Tag: Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center
Hope & Main’s Nourish Our Neighbors program a hit, especially during...
With Giving Tuesday still in the public consciousness, and the holiday season making all of us aware of why we reach out to neighbors...
R.I. Department of Housing awards $10M to bolster winter homeless services,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Wednesday awarded $10 million to 27 organizations to prevent and respond to homelessness through the first...
Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center buys former Pawtucket bank for $975K
PAWTUCKET – A former Pawtucket bank building at the corner of Central and Newport avenues sold recently for nearly $1 million to a nonprofit...
BankNewport seeking bedding donations through ‘Kind Heart, Fresh Start’ campaign
NEWPORT – BankNewport recently launched its annual “Kind Heart, Fresh Start” donation campaign.
The bank is collecting new bedding, including new pillows, pillowcases, pillow protectors,...
State awards $3.5M to support 231 new homeless beds
PROVIDENCE – Six community organizations were awarded a total of $3.5 million in state funding for the creation of 231 new shelter beds to...
$11.8M from R.I. CDBG program awarded to 35 organizations
PROVIDENCE – Thirty-five organizations are among the recipients of $11.8 million in funding from the Rhode Island Community Development Block Grant program, Gov. Daniel...
27 homeless-support nonprofits receive $11M from state’s Consolidated Homeless Fund
PROVIDENCE – More than $11 million in local, state and federal funds from the Consolidated Homeless Fund have been allocated to 27 local nonprofit...
RIMI holiday donation drives bring in food, gifts for nonprofits
WARWICK – Through multiple donation drives, Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc. collected more than 1,000 pounds of food and hundreds of gifts for community...
HarborOne Bank awards $100K to 9 local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank through its charitable foundation recently awarded $100,500 in grants to nine community and nonprofit organizations, according to a news release.
Recipients...
Four new health equity zones created as part of expansion pilot
PROVIDENCE – A pilot program backed by a national philanthropic organization is supporting the expansion of health equity zones across the state.
Four additional HEZs...