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TUFTS HEALTH PLAN Foundation is committing $1 million to nonprofit organizations supporting older people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local companies announce charitable efforts amid pandemic

Coronavirus 03/19/2020

PROVIDENCE – Tufts Health Plan Foundation is making $1 million available to community and nonprofit organizations working to support older people impacted by the...

Diversity elusive in R.I. but work is ongoing

Editorial and Op-Ed 02/28/2020

PBN in December held a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion at an annual event that also recognized seven business and community leaders making...

Merelise Hitte Joins Crossroads RI as CFO

People on the Move 02/14/2020

Merelise Hitte recently joined Crossroads RI’s senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Hitte spent the majority of her career leading financial operations for...

UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND and Social Enterprise Greenhouse has selected 10 fellows for its inaugural Nonprofit Innovation Lab, which commences Monday.

United Way of RI, SEG select 10 fellows for inaugural Nonprofit...

Nonprofit 01/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Ten local nonprofit leaders have been selected as fellows by United Way of Rhode Island and Social Enterprise Greenhouse for the two...

Tax the wealthy and their charities will suffer

Commentary 11/29/2019

America’s corporate economy has long been divided between a taxed, for-profit sector and a non-taxed, not-for-profit sector. This division has significant implications for tax...

REHAB MASON Mike DeQuattro works on the deteriorated limestone strip at the top of the fascia of the Providence Public Library’s Empire Street wing in May. The library has been awarded $750,000 by the Champlin Foundation for the ongoing construction work. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Champlin Foundation approves $18M in grants for R.I. nonprofits

Community Service 11/22/2019

CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation on Friday announced $18 million in grants that will be awarded to dozens of mission-driven organizations across Rhode Island. A...

Cortney Nicolato returned to her native Rhode Island last fall to lead United Way. Cultivating strategic partnerships is a theme of her career and a guiding force today as she leads work that changes lives and strengthens the community – work that calls for putting individual agendas aside to solve large-scale problems. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

United, Rhode Island wins

In Their Own Words 10/04/2019

Cortney Nicolato | United Way of Rhode Island CEO and president What I love most about our state and the people in it: Rhode Islanders...

Providence City Council presses for restoration of state PILOT funds

Real Estate 05/15/2019

PROVIDENCE – The City Council has put a price on its tax-free hosting of nonprofit institutions such as Brown University, Johnson & Wales University,...

TAKING THE LEAD: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza says he’s proud that the Providence Police Department was the first in the state to adopt body cameras for its police officers. He said the program has been well-received, adding it helps to calm people down because they know they are being recorded, while also allowing “the entire picture” of an incident to get out.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Can a self-described ‘pro[business]-growth progressive’ mayor boost investment in Providence?

Cover Story 09/28/2018

The son of Guatemalan immigrants who settled in the West End of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story: The first in...