Tag: Progreso Latino
Philanthropy Calendar, Sept. 16, 2020
If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Research@PBN.com at least four weeks...
Business incubator born in response to COVID-19
Jo Lee’s new business was on the fast track to success.
In a single year, she’d transformed PopUp Rhody LLC from an idea into a...
Five Rhode Island nonprofits receive $50K from National Grid Foundation
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island-based nonprofits recently received $50,000 combined from the National Grid Foundation to support hunger relief and human services for individuals...
RIC to open new workforce development hub at former Dexter Credit...
CENTRAL FALLS – Sensing a need to help address workforce skills gaps in Rhode Island, one state college will open this week its new...
Healthcentric Advisors uses $175K grant to target high blood pressure
PROVIDENCE – Healthcentric Advisors, a nonprofit based in the city, is launching a project focused on reducing uncontrolled high blood pressure in medically underserved...
Alzheimer’s Association R.I. chapter hosting multiple events in June
PROVIDENCE – Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 23,000 people and 53,000 caregivers in Rhode Island, and it is the fifth-leading cause of death in...
Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats...
The last time a U.S. census form arrived in the mail, Marcela Betancur helped her mother fill it out. As a 20-year-old, she had...
Tufts Health Plan Foundation awards $100K in 10 grants to R.I....
PROVIDENCE – Ten Rhode Island organizations each will receive $10,000 grants from Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s new Momentum Fund.
The fund was created to develop...
Five Questions With: Mario Bueno
Mario Bueno is executive director of Progreso Latino in Central Falls, a nonprofit aimed at helping the Latino community gain access to housing, health...
$3.6M in health care remediation grants announced by R.I. Foundation
PROVIDENCE – Targeting residents of Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick, Woonsocket, as well as additional communities in South County, the Rhode Island...
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