Tag: Funding
GA approves 3-year ban on new charter schools
PROVIDENCE – A ban on new charter schools over the next three years has cleared the General Assembly, leaving opponents to hope for a...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $7M to nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday it has awarded nearly $7 million in funding that will benefit more than 100 nonprofits across...
R.I. Life Science Hub awards $3.9M to 5 companies
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Life Science Hub on Wednesday awarded $3.9 million to five companies that are either relocating or building their businesses...
R.I. Life Science Hub awards $5M in business development funds
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Life Science Hub announced it has invested $5 million in 13 companies as part of its second round of business...
R.I. avoided worst-case scenario on Washington Bridge. What are best options...
And now we know what a catastrophe looks like.
The deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, which left six people...
SEG awards $50K to 11 businesses, nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Eleven small businesses and nonprofits have been awarded nearly a combined $50,000 under Social Enterprise Greenhouse’s new Microgrant Fund.
The funds of up to...
R.I. Foundation increasing funding opportunities for nonprofits in response to inflation
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has increased the size of the funding pool for its Food and Housing Security grant program and the...
Reed secures $500K for community nonprofit arts group AS220
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., helped secure a $500,000 earmark for AS220’s Creative Workforce Development program, the senator announced Wednesday ahead of his...
R.I. announces $12M in ARPA funds for housing grants
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and state leaders announced Wednesday that the state is making $12 million available for grant opportunities to fund...
Trick-or-treat economy
Has the economic landscape this year been the most challenging your business has had to navigate?
Yes: 57%
No: 43%
In what ways has your business benefited?...


















