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Rios named Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence executive director

LUCY RIOS, who has been serving as interim executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence for close to a year, was...
LOWER EXPENSES: Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, says state education leaders need to lower college expenses for current and future students to avoid talented high school graduates departing the region for school elsewhere and potentially staying elsewhere.
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Student loan debt forgiveness could have big impact in R.I.

With tensions heightening for many borrowers as the federal government prepares to resume student loan payments at the beginning of next year following a...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has created a seven-member search committee and hired national advisory firm Spencer Stuart to help find the organization's next CEO and president. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation creates committee to find next president and CEO

PROVIDENCE – The process to find the Rhode Island Foundation’s next CEO and president is underway. The state’s largest nonprofit funder announced it has formed...

PPL Foundation opens grant program for R.I. nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – The philanthropic arm of the state’s primary utility operator is offering grants of up to $50,000 to eligible Rhode Island nonprofits. PPL Foundation,...
STATE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED Thursday that about $30 million in funds for the second round of the state School Building Authority’s Facility Equity Initiative is now available for underserved school districts across Rhode Island to help with school construction and rehabilitation costs

Additional $30M from Facility Equity Initiative available for school construction efforts

CENTRAL FALLS – About $30 million in funds for the second round of the state School Building Authority’s Facility Equity Initiative is now available...

College Unbound receives $500K grant from Walmart

PROVIDENCE – Local education nonprofit College Unbound recently received a $500,000 grant from prominent retail chain Walmart Inc. to help the organization expand its...

Five Questions With: William Collis

William Collis is the chairman of the Rhode Island Digital Games Institute advisory board, which will oversee the new digital games institute at New...

R.I. Philharmonic names Wright senior director of education

PROVIDENCE – Michele Wright, who has worked in various music education roles in New York and New Jersey, has been named the Rhode Island...

R.I. Foundation selects 31 individuals for latest Equity Leadership Initiative class

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has chosen 31 new individuals to participate in the second class of the nonprofit funder’s Equity Leadership Initiative. The...

Connecting for Children & Families receives $10K donation from KFC Foundation

WOONSOCKET – Connecting for Children & Families has received a $10,000 donation from the Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp.’s KFC Foundation that will help the...
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