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Salve Regina University receives $5M gift for new student pavilion

NEWPORT – The founder of the Papitto Opportunity Connection who also is a board trustee at Salve Regina University provided the private university a...
EXPANSION WORK: Nancy Wolanski, left, director of United Way of Rhode Island Inc.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact, and Engagement Manager Caitlynn Douglas collaborate at the organization’s Providence office. The alliance has launched Give4GoodRI, a year-round online platform to enable perpetual giving to local nonprofits that builds off of 401Gives Day. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

United Way of R.I.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact offers a new...

FOUR YEARS AFTER United Way of Rhode Island Inc. launched a ­special online fundraising day to support local nonprofits, local organizations are now in...

Lifespan Sickle Cell Program receives $1M grant

PROVIDENCE – The Papitto Opportunity Connection recently announced it awarded its first $1 million Innovation Grant to the Lifespan Sickle Cell Program. The funding will...
THE BUY-IN: Darryl Lindie, co-founder and president of Providence-based investment firm New Majority Capital, is putting a focus on the entrepreneurship-through-acquisition model. Lindie acquired AA Thrifty Sign & Awning in July 2023. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Exits that could help a minority entrepreneur

Rhode Island-based entrepreneur David Owoyemi was no stranger to startups in August 2022, when he was in the middle of launching a new enterprise,...
POSITIVE FUTURE: Michelle Carr, executive director for Leadership Rhode Island, has also worked to support youths via the Prepare RI program, helping incoming high school juniors secure internships. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Carr a driving force at Leadership R.I.

2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Michelle Carr Leadership Rhode Island executive director WHEN SHE FIRST STEPPED into her role as...
A FORMER ASSISTED LIVING facility in Central Falls will be converted into 30 affordable housing units for at-risk women and children as part of a partnership between the city, the Central Falls Children's Foundation and the Papitto Opportunity Connection. / COURTESY PAPITTO OPPORTUNTY CONNECTION

Central Falls collaborates with local nonprofits to create 30-unit affordable housing...

CENTRAL FALLS – A former assisted living facility within the city will soon be transformed into temporary affordable housing for at-risk women and their...
LOCAL NONPROFIT LEADERS and representatives gather Tuesday at The Guild in Pawtucket for a special 401Gives Day event. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

401Gives Day sets new records for fundraising, donors, organizations supported

PAWTUCKET – The bar continues to be raised with Rhode Island’s largest single nonprofit supporting initiative, with new records across the board during the...
THE UPCOMING 401GIVES DAY on April 1 hopes to both raise $4.01 million for local nonprofits and attract new donors to contribute to local causes.

Nonprofits seeking more money, new donors on upcoming 401Gives Day

PROVIDENCE – More money being contributed to local nonprofits is always the annual goal for 401Gives Day, and this coming April 1 will be...

United Way launches Alliance for Nonprofit Impact

PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, the United Way of Rhode Island Inc. launched its five-year, $100 million LIVE UNITED 2025 comprehensive plan to help...
John A. Tarantino

Tarantino receives lifetime achievement award from Justice Assistance

JOHN A. TARANTINO, a senior counsel at Providence-based law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC and a managing trustee at the Papitto Opportunity Connection,...
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