Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
R.I. Foundation awards record $89M in grants in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Four years after setting a new record for grantmaking to local organizations, the Rhode Island Foundation raised the bar in 2023.
The foundation...
Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development
WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...
Corley receives 2023 Murray Family Prize from Rhode Island Foundation
DAN CORLEY, founder and head of school of the Community Preparatory School in Providence, received the 2023 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment from...
De Los Santos named Blue Cross 2023 BlueAngel of the Year
PROVIDENCE – Doris De Los Santos, director of supplier diversity at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, has been named the company’s...
R.I. Foundation awards $120K to 24 nonprofits supporting Black community
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...
Former R.I. Secretary of State Gorbea to lead Puerto Rico Green...
PROVIDENCE – Nellie M. Gorbea has found a new professional home, which will take her back to her native Puerto Rico.
Gorbea, who served two...
R.I. Foundation, R.I. EOHHS offering $1.7M in grants to address opioid...
PROVIDENCE – Applications are now being accepted by the Rhode Island Foundation from local nonprofits seeking $1.7 million in total grants to help address...
R.I. Senate confirms Steinberg as life sciences hub’s board chair
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Life Sciences Hub board officially has its leader in place.
The R.I. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved former Rhode Island...
RIF awards $250K in grants to help house residents, support LGBTQ+...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation recently distributed $250,000 in total grants to various nonprofit organizations both helping local residents stay warm during the...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2023
From multimillion-dollar home sales across the state to high-profile and sometimes controversial real estate developments, corporate leadership shakeups and layoffs, to a sudden bridge...