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Lauren Pimpare founded Massachusetts-based Tomorrow’s Women TODAY in 2009. The nonprofit opened a Rhode Island chapter in 2023. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Feed lifelines for change

Lauren Pimpare | Tomorrow’s Women TODAY founder and president A strong belief in the power of mentorship has guided my journey and fuels my commitment to...
MELISSA S. CHERNEY, who has led the Great Plains Food Bank in North Dakota for the last six years, has been named the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's next CEO. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

R.I. Food Bank names Cherney as new CEO

PROVIDENCE – The leader of North Dakota's largest hunger relief organization will head to the Ocean State to take the top role at the...

KIDS COUNT: Child homelessness, racial disparities remain problematic

PROVIDENCE – Children and families still facing homelessness, increased rent costs, persistent racial disparities and federal programs under threat of change from the new...

Edesia’s warehouse piling up without new federal government orders

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. President and founder Navyn Salem said the humanitarian aid agency's warehouse is once again piling up with life-saving food...

Papitto Opportunity Connection awards $4.3M in grants to 136 organizations

PROVIDENCE – More than 130 local nonprofits have been awarded $4.3 million in grants from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to address a myriad of...
FINANCIALLY SOUND: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Chief Financial Officer Jack Blatchford oversees the organization’s annual budget of more than $4 million. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Focused on the mission and the bottom line

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Jack Blatchford Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island | Chief financial officer FOR JACK BLATCHFORD, regularly overseeing Big Brothers Big...
INSTANT GROWTH: Since joining Children’s Friend & Service in 2022, Pamela Verklan helped the organization achieve a 78% increase in major gift contributions, a 77% jump in donor retention and an 87% rise in volunteer participation. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Children’s Friend’s Verklan charts a positive future for children and families

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Pamela Verklan Children’s Friend & Service | Chief of philanthropy PAMELA VERKLAN’S PHILOSOPHY toward fundraising for Children’s Friend & Service is...

Trinity Rep announces 2025-26 performance season

PROVIDENCE – Six shows, including a holiday tradition and a world premiere production, will be part of Trinity Repertory Company’s 2025-26 performance season, the...

ACLU files class action lawsuit challenging student visa terminations

PROVIDENCE – Four American Civil Liberties Union affiliates, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc., and New Hampshire-based law firm Shaheen...

United Way accelerates $1.5M in Community Impact Fund grants to nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island Inc. accelerated its final round of a three-year cycle of Community Impact Fund grant payments, totaling more...
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