Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
Calls renewed for business community to help with schools
Three years after R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green led the takeover of Providence’s failing schools with a plan that included the involvement of the...
Matta among 16 honorees for PBN’s 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Awards
PROVIDENCE – Kevin Matta, board vice president for Diversity and Inclusion Professionals and Amos House’s chief human resources and diversity officer, is among 16...
Shekarchi backs new agency to boost biotech and life sciences
PROVIDENCE – On the heels of a newly released report looking at creating a more-thriving life sciences and biotechnology sector in the state, House...
R.I. Foundation offering $30K grants to arts, culture organizations of color
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is partnering with the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Council for the...
McKee announces $20M grant program to address housing, hunger, behavioral health
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee along with state officials Thursday announced a new $20 million grant program through the Rhode Island Foundation that...
R.I. Foundation awards $77,500 for services to LGBTQ communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 12 nonprofit organizations $77,500 in total grants to assist their efforts in supporting the Ocean State’s...
R.I. Foundation creates committee to find next president and CEO
PROVIDENCE – The process to find the Rhode Island Foundation’s next CEO and president is underway.
The state’s largest nonprofit funder announced it has formed...
R.I. Foundation selects 31 individuals for latest Equity Leadership Initiative class
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has chosen 31 new individuals to participate in the second class of the nonprofit funder’s Equity Leadership Initiative.
The...
R.I. Foundation’s Andrew College Fund awards $470K to close to 90...
PROVIDENCE – Close to 90 students received more than $470,000 in financial aid in order to attend college via the Rhode Island Foundation’s new Robert...
R.I. Foundation awards 3 nonprofits $375K to improve perinatal care for...
PROVIDENCE – Three nonprofits became the beneficiaries of $375,000 in total grants from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Rhode Island Perinatal Workforce Fund in order...