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THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has announced the recipients of its annual Carter Fellowships for Entrepreneurial Innovation. From left to right, The Rhode Island Foundation's Neil D. Steinberg and Jessica David stand with the 2018 winners: Erminio Pinque, Kate Lentz and Eva Agudelo. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Three honored as 2018 Carter Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Innovation winners

Nonprofit 04/03/2018

PROVIDENCE – Applicants from Providence and Barrington touting food reuse, book ownership and local arts engagement centers were named Tuesday morning by the Rhode...

MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA announced the city's new Advanced Internship Program Monday. The program will match qualified Providence youth ages 14-24 with an employer for paid internships. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Elorza introduces Advanced Internship Program for Providence youth

Government 04/02/2018

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined numerous leaders in the public and private sectors in announcing the city's Advanced Internship Program Monday. The program...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded more than $280,000 in grants to improve health care to improve health care in Rhode Island. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation President Karen Voci, who serves on the advisory committee that recommended the grants, speaks at the announcement Friday morning at the Central Falls Fire Station. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RI Foundation awards $280K-plus in grants to improve local residents’ health

Health Services 03/30/2018

PROVIDENCE – Six health care organizations and one city will split a combined $284,000 in grants form the Rhode Island Foundation to help improve...

THE RI FOUNDATION'S Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island is accepting grant applications for for efforts that will improve the health of under-served communities. / COURTESY THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island taking grant applications

Health Services 03/23/2018

PROVIDENCE — Nonprofits have until April 2 to apply for $2.8 million in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island,...

THE HOUSING NETWORK of Rhode Island announced its 2018 awardees which will be honored at its annual meeting on May 21.

Housing Network of Rhode Island announces 2018 awardees, annual meeting

Nonprofit 03/20/2018

PROVIDENCE - The Housing Network of Rhode Island will mark a year of progress in affordable housing at its annual meeting on May 21,...

STUDENTS FROM William Winsor Elementary School in Smithfield, which was one of the schools statewide to win grants for classroom innovation from the Rhode Island Foundation. Nearly two dozen school districts will share $153,000 in grants. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

$153K in RIF classroom innovation grants shared by 23 R.I. towns,...

Education 03/12/2018

PROVIDENCE - More than 150 educators, among them many elementary school teachers, in 23 Rhode Island cities and towns will share $153,000 in grants...

ON THURSDAY, the Rhode Island Foundation launched a website to pair with its new TogetherRI initiative which focuses on Rhode Islanders discussing ways to improve the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation launches TogetherRI to encourage community discussion

Nonprofit 03/01/2018

PROVIDENCE – Starting this month and stretching into early May, the Rhode Island Foundation will host 20 community gatherings as part of a new...

UP TO $15,000 is available in scholarship funds for local journalism, broadcasting and communications students from the Rhode Island PBS Foundation. / COURTESY OF THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Up to $15K in PBS scholarship funds available to local media...

Education 02/22/2018

PROVIDENCE - Established in December, the inaugural Rhode Island PBS Scholarships offered by the Rhode Island PBS Foundation scholarship will award up to $15,000...

NEIL D. STEINBERG, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, told the Providence Business News Thursday the $150,000 Together RI initiative which saw community members discuss current events and challenges in person was "worth the investment." / PBN FILE PHOTO/PHOTO BY MICHAEL SALERNO

RIF expands grant opportunities, staff, recommits to strategic priorities

Economic Activity 02/19/2018

PROVIDENCE - While the Rhode Island Foundation closed out 2017 having doled out $43 million in grants to more than 1,700 nonprofit organizations and...