Tag: Local Initiatives Support Corp.
R.I. awards $8.5 million to child care facility expansions, improvements
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen organizations will add or improve more than 1,200 slots at their child care centers with support from an $8.5 million funding...
Five Questions With: Lynne McCormack
1. How do you envision expanding Rhode Island’s commitment to the arts?
My work has always been centered on making the arts accessible to all...
McCormack named director of R.I. State Council on the Arts
PROVIDENCE – Lynne McCormack, a veteran arts, culture and community development leader, was named the new director of the R.I. State Council on the...
Blue Cross receives philanthropy award from Rhode Island Foundation
MICHELLE LEDERBERG is the executive vice president, chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which...
Verizon awards $130K in grants to 13 local companies
PROVIDENCE – Verizon Communications Inc. has awarded 13 local companies with a combined $130,000 in grants to help them meet payroll, pay rent and...
United Way of R.I. awards $4.5M in grants to organizations promoting...
PROVIDENCE – As part of the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million plan to create transformative change in the Ocean State, the nonprofit...
Pawtucket rapid COVID-19 testing site moves to new location
PAWTUCKET – Residents of Central Falls and Pawtucket are now heading to a new site for rapid COVID-19 testing.
The current location, which opened Aug....
$75K grant from BCBSRI goes to social services nonprofit
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded Local Initiatives Support Corp. Rhode Island, a Providence-based social services nonprofit, a...
Report recommends R.I. community development entity to help grow state’s economy
PROVIDENCE – The lack of a Rhode Island-based community-development entity has made it harder for low-income communities to access private capital and leverage federal...
Webster Bank grants $25,000 to Providence nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Financial coaching and education for middle school boys are among the programs that benefited from grant funds through Webster Bank, according to...
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