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STAYING POWER: ­Erica Busillo Adams, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, says a front-line fundraiser will double their salary with a nonprofit from their first year on the job to the next. But if that person leaves, the organization takes a major financial hit, she says.
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What happens when nonprofits struggle to hire fundraisers, financial professionals?

COVID-19 may be in the rearview mirror for most, but it’s left Rhode Island’s nonprofits with a rocky, challenging road to navigate. A 2024 survey...
BLANK CANVAS: Arts students work on paintings at Riverzedge Arts Project Inc. Leaders at the Woonsocket-based social service and arts organization had to put its fall programming on hiatus due to a lack of financial help for its operations. 
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Without state help, arts groups paint dire financial picture

FACING A FALL SEASON with little financial help from the state, arts and cultural organizations across Rhode Island are paring down operations, scrambling to...

PBN Digital Issue – Giving Guide 2024

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EXPANSION WORK: Nancy Wolanski, left, director of United Way of Rhode Island Inc.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact, and Engagement Manager Caitlynn Douglas collaborate at the organization’s Providence office. The alliance has launched Give4GoodRI, a year-round online platform to enable perpetual giving to local nonprofits that builds off of 401Gives Day. 
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United Way of R.I.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact offers a new...

FOUR YEARS AFTER United Way of Rhode Island Inc. launched a ­special online fundraising day to support local nonprofits, local organizations are now in...
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5Q: Courtney Bourns

Courtney Bourns | Executive director, Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island 1. When you were first brought aboard at the council, board President Thomas Brendler...
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