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‘The impacts are everywhere.’ Federal cuts devastate nonprofits

Rhode Island’s nonprofits are in turmoil. This important segment of the economy – 16% of the workforce – has an uncertain future and the...

Foster Forward’s laser focus on 401 Gives pays off

The nonprofit Foster Forward has raised more than $1.2 million over the past six years during 401 Gives, the statewide day of giving led...

Greg Cornett has been president of Rhode Island Energy since March 2024. The company is the largest electric transmission, distribution and natural gas distribution provider in the state, serving more than 770,000 customers. He also serves on the board of directors for United Way of Rhode Island Inc. and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. needs holistic energy strategy

Greg Cornett | Rhode Island Energy president Rhode Island has some of the most ambitious clean energy and climate policies in the nation, including a...
COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE: Nonprofits that receive more than $50,000 in taxpayer funding will be required to inform state legislators how much they’re paying their top five employees who receive more than $100,000. 
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New law requires many nonprofits to reveal salaries of top executives

A 2023 audit by the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Justice found significant deficiencies in financial management by the Pawtucket nonprofit Blackstone...
STAYING THE COURSE: Dawn Apajee, founder and president of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., speaks to Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade, who is writing on the board. Apajee says the nature of City Personnel’s business – which provides legal, administrative, accounting and support staffing services – calls for a commitment to diversity.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...

The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...

R.I. homelessness is down, but more people are out in the...

For the first time in half a dozen years, the number of unhoused people in Rhode Island is on the decline. But the good news...
Bruce Newbury

Getting the first taste of success

It was 25 years ago in the spring of 2000 at the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference in Providence when royalty of the...
STAYING AFLOAT: Delite Primus, left, director of advancement for Farm Fresh Rhode Island, speaks with Harvest Kitchen Production Manager Charreese Braxton at Farm Fresh’s Providence location on Sims Avenue. Farm Fresh recently had to lay off four employees and is seeking financial assistance amid a federal funding freeze imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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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...
MODERATOR KEVIN MATTA, third from left, speaks with the panelists at Providence Business News’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards program at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Thursday morning. Also on the panel, from left, is Myra Coufal, Amgen Rhode Island diversity, inclusion and belonging site lead; Carolyn Belisle, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island vice president of corporate social responsibility; Talia Brookshire, Neighborhhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief diversity officer; Shameen Awan, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. DE&I assistant vice president; and Neenee Shin, CBIZ Inc. director of diversity, equity and inclusion. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Diversity, equity and inclusion in workplaces may face big...

WARWICK – Proponents of diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the private sector fear a simmering pushback to their work could be accelerating, putting...

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