CCRI announces largest individual gift ever 1 week after previous largest gift

Emily Gowdey-Backus

09/27/2017

CCRI-1-696x348 — The Community College of Rhode Island announced a second record-breaking gift in as many weeks./ PHOTO COURTESY CCRI

WARWICK - On Wednesday morning the Community College of Rhode Island announced the largest individual gift in its 53-year history - $650,000 from the Hassenfeld Family Foundation to support Rhode Island Promise Scholarship students - eclipsing the $500,000 record-breaking gift announced last week. Through a new program called Rhode Island Promise Plus, the Hassenfeld gift…

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