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EXCESS FOOD: Eva Agudelo launched Hope’s Harvest Rhode Island in February, a nonprofit that works with farms and food-service organizations to identify excess food and transport it to organizations that serve it to those in need.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Hope’s Harvest promotes equality with food

Entrepreneurship 06/29/2018

Eva Agudelo’s childhood was one marked by food insecurity. “There were times would skip meals, so I had enough money to eat. That’s a...

Rhode Island champions innovation

Editorial and Op-Ed 06/29/2018

The Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium was recently awarded an “Other Transaction Agreement” for undersea and maritime technology prototyping from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center,...

Representatives of Newport County nonprofit organizations listen as the Rhode Island Foundation announces they will share nearly $270,000 in grants. The funds will underwrite activities ranging from workforce training and after school activities to preventing relationship violence and protecting vulnerable seniors. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation awards nearly $270K to Newport County-serving organizations

Art & Culture 06/25/2018

PROVIDENCE - Forty grants funding job readiness training, after school activities, protecting vulnerable seniors and preventing domestic violence were among $267,755 in grants awarded...

PBN celebrates Best Places To Work 2018

PBN Award Winners 06/15/2018

WARWICK - The region’s business leaders were celebrated at the Providence Business News Best Places to Work 2018 event Thursday evening at the Crowne...

VALUABLE PRODUCT: United Way of Rhode Island CEO Anthony Maione said UWRI set a fundraising goal of $260,000 from 260 new donors, but the organization has raised north of $500,000 with roughly 115 donors so far. An anonymous donation of another $500,000 has pushed the total above nearly $1 million, a sign donors see the value of UWRI, he said. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

UWRI CEO Anthony Maione is retiring after 13 years at the...

Cover Story 06/15/2018

For 15 years at the United Way of Rhode Island, Anthony Maione has sought to better the lives of Rhode Islanders and improve their...

THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIOIDS video will run on local TV this month to warn people from the dangers of the drugs and addiction. COURTESY/R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’

Government 06/13/2018

PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...

HONORARY DEGREE: Neil D. Steinberg, right, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, receives the honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from New England Institute of Technology President Richard I. Gouse. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Steinberg receives doctorate of humane letters from New England Tech

In Their Own Words 06/08/2018

NEIL D. STEINBERG, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, recently received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the New England Institute...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has launched RIBizBuilder.com, a new online business services and support website. Above, a screenshot of the website's homepage. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Online services, support website launched by R.I. Foundation

Business Services 06/06/2018

PROVIDENCE - As of Wednesday, local entrepreneurs and small business owners now have another online tool in their pocket to help launch their business...