Tag: Nonprofit
R.I. Foundation awards $500K in grants to animal welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – More than two dozen animal welfare programs across the region have received about $500,000 in Rhode Island Foundation grants to support their...
Report: R.I. improves tobacco prevention efforts, but control programs still underfunded
PROVIDENCE – While Rhode Island has made progress to end tobacco use across the state, it still fails to adequately fund tobacco control programs...
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...
Nighttime events boost Roger Williams Park Zoo’s attendance to record levels
PROVIDENCE – In times of crisis, you can fall in love again. Administrators at Roger Williams Park Zoo firmly believe that was the case...
Special Olympics R.I. CEO Dennis DeJesus to retire July 1
SMITHFIELD – Special Olympics Rhode Island is now looking for a new leader.
The organization announced late Wednesday that its CEO, Dennis DeJesus, will retire...
Gamm Theatre’s unique drama therapy program offers mental health counseling
WARWICK – For about a decade working at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, Susie Schutt worked with students to base their theatrical performances on personal...
Spaulding named Connecting for Children and Families’ new executive director
WOONSOCKET – Erin Spaulding, the former senior vice president of youth development and family strengthening for Old Colony YMCA, has been named executive director...
Postcards could be effective tool in social safety net
President Joe Biden’s social safety net bill faces a tough road to passage. If it is passed, there’s another challenge ahead: How to get...
$3.6M in state CARES Act funds distributed to 9 early-intervention providers
PROVIDENCE – About $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds will be distributed to nine early-intervention providers across Rhode Island,...
Economic Progress Institute names Nelson-Davies new executive director
PROVIDENCE – Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, who served as managing attorney at Massachusetts-based nonprofit Community Legal Aid, has been named The Economic Progress Institute’s new executive...
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