PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island organizations are in line to receive a total of $125,000 in grants from the Point32Health Foundation, a joint group made up of the former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
The money is part of $1 million in grants that the Point32Health Foundation is distributing to 16 nonprofits in Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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Grants were awarded to diverse groups that are working for change and equality.
In Rhode Island, the Pawtucket-based AMOR Coalition, an alliance of grassroots organizations that are pushing for an end to hate crimes and police violence against people of color and minorities, will receive $25,000.
The Center for Southeast Asians will also get $25,000, while SISTA Fire, a network of women and nonbinary people of color, will be awarded $75,000.
“We are honored to support the important work these nonprofits are doing in promoting equity and making transformative societal changes,” said Cain Hayes, CEO and president of Point32Health Services Inc. and a member of the Point32Health Foundation board of directors. “They are addressing persistent inequities that affect almost every issue in society and we know these grants will have a positive impact in communities throughout the region.”
Elizabeth Graham is a PBN contributing writer.
