Tag: Rhode Island Foundation
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...
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...
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