Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
RIF ‘investment’ in state grows
The Rhode Island Foundation in recent years has increasingly taken a more active role as a community convener, planner and funder. That evolution, as...
RIF takes making an impact to an entirely new local place
With an endowment that passed $800 million in 2016, the Rhode Island Foundation has one of the largest single pools for investment in the...
Nonprofits not worried about giving fatigue after storms
In the span of roughly four weeks, the southern coast of the United States and the island of Puerto Rico were ravaged by multiple...
United Way honors McFarland for leading RICCA
When it comes to giving in Rhode Island, there may be no more powerful force than the Rhode Island Community Action Association. But its...
Recovery strains community, philanthropic resources
As 2017 comes to a close, the United States is a long way from closing the book on the devastating effects of three hurricanes....
RIF announces $10M impact investment program
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is looking to invest $10 million in local business projects during the inaugural year of its new Impact...
RIF Innovation Fellowship undergoes rebrand, calls for 2018 applicants
PROVIDENCE – As it approaches its seventh year, the Rhode Island Foundation’s Innovation Fellowship, one of the most prestigious entrepreneurial awards in the state,...
Rhode Island Foundation awards 5 best practice awards to local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island-based nonprofits will receive 2017 Best Practice awards from the Rhode Island Foundation Tuesday, according to a Monday statement by the...
Raimondo moves to aid ‘Dreamers’
Rhode Island organizations and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo have made a concerted effort to retain the state’s so-called “Dreamers,” including covering their application fees...
Tutson receives Public Humanities Scholar Award from RICH
VALERIE TUTSON is the founding member and executive director of Rhode Island Black Storytellers. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities recently awarded Tutson...
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