Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
R.I. Foundation offering $290K in grants to serve Newport County residents
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation’s Newport County Fund is currently open to applicants that serve Newport County residents and can apply for close...
R.I. Foundation awards $500K in grants to animal welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – More than two dozen animal welfare programs across the region have received about $500,000 in Rhode Island Foundation grants to support their...
United Way eyes statewide nonprofit resource center
PROVIDENCE – Among the goals in the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million Live United 2025 plan announced last year, the organization...
Bueno receives Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment
MARIO BUENO, executive director of Central Falls-based nonprofit Progreso Latino, has been awarded the 2021 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment from the Rhode...
Make healthy lives for all Rhode Islanders a top priority
Over the last few years, we’ve worked closely together as co-chairs of the Rhode Island Foundation-initiated long-term health planning effort. During that time, we’ve...
Co-CEO arrangement could spell trouble for Rhode Island hospital merger
PROVIDENCE – Two heads are better than one, the old saying goes.
But that’s not the case when it comes to putting co-CEOs in charge...
Five Questions With: Dr. G. Alan Kurose
Dr. G. Alan Kurose is the CEO and president of Coastal Medical. Kurose, who oversees the Providence-based primary health care practice organization, was recently...
R.I. Office of Postsecondary Commissioner report seeks more staffing, funding for...
PROVIDENCE – A report released Friday by the R.I. Office of Postsecondary Commissioner calls for more staffing and funding for state public colleges among...
Summit panel: ‘Knock on those CEO doors’ to ensure workplace equity...
Everyone has a role to play in boosting diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace – from rank-and-file employees to the top executives –...
Blue Cross receives philanthropy award from Rhode Island Foundation
MICHELLE LEDERBERG is the executive vice president, chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which...