Tag: Nonprofit
R.I. Foundation awards record $89M in grants in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Four years after setting a new record for grantmaking to local organizations, the Rhode Island Foundation raised the bar in 2023.
The foundation...
PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7
PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September.
Additionally, the festivities will return to a...
RWU launches tuition discount initiative for Girl Scout volunteers
BRISTOL – Those who volunteer for local Girl Scouts troops seeking to continue their adult education at Roger Williams University will have a discount...
State awards $650K to 10 nonprofits offering home stabilization services
PROVIDENCE – Ten local nonprofits offering home stabilization services received $650,000 in state grants from two programs to make investments in staffing, professional development...
Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development
WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...
Olneyville New York System’s sign auction raises $27K for R.I. food...
PROVIDENCE – When he decided to put the restaurant’s historic 1954 neon sign up for auction to support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank,...
R.I. Foundation awards $120K to 24 nonprofits supporting Black community
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four local nonprofits serving the state’s Black community received more than $120,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Black Philanthropy Bannister...
Meeting Street receives $1M federal earmark for new family resource center
PROVIDENCE – Meeting Street is soon launching a new early childhood family resource center and the education nonprofit has secured significant federal funding to...
Santilli to leave Crossroads Rhode Island to become YMCA of Greater...
PROVIDENCE – Major leadership changes are taking place at two large local nonprofits, all involving one individual.
Karen A. Santilli, who has led Crossroads Rhode...
YMCA of Greater Providence to pay $10K to family to resolve...
PROVIDENCE – The YMCA of Greater Providence will pay $10,000 to a local family as part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney District...