Tag: Nonprofit
5 questions with Andrew Schiff
5Q: Andrew Schiff | CEO, Rhode Island Community Food Bank
1. Has the need for food and support increased or decreased this year? During...
McKee submits budget amendment plan to spend over $100M of R.I.’s...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday outlined his plan to spend nearly 10% of the state's $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan...
R.I. Foundation selects 31 individuals for inaugural Equity Leadership Initiative
PROVIDENCE – Thirty-one business individuals were selected by the Rhode Island Foundation to be part of the nonprofit funder’s inaugural class of its Equity...
Builders: Have work, will train
Although the COVID-19 pandemic kept many Rhode Islanders close to home for much of 2020, Pariseault Builders Inc. didn’t slow down.
With construction deemed an...
Sojourner House receives $500K federal grant to fund youth response services
PROVIDENCE – Sojourner House announced Tuesday that the anti-violence agency received a $500,000 U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women grant to...
R.I. Foundation awards $450K in COVID-19 relief grants to organizations
PROVIDENCE – Close to $450,000 in grants were awarded by the Rhode Island Foundation to local nonprofit organizations assisting Rhode Islanders who are still...
RISCA leader Rosenbaum to retire at year’s end
PROVIDENCE – Randall Rosenbaum has been in charge of the R.I. State Council on the Arts for nearly three decades and has helped build...
George T. Wein, Newport jazz and folk festivals co-founder, dies at...
NEWPORT – George T. Wein, the musician and philanthropist who co-founded the Newport folk and jazz festivals and brought the events to international prominence,...
Newport Restoration Foundation leader Thompson to step down in 2022
NEWPORT – Mark Thompson’s time leading the Newport Restoration Foundation will soon come to an end.
The nonprofit’s board chair, James Ross, announced Wednesday that...
Roger Williams Park Zoo executive director leaving R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams Park Zoo is now searching for a new executive director.
The zoo announced Thursday that Dr. Jeremy Goodman, who has served...
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