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JOHN VASCONCELLOS will retire as president of the SouthCoast Community Foundation at the end of the year. / COURTESY SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

SouthCoast Community Foundation President Vasconcellos to retire

NEW BEDFORD – John Vasconcellos, who has led the SouthCoast Community Foundation for the last five years, will retire as the nonprofit's president at...
VOLUNTEERS FROM Higher Ground International in Providence prepare food packages in response to hunger in the immigrant and refugee communities. The nonprofit is one of 15 organizations to receive $10,000 grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, R.I. Commerce Corp. and Gov. Daniel J. McKee's office in the latest round of RI Gives Vax Challenge funding. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Gives Vax Challenge awards $150K to 15 nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen local nonprofits became beneficiaries of a combined $150,000 in grants Tuesday from the state of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Foundation...
STATE OFFICIALS have awarded 12 local nonprofits $120,000 in grants from its new RI Gives Vax Challenge vaccine incentive program. / AP FILE PHOTO/TED S. WARREN

R.I. Gives Vax Challenge awards $120K to 12 local nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – For the second time this week, local nonprofits became beneficiaries of grants thanks to more people getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Gov. Daniel J....

Young professionals honored at PBN’s 40 Under Forty ceremony

WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday at Aldrich Mansion for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’...
TOM PARRISH will step down as Trinity Repertory Company's executive director in October. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Parrish to step down as Trinity Rep’s ED in Oct.

PROVIDENCE – A leadership change at Trinity Repertory Company is coming soon. The organizations announced Thursday that Tom Parrish, Trinity Rep’s executive director since 2015,...
THE R.I. STATE COUNCIL on the Arts and and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announced Monday that approximately $968,000 in COVID-19 recovery grants are being made available by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to local culture, humanities and arts nonprofits.

Roughly $968K in federal grants made available for arts, culture and...

PROVIDENCE – Approximately $968,000 in COVID-19 recovery grants are being made available by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for...
MARIE GHAZAL, CEO of the Rhode Island Free Clinic, said her organization has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on COVID-19-related expenses during the pandemic. She hopes a possible grant from the new vaccine incentive program can give a boost to her organization. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Nonprofits eye boost from vaccine incentive program

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Free Clinic CEO Marie Ghazal has seen COVID-19, and the state's response, from all angles for more than a year. The...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE, right, and Lt. Gov. Sabina A. Matos announced Tuesday a new vaccine incentive program that will provide $750,000 in grants to nonprofits based on new vaccines that are administered in the state. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

State’s new vaccine incentive program to provide $750K for nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – In an effort to further increase vaccinations, state officials announced Tuesday that incentives will be provided to assist the nonprofit community based...
KICKING THINGS OFF: Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman Vin Mesolella kicks a soccer ball at the opening of a renovated Macomber Stadium in Central Falls, a joint project between the city and the Narragansett Bay Commission to transform contaminated land into a clean, usable facility. / COURTESY NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

Narragansett Bay Commission

PBN Best Places to Work Awards 2021 Large Companies #13. Narragansett Bay Commission Employees in R.I.: 270 Executive Director Laurie Horridge Questions answered by Public Affairs Manager Jamie...
THE NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE has received a $500,000 gift from Brown University, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Partnership for Rhode Island to help curb the rise of gun violence in the state.

Nonviolence Institute receives $500K grant to help curb gun violence in...

PROVIDENCE – The Nonviolence Institute has received a $500,000 grant from two nonprofits and Brown University to help curb the rise of gun violence...
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