Tag: Social Enterprise Greenhouse
R.I. Commerce awards $800K in innovation grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors has awarded $800,000 to 13 organizations through its Innovation Network Matching Grant Program.
The program provides grants...
Collette partners with Social Enterprise Greenhouse to support social impact entrepreneurs
PAWTUCKET – Collette Travel Service Inc. has partnered with Social Enterprise Greenhouse for the SEG Product Growth Lab 2026, a cohort-based program designed to...
Needle in the Noise health tech startup wins top prize at...
PROVIDENCE – Social Enterprise Greenhouse recently held its Accelerator Pitch Night, featuring 12 businesses vying for funding and a spot at the organization’s 2026...
R.I. and Mass. nonprofits among OpenAI Foundation grant recipients
PROVIDENCE – The OpenAI Foundation has announced the inaugural recipients of its People-First AI Fund, a multimillion-dollar initiative designed to support community-based nonprofits and...
Everybody’s Business: Looking to give Indigenous entrepreneurs a big lift
When Alexander “Brave Journey” Sterling returned to his home state of Rhode Island in 2022, he asked local members of his tribe, the Ramapo...
Brown Health names new advisers to determine future of Newport Hospital birthing center
NEWPORT – A newly assembled community group has formed to guide the fate of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital.
Brown University Health, which operates the hospital, is considering closing...
Hope Scholars Initiative takes top prize at Growth Lab pitch competition
PAWTUCKET – Hip hop-based education and mentorship service Hope Scholars Initiative, a venture developed by Harrison Grigsby, took top honors at the Social Enterprise...
Half Street Group building a brand for themselves, and others
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES
$250,000 TO $2.5 MILLION 1. Half Street Group
CEO (or equivalent): Mike Raia, founder and president
2024 Revenue: $812,956
2022 Revenue: $390,194
Revenue growth:...
Citizens appoints Carrascoza business banking market executive for New England South region
PROVIDENCE – Melisa Carrascoza has been appointed as market executive for business banking for the New England South region at Citizens Bank.
Carrascoza joined Citizens 13...
Shifting the social determinants of business
The story plays out every day. An industrious woman – an “entrepreneur by necessity”– starts a business because she has no other income potential....
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