Tag: FirstWorks
PPL Foundation awards $232K to 17 local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The PPL Foundation, the fundraising arm of Rhode Island Energy’s parent company PPL Corp., recently awarded $232,400 to 17 local nonprofits, including...
Local organizations, municipalities receive $364K to support summer events statewide
EAST PROVIDENCE – Local elected and R.I. Commerce Corp. officials on Monday at Crescent Park Carousel announced that $364,891 in new Rhode Island Rebounds...
Five Questions With: Kathleen Pletcher
Kathleen Pletcher is the executive director of FirstWorks, a Providence-based performing arts nonprofit. The organization is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Pletcher spoke...
PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7
PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September.
Additionally, the festivities will return to a...
R.I. Foundation awards $120K to 24 nonprofits supporting Black community
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four local nonprofits serving the state’s Black community received more than $120,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Black Philanthropy Bannister...
City officials mull grants to PVDFest vendors
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a motion to move a request to the Finance Committee that could give $500 grants...
Is change a good thing for PVDFest? Some say no
PROVIDENCE – A citywide event that normally brings the community together to welcome in the summer and celebrate local artists has now raised some...
FirstWorks receives $60K grant from National Endowment for the Arts
PROVIDENCE – FirstWorks announced on May 25 that it received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help support a...
6 R.I. art and culture agencies share $1.34M in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island art and culture agencies were awarded more than $1.34 million Wednesday from the National Endowment of the Arts.
The awards,...
R.I. Council for the Humanities awards $132K in grants for various...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities on Monday announced it has awarded 15 grants totaling $132,879 to organizations for various ongoing...
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