abuzneid is a professor of cybersecurity and computer science and the cybersecurity program director at Roger Williams University. The Bristol-based university was recently...
JWU names Daly Iversen new dean of College of Health & Wellness
PROVIDENCE – Maura Daly Iversen, previously the dean of Sacred Heart University’s College of Health Professions, has been appointed the new dean for Johnson...
R.I. Foundation, R.I. EOHHS offering $1.7M in grants to address opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Applications are now being accepted by the Rhode Island Foundation from local nonprofits seeking $1.7 million in total grants to help address...
Philanthropy Calendar, Jan. 17, 2024
Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
McKee vows to raise incomes, shore up health care system, cut red tape during...
PROVIDENCE – Striking a note of optimism in the face of future deficits and the absence of unprecedented federal dollars in recent years, Gov....
McKee to reaffirm commitment to housing, education in State of the State address
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday will give his State of the State address before the General Assembly in the House chamber...
Bryant University names first woman chairperson for board of trustees
SMITHFIELD – D. Ellen Wilson has made it a point to connect with the Bryant University community since she first joined its board of...
RIDE launches $5M ‘Get the Foam Out’ school environmental improvement program
JOHNSTON – State elected and education officials on Friday launched R.I. Department of Education’s new $5 million “Get the Foam Out” grant program to...
RIPEC urges fiscal ‘restraint’ for FY 2025 state budget
PROVIDENCE – With the historic infusion of federal revenues from pandemic relief programs expiring and a reversal of record state revenue surpluses, the state’s general...

















