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Navigant Credit Union treats 800 R.I. military families to free day...

SMITHFIELD – More than 800 military service members, veterans and their families packed R1 Indoor Karting in Lincoln on Nov. 1 for a free...

Foster Forward’s laser focus on 401 Gives pays off

The nonprofit Foster Forward has raised more than $1.2 million over the past six years during 401 Gives, the statewide day of giving led...
TALENT POOL: RISE Group Inc. Manager of Talent Acquisition Stephen Dolinich transformed the recruiting process by creating an internal talent acquisition system that eliminated the need for third-party staffing firms, ultimately saving the company time and money while also enhancing the quality of hires. 
PBN PHOTO/JOSH EDENBAUM

Stephen Dolinich

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 STEPHEN DOLINICH RISE Group Inc. Manager of talent acquisition OVER A 30-YEAR CAREER in talent acquisition, Stephen Dolinich has made...
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES: City Personnel founder and President Dawn Apajee said she created her Providence-based staffing agency because she wanted it to be personal, inclusive and community-driven. 
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Dawn Apajee

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 DAWN APAJEE City Personnel Founder and president DAWN APAJEE’S RECRUITING ­CAREER began in London in 1989. From the start, she loved...

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s restrictions on health, housing grants

PROVIDENCE – A federal judge on July 24 granted a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s restrictions on U.S. Department of Health and...

United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives...

PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...

401Gives Day surpasses $4.01M fundraising goal

PROVIDENCE – The long-awaited goal that United Way of Rhode Island Inc. set in 2023 for its largest single-day nonprofit fundraising initiative was finally...

401Gives Day arrives as nonprofits face challenges, funding uncertainty

PROVIDENCE – Even five years after the world stopped and life has since returned to normal, COVID-19’s tentacles still have a firm grasp on...
HELPING HAND: Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, center with flowers, poses with her family after receiving the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment for her work supporting teenagers and young adults in the foster care system. 
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ­FOUNDATION

Guillette wins Rhode Island Foundation’s Murray Family Prize

LISA GUILLETTE, executive director of East Providence-based nonprofit Foster Forward, was recently presented with the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community...

R.I. gets $17.3M to fight homelessness

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $17.3 million in federal grants for homeless assistance, U.S. Sen Jack Reed announced Wednesday.  The funds, administered by the...
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