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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE has awarded six local nonprofits $300,000 in grants to help the organizations improve their infrastructure. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

6 Providence nonprofits receive $300K from city to improve organizational infrastructure

PROVIDENCE – Six local nonprofits will receive $300,000 in total grants from the city’s Building Resilience in Nonprofits Serving Underserved Providence Communities program to...

WalletHub: R.I. ranks 19th in nation for student loan debt

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was ranked No. 19 in the United States for student loan debt, according to a recent report by WalletHub.  The personal...

JWU Providence campus president named to NAICU board

PROVIDENCE – Marie Bernardo-Sousa, president of the Johnson & Wales University Providence campus, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National...

Warwick Schools to modify renovated playground to make it ADA-compliant

WARWICK – A renovated playground at a local elementary school must be modified to make it compliant wit the federal Americans with Disabilities Act,...

Local nonprofits partner for school supplies giveaway

WESTERLY – The Jonnycake Center of Westerly and Wood River Health will partner for a back-to-school supply giveaway event on Aug. 19 at 10...
SAINT VINCENT'S SERVICES' annual Motorcycle Run and Raffle will take place Sept. 17. / COURTESY SAINT VINCENT'S SERVICES

Philanthropy Calendar, Aug. 2, 2023

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

Leonard named Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic executive director

PROVIDENCE – Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic has a new leader. Morgan Leonard, the medical clinic’s director of clinic operations, has been elevated to executive director, the...
JASON CABRAL has been named the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's new executive director. / COURTESY SANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE

Gamm Theatre names Cabral new executive director

WARWICK – Jason Cabral has been part of fundraising campaigns and nonprofits across the U.S., including with theater groups in both New York and...

United Way of R.I. to launch nonprofit resource center in fall, names Wolanski director

PROVIDENCE – Nancy Wolanski feels Rhode Island’s nonprofit sector is overlooked, under resourced and there are not enough adequate investments in the capacity of...
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS on Thursday received close to $4 million in total scholarships from the Rhode Island Foundation. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation provides hundreds of students $4M in total scholarships

CRANSTON – Hundreds of students heading off to college for this academic year became Thursday afternoon the beneficiaries of close to $4 million in...
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