United Way Invests $10 Million to Build Racial Equity and Opportunities for all Rhode Islanders

With a focus on achieving the goals of its LIVE UNITED 2025 plan to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders, United Way of Rhode Island announced an investment of $10 million in the work of community organizations over three years. These latest grants,  awarded from United Way’s Community Impact Fund, benefitted 45 local…

$20 Million in ARPA Funds Distributed to Address Housing, Hunger, and Behavioral Health

The Rhode Island Foundation has completed awarding $20 million in grants for hunger, housing and behavioral health to 240 nonprofits across the state. State leaders tapped the Foundation to distribute the funding from Rhode Island’s $1.1 billion share of the federal American Rescue Plan Act allocation for COVID-19 recovery. The $20 million the Foundation has…

Nonprofits Receive $3.25 Million to Address Opioid Use

The McKee Administration’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Rhode Island Foundation announced $3.25 million in grant funding to 15 nonprofit organizations to address opioid use, treatment and prevention. Rhode Island’s Opioid Settlement Agreement states that all the funds will be directed to opioid abatement – including expanding access to opioid use disorder…

New Housing Report Released

Rhode Island Foundation recently released a study of Rhode Island’s housing environment by the Boston Consulting Group, entitled “Housing Supply and Homelessness in Rhode Island.” Under the guidance of a steering committee consisting of funding partners Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the Partnership for Rhode Island, and Rhode Island LISC, and with staff support from the United Way of Rhode Island, the effort engaged…

Citizens Gives LISC $1.25 Million For Digital Inclusion

The Citizens Charitable Foundation announced today a $1.25 million grant to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to fuel digital inclusion in historically marginalized communities, helping residents build the skills they need to compete for jobs. Supporting work at eight LISC Financial Opportunity Center® (FOC) partners, the funding will help launch and expand digital services…

Bank Newport 2022 Philanthropy Tops $1.7 Million

Pictured left to right: Carmen Diaz-Jusino, Vice President, Community Development Officer, BankNewport and a member of the board of directors of the RI Community Food Bank; Andrew Schiff, CEO, RI Community Food Bank; Jack Murphy, President & CEO, BankNewport; Kathleen Charbonneau, Vice President, Director of Community Relations, BankNewport. In 2022, Bank Newport philanthropic efforts resulted in over $1.7 million awarded to over…