On Tuesday, May 23, Points of Light announced The Civic 50 for 2023, including three GCRI members — CVS Health, Hasbro, and Point32Health. All three are repeat winners, and Hasbro was also named a Civic 50 Sector Leader for the Consumer Discretionary Sector. Only six New England companies made the list. Points of Light is the…
Rhode Island Foundation Invests in Social Justice
Two and a half years ago, the Rhode Island Foundation’s Board of Directors committed to a 3-year, $8.5 million investment to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and access. In alignment with this critical commitment, the Foundation announced that it has invested more than $1.2 million to create designated endowments for 14 long-standing Rhode Island-based nonprofits that…
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…