Tag: Nonprofit
Resilient Rhody needs a strong workforce
For 40 years, Providence Business News has been reporting on the economic and workforce changes, challenges and milestones that have helped shape the Rhode...
Driving Forces: David N. Cicilline
David N. Cicilline
Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president
DAVID N. CICILLINE’S 2023 resignation from Congress to take the top job at the Rhode Island Foundation...
Driving Forces: Colleen Daley Ndoye
Colleen Daley Ndoye
Project Weber/RENEW executive director
OPERATING ONE OF the nation’s first government-regulated overdose prevention centers put a lot of pressure on nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW...
Driving Forces: Michelle Wilcox
Michelle Wilcox
Crossroads Rhode Island CEO and president
WHEN MICHELLE WILCOX was named Crossroads Rhode Island’s CEO in 2024, she acknowledged a sobering reality: Combatting homelessness...
Lombardi named president of Green Oceans
LITTLE COMPTON – Michael Lombardi, an underwater diving scientist, technologist and contractor, has been named president of Green Oceans, the nonprofit organization announced Monday.
Lombardi, a...
Horridge and Narragansett Bay Commission look to the future
PBN Business Women Awards 2026
INDUSTRY LEADER | GOVERNMENT/QUASI-GOVERNMENT:
Laurie Horridge, Narragansett Bay Commission executive director
“I’m not a micromanager. I hire really smart people. I’m happy...
For United Way of Rhode Island’s Nicolato, there’s no place like...
PBN Business Women Awards 2026
CAREER ACHIEVER:
Cortney Nicolato, United Way of Rhode Island Inc. CEO and president
The CEO and president of United Way of Rhode...
Champlin Foundation grants $12.1M to 103 R.I. organizations
CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation on Tuesday awarded $12.1 million in grants to 103 organizations across 28 cities and towns throughout Rhode Island to...
The John E. Fogarty Foundation Announces Record-Breaking 2026 Grantmaking Awards
More Than $356,000 Awarded to 54 Rhode Island Nonprofits Serving People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The John E. Fogarty Foundation proudly...
Clock ticking again on plan to save ailing hospitals
An underfunded, overloaded state health system breathed a sigh of relief in March when a buyer saved Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger...



















