Tag: Nonprofit
Judge denies arts groups’ injunction request over NEA certification requirement
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge on April 2 denied the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc.’s and arts organizations’ request for a...
401Gives Day surpasses $4.01M fundraising goal
PROVIDENCE – The long-awaited goal that United Way of Rhode Island Inc. set in 2023 for its largest single-day nonprofit fundraising initiative was finally...
401Gives Day arrives as nonprofits face challenges, funding uncertainty
PROVIDENCE – Even five years after the world stopped and life has since returned to normal, COVID-19’s tentacles still have a firm grasp on...
Giordano: Partnership for R.I. to focus on making state business-friendly
PROVIDENCE – When Tom Giordano arrived in Rhode Island in 2017 to lead Partnership for Rhode Island, then a newly formed nonprofit CEO roundtable,...
Giordano leaving Partnership for R.I. as executive director
PROVIDENCE – Partnership for Rhode Island’s founding executive director is heading off to the private sector.
Tom Giordano, who established and led the nonprofit CEO...
R.I. Foundation awards $87M in grants in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Grantmaking was still aplenty last year for the Rhode Island Foundation.
The prominent nonprofit funder announced Thursday that it awarded close to $87...
United Way launches nonprofit fund amid federal funding uncertainty
PROVIDENCE – Citing uncertainty surrounding the status of federal funding and possible threats to local nonprofits’ stability, the United Way of Rhode Island Inc....
Amos House receives $1M from Papitto Opportunity Connection to grow nonprofit’s...
PROVIDENCE – Amos House is receiving a significant seven-figure financial gift from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to support a first-of-its-kind program to increase health...
ACLU settles data breach lawsuit against RIPTA, UnitedHealthcare
PROVIDENCE – A settlement has been reached between the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc., the R.I. Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of...
ACLU, arts organizations sue National Endowment for the Arts over ‘unconstitutional’...
PROVIDENCE – Local and national artists along with theater organizations on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts calling...


















