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THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION and R.I. Commerce Corp. released Friday a study on how the state's number of minority-owned businesses is still lagging behind the national average, and recommendations on how to address the issue. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation study: Minority-owned businesses still lacking in state

PROVIDENCE – While the minority population in Rhode Island is increasing, the number of minority-owned businesses in the Ocean State still lag behind the...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $1.35 million in grants to local organizations and health equity zones to address behavioral health challenges. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $1.35M in grants to help improve behavioral health

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has awarded $1.35 million in grants to seven local organizations and state health equity...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION received a $12 million gift from the Robert G. and Joyce Andrew estate to create a new college scholarship fund in the Andrew's name. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation receives $12M gift to support new college scholarship fund

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has received the largest monetary gift it has ever received specifically for scholarships, which will be put toward...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded $76 million in grants to more than 2,300 local nonprofits in 2021. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awarded $76M in grants in 2021, second-most in its...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation in 2021 awarded $76 million in grants to more than 2,300 local nonprofits and also raised approximately $98...
ABOUT 200 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2022 Book of Lists Premier Event at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN officially debuts 2022 Book of Lists at Graduate Providence

PROVIDENCE – Approximately 200 local business individuals gathered Thursday at the Graduate Providence to network with one another during Providence Business News’ 2022 Book...
WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL is in danger of getting scooped up by an out-of-state, for-profit corporation as a result of the merger between its current owner, Care New England Health Systems, and Lifespan Corp. being denied by the Federal Trade Commission and Rhode Island's attorney general, according to Lynn Blais, president of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEMS

Mixed reactions: Anger, relief over Lifespan-CNE merger denial

PROVIDENCE – Reactions to the denial of a merger between Rhode Island’s major nonprofit hospital systems were mixed on Thursday, as stakeholders and critics...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $105,000 in grants through its Black Philanthropy Bannister Fund to 15 nonprofit organizations serving the state's Black community. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $105K in grants to nonprofits supporting Black community

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Thursday that it has awarded $105,000 in grants to 15 local nonprofit organizations serving the state’s Black...
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, along with the Rhode Island College Foundation, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-RI) announced today the creation of the Fundraising Apprenticeship Specialization program to create a pipeline for diverse fundraising professionals. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Rhode Island College launches pipeline program to develop fundraising professionals

PROVIDENCE – A new fundraising apprenticeship program at Rhode Island College is being created to help develop a pipeline of fundraising professionals. RIC announced Wednesday...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP for All, a nonprofit focused on assisting underrepresented people, and Entrepreneurship Forever announced on Tuesdays the launch free programs in Rhode Island.

Nonprofits bring small-business support programs to communities of color in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – The Entrepreneurship for All Accelerator Program and Entrepreneurs Forever on Tuesday announced they're launching small-business support programs that focus on underrepresented people...
MAKING AN ASSESSMENT: Cortney Nicolato, CEO and president of United Way of Rhode Island, says the organization is evaluating a model for an association or council for nonprofits in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

United Way eyes statewide nonprofit resource center

PROVIDENCE – Among the goals in the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million Live United 2025 plan announced last year, the organization...
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