Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
R.I. House speaker’s office’s Martineau had a lifelong destiny fulfilled
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Emily Martineau, R.I. Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives deputy director of communications
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URI among schools targeted in civil rights complaints
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into 35 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island after...
United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives...
PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...
401Gives Day arrives as nonprofits face challenges, funding uncertainty
PROVIDENCE – Even five years after the world stopped and life has since returned to normal, COVID-19’s tentacles still have a firm grasp on...
For 50 years, an advocate for downtown success
Unless there was a sporting event or the circus was in town, David Salvatore was probably not venturing into downtown Providence when he was...
Hurting R.I. nonprofits eye offers of financial help
A federal funding freeze is putting the hurt on Farm Fresh Rhode Island, and now the nonprofit’s administrators are looking for any other funding...
Giordano: Partnership for R.I. to focus on making state business-friendly
PROVIDENCE – When Tom Giordano arrived in Rhode Island in 2017 to lead Partnership for Rhode Island, then a newly formed nonprofit CEO roundtable,...
R.I. Foundation earmarking $3M to support nonprofits impacted by federal funding...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is earmarking $3 million in grants to help local nonprofits that suffered lost federal funding due to recent...
Giordano leaving Partnership for R.I. as executive director
PROVIDENCE – Partnership for Rhode Island’s founding executive director is heading off to the private sector.
Tom Giordano, who established and led the nonprofit CEO...
R.I. Foundation offering $4M in college scholarships
PROVIDENCE – Approximately $4 million in college scholarships is being offered by the Rhode Island Foundation to local qualifying students through various funding opportunities.
The...
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