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RIFC Corner Kicks: Nonprofits leveraging partnerships with team to highlight community...

(Editor’s note: This is the 15th installment in a weekly series spotlighting Rhode Island FC and Centreville Bank Stadium from a business perspective throughout...

Washington Trust marks 225 years with statewide giveaways, community celebrations

PROVIDENCE – The Washington Trust Co. has launched a series of community appreciation events throughout the month in celebration of its 225 years of continuous...
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Johnson named Pawtucket Foundation’s 2025 Person of the Year

BRETT M. JOHNSON, chairman of Fortuitus Partners and co-founder of Rhode Island FC, was recently named the 2025 Person of the Year by the...
READY TO HELP: Jillian Finkle, deputy director for Grow Smart Rhode Island, will be helping to oversee a three-year pilot program focused on revitalizing the state’s Main Streets, such as the commercial corridor along Dexter Street in Central Falls, where Finkle is pictured. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A new attempt to breathe life into R.I.’s main streets

The colloquial “Main Streets” are vital for community cohesion and small-business growth. Yet, these areas don’t develop naturally, and many local commercial corridors struggle...

State awards $2M in Placemaking Initiative grants to 26 municipalities and...

CENTRAL FALLS – State officials on Wednesday announced that 26 municipalities and nonprofits received $2 million in Placemaking Initiative awards to support outdoor and...

PBN Digital Issue – Giving Guide 2024

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BUSINESS 101: The Providence Public Library will hold a workshop on May 4 on planning and owning a business. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Editor’s Choice: Providence Library to hold business planning workshop 


EDITOR’S CHOICE Providence library to hold business planning workshop THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC Library will hold a workshop as part of its Small Business Series....
PLAYTIME: Jordan Towle, a visitor services manager at the Providence Children’s Museum, plays with Jorge Rodrigues, 1, of Providence. The museum, according to Executive Director Caroline Payson, relies on ticket sales and membership fees to bolster operating costs. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits

The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
HELPING HAND: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center volunteer Susan Barnes, right, assists a customer in the nonprofit organization’s food pantry in Newport.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Soaring inflation hurting nonprofits in many ways

Ask Heather Hole Strout what keeps her up at night and she answers without hesitating. “Housing. It’s a big issue. Many we help have...

Bristol County Savings Bank awards $117K to 14 R.I. nonprofits

TAUNTON – Bristol County Savings Bank recently awarded $116,500 to 14 northern Rhode Island nonprofits as part of its 25th anniversary celebration, according to...
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