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United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants

Economic Activity 08/14/2024

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $120,000 in grants to 24 nonprofits that support the state's Black community. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $120K to 24 nonprofits supporting Black community

News Story 02/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four local nonprofits serving the state’s Black community received more than $120,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Black Philanthropy Bannister...

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

Business Services 10/27/2023

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...

18 organizations receive $270K from Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation

Economic Activity 07/31/2023

WEST WARWICK – Eighteen organizations across the state will share $270,000 from the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation. The grants, which are part of the foundation’s...

BankNewport awards $45K to 5 R.I. organizations

Financial Services 06/20/2022

NEWPORT – BankNewport recently provided $45,000 in grants to five Rhode Island education and workforce development organizations, according to a news release. Recipients are DownCity...

Centreville Bank donates $284K to 13 nonprofits in R.I. and Conn.

Financial Services 04/18/2022

WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank through its charitable foundation recently awarded more than $284,000 in grants to 13 nonprofits in Rhode Island and Connecticut,...

Providence Promise distributed $33K in scholarship funds to families in 2020

Nonprofit 03/16/2021

PROVIDENCE – Local education nonprofit Providence Promise distributed more than $33,000 in funds to families through its Early Scholarship/Incentive program in 2020. Additionally, the 529...

Madalyn Ciampi in September became the first executive director of Providence Promise. The nonprofit, parent-driven organization was founded in 2018 and supports the post-secondary aspirations of Providence children and their families. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Keep staff well-being in focus

Education 10/16/2020

Madalyn Ciampi | Providence Promise executive director The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly every aspect of life, and the roles of many nonprofits have grown...

MADALYN CIAMPI has been named executive director of the nonprofit Providence Promise. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PROMISE

Ciampi named executive director of Providence Promise

Nonprofit 09/24/2020

PROVIDENCE – Madalyn Ciampi has been appointed executive director of Providence Promise, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. Ciampi most recently served as Providence Promise’s chief of...