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RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS and higher interest rates have affected the work to transform the Industrial Trust Co. Building in Providence into nearly 300 apartments. Mayor Brett P. Smiley has proposed a change to the tax incentives plan to give the building owner High Rock Westminster LLC help in closing the financial gap. PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Smiley has proposal to help ‘Superman Building’ overhaul get past money...

Economy 01/24/2025

More than a year after interior demolition and asbestos removal started at the Industrial Trust Co. Building in downtown Providence, the future of the...

HELPING HAND: Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, center with flowers, poses with her family after receiving the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2024 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment for her work supporting teenagers and young adults in the foster care system.  COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Guillette wins Rhode Island Foundation’s Murray Family Prize

In Their Own Words 01/17/2025

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

Nonprofit 12/17/2024

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...

BRISTOL THEATRE COMPANY will hold its annual "Holiday Celebration – A Cabaret Fundraiser" from Dec. 20-22 at Linden Place Mansion in Bristol. / COURTESY LINDEN PLACE MANSION

Philanthropy Calendar, Dec. 18, 2024

Nonprofit 12/17/2024

If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Bessette@PBN.com at least four weeks...

David N. Cicilline / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SETTING A NEW COURSE: 5-year action plan to determine how R.I....

Cover Story 12/06/2024

When David N. Cicilline became the Rhode Island Foundation’s new chief executive and president in May 2023, he and the rest of the nonprofit’s...

COMMITTED: Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President David N. Cicilline says diversity, equity, inclusion and access initiatives will be prioritized in a new five-year action plan.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

RIF’s new action plan to prioritize diversity, equity

Editorial and Op-Ed 12/06/2024

The Rhode Island Foundation’s new five-year action plan couldn’t be better timed for those worried about a national rollback in support for diversity, equity,...

ANN-MARIE HARRINGTON, left, has been elected as the Rhode Island Foundation's new board chairperson. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Harrington elected R.I. Foundation’s new board chairperson

News Story 12/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – Ann-Marie Harrington, the founder and former CEO of digital marketing company Embolden who has served on the Rhode Island Foundation’s board of...

Philanthropy Calendar, Dec. 4, 2024

Nonprofit 12/03/2024

If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Bessette@PBN.com at least four weeks...