R.I. Foundation awards $77,500 for services to LGBTQ communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 12 nonprofit organizations $77,500 in total grants to assist their efforts in supporting the Ocean State’s...
Philanthropy Calendar, Sept. 27, 2022
Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
Small-business development hub project gets $4M federal boost
PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future received $4 million in CARES Act funding Tuesday to help create the Rhode Island Small Business...
11 local colleges ranked in Washington Monthly’s annual ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ list
PROVIDENCE – Eleven local colleges, including nine within Rhode Island, were ranked among the best institutions in the U.S. on how they help less-than-wealthy...
McKee scales back proposed cabinet salary increases
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday scaled back proposed pay hikes of up to 43% for his cabinet members, claiming a misunderstanding...
121 college grads to get student loan reimbursements under Wavemaker Fellowship
PROVIDENCE – One hundred and twenty-one recent college graduates will receive student loan reimbursements under refundable tax credits announced by R.I. Commerce Corp. and...
Former alternative school finance director accused of embezzling $3M
PROVIDENCE – R.I. State Police arrested a former alternative school finance director Sept. 20 on charges he embezzled $3 million for personal use.
Nathan Kaufman,...
Cyber Sessions: Stay in your lane? Not on cyberthreats
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
New UMass lab focuses on biodegradation, sustainability
NEW BEDFORD – A newly opened laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will support research and product development in the blue economy, with a focus on...
Longtime KIDS COUNT leader Burke Bryant to step down
PROVIDENCE – The only executive director in Rhode Island KIDS COUNT’s history will step away from the organization by the end of the year.
KIDS...
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