Nearly 1,200 Central Providence residents cast ballots earlier this month and voted to allocate a total of $1 million toward eight community projects that will improve the health and quality of life throughout the 02908 and 02909 zip codes. The Nine Neighborhood Fund is a community-lead participatory budgeting initiative. It is the state’s largest direct…
Rhode Island Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to Improve Student Performance
The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants to improve student performance in Providence, Pawtucket, Newport and Central Falls schools. Research has shown benefits, particularly for students of color, when students are matched with a teacher of their same race. Low-income Black students, for example, who have at least one Black teacher in elementary…
Expansion Arts Names New Cohort
Five local arts and culturally specific organizations of color will share $150,000 to increase their capacity to bring their cultural traditions to the public. The funding is through the Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program. A partnership between the Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Council…
United Way’s Trust-based Philanthropy Profiled in Providence Business News
Providence Business News recently featured an interview with Roshni Darnal, Director of Community Investments at United Way of Rhode Island, who shared about shifts in United Way’s grantmaking: Read article
NEA Awards $1.134 Million to RI State Council on the Arts, Arts Organizations
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced grant awards of more than $1.134 million to six Rhode Island-based arts and culture organizations. The allotment included $934,100 to the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) to support arts programs, services and activities associated with carrying out the agency’s NEA-approved strategic plan. The other…
Champlin Awards $7.9 Million to RI Nonprofits
The Champlin Foundation announced today $7.9 million in capital funding to 78 Rhode Island based nonprofit organizations. Across 26 communities statewide, grants will make critical capital investments, including building upgrades, enhanced security and technology systems, new vehicles, and new and expanded facilities. Ten libraries across 10 different communities received grants in this round of funding, including the…