Kelly Nevins

KELLY NEVINS is CEO of the Providence-based nonprofit Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, which was founded in 2001.  / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Shape what’s coming

Nonprofit 09/11/2026

Kelly Nevins | Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO Every day, I talk with people who are worried about the direction of our country. They...

Nonprofit 08/28/2026

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 KELLY NEVINS Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO When Kelly Nevins graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1990...

PBN’s 2026 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

Education 08/21/2026

WARWICK – Gina Helm believes that to succeed, the environment can be just as important as the individual. "Find a company that values you,"...

RIBBA announces 2026 Gala Honorees

Nonprofit 07/28/2026

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association has announced the honorees for its 2026 Annual Awards Gala, a celebration recognizing leaders and organizations...

PBN unveils 2026 Leaders & Achievers honorees

Economic Activity 06/29/2026

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 24 honorees for its 2026 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...

FEELING PROTECTIVE: Sen. Lori Urso, left, and Rep. Karen Alzate, both Democrat lawmakers from Pawtucket, led the effort to amend Rhode Island’s Fair Employment Practice law to include menopause-related health issues to the list of medical conditions that employers have to accommodate.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In R.I., menopause added to list of workplace protections

Focus 09/26/2025

Sitting in front of a microphone, donning bright-pink glasses, Lori Urso proceeded to educate a room of mostly men about a topic most don’t...

STAYING POWER: Erica Busillo Adams, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, says a front-line fundraiser will double their salary with a nonprofit from their first year on the job to the next. But if that person leaves, the organization takes a major financial hit, she says. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

What happens when nonprofits struggle to hire fundraisers, financial professionals?

Business Services 10/25/2024

COVID-19 may be in the rearview mirror for most, but it’s left Rhode Island’s nonprofits with a rocky, challenging road to navigate. A 2024 survey...

WORTH IT? Lisa Roth Blackman, chief philanthropy officer at Rhode Island Community Food Bank, says the nonprofit had hoped that cryptocurrency might be a useful way for some to make donations, but it hasn’t worked out that way. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crypto hasn’t lived up to promise for R.I. nonprofits

Economy 03/29/2024

In 2022, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank announced it would start accepting donations of cryptocurrency, joining a small group of local nonprofits seeking...