Tag: federal funding cuts
Federal funding cuts put nonprofits to the test
It took years for Rhode Island’s nonprofits to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but the sector found it had a new...
Driving Forces: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato
United Way of Rhode Island Inc. CEO and president
CORTNEY NICOLATO HAS 25 years of experience leading complex, mission-driven organizations through growth, modernization and...
Driving Forces: Christina H. Paxson
Christina H. Paxson
Brown University president
WHEN THE FEDERAL Trump administration began dismantling research funding in early 2025, Christina H. Paxson didn’t retreat. She went on...
America250 – Enduring Success: Children’s Friend
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...
Injunction protects library funding, but uncertainty and disruption remain
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has secured a permanent injunction against federal funding cuts to libraries and museums, but for the Providence...
Brown to cut 48 positions in effort to close $30M budget...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University will begin laying off 48 employees across campus, with those impacted being notified starting this week, the university announced on...
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