Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
R.I. Foundation awards $87M in grants in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Grantmaking was still aplenty last year for the Rhode Island Foundation.
The prominent nonprofit funder announced Thursday that it awarded close to $87...
R.I. Foundation hires Cano Morales as its new VP of equity...
PROVIDENCE – Anna Cano Morales, the former Rhode Island College vice president of external relations and diversity, equity and inclusion who left the state-run...
DEI support still strong in Ocean State
As disheartening as the national rollback in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is for local advocates, the commitment remains strong in the Ocean State.
In...
R.I. Foundation awards $130K in grants to 22 organizations supporting Black...
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-two nonprofit organizations that serve the state’s Black community were awarded close to $130,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, the...
R.I. Foundation, van Beuren Foundation launch new journalism support initiative
PROVIDENCE – Two local foundations that financially support nonprofits are launching a new chapter connected to a national organization to help reinforce journalism in...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $260K to help locals stay housed this...
PROVIDENCE – Thirteen nonprofits recently received a total of $260,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation to help more than 600 people stay...
R.I. Foundation, Annenberg Institute create commission to assess state’s education funding...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation and the Annenberg Institute at Brown University are launching a new education committee to study, assess and make...
Smiley has proposal to help ‘Superman Building’ overhaul get past money...
More than a year after interior demolition and asbestos removal started at the Industrial Trust Co. Building in downtown Providence, the future of the...
Guillette wins Rhode Island Foundation’s Murray Family Prize
LISA GUILLETTE, executive director of East Providence-based nonprofit Foster Forward, was recently presented with the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community...
Guillette receives Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Prize
PROVIDENCE – Lisa Guillette, executive director of East Providence-based nonprofit Foster Forward, was recently presented with the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize...
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