Impact (highlights)
- A $50,000 grant will help the Urban Collaborative expand into larger quarters and have a state-of-the-art science laboratory and a gym, which will be used by the Collaborative’s 140 students from the cities of Cranston, Central Falls, and Providence. The 225 students attending the Textron Chamber of Commerce Charter School will also utilize the laboratory and gym.
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| A City Year corps member provides one-on-one support in a middle school literacy class. (Photo credit: Jennifer Cogswell) |
- The College Crusade will use an $85,000 grant to serve more than 3,500 students from the urban core cities. More than 400 parents will be served in 22 workshops on various topics.
- The University of Rhode Island College of Engineering received a $60,000 grant for its collaboration with the Providence School Department to interest more underrepresented populations in the field of engineering. They have had 1,006 students participate in this program and professional development has been provided to the science/math faculty of the schools served.
- The Providence After School Alliance received a grant of $46,000 toward its successful launch of the Hub initiative, its first program for high school students with more than 200 students in attendance.
- A $71,000 grant will help City Year expand programming to additional Providence middle schools for students who are “off track.” With the expansion, 1,276 middle school students will participate.
- A $122,569 grant will enable the Education Alliance, along with representatives of
“Guidance and support from the Rhode Island
Foundation has not only made it possible for
City Year Rhode Island to provide more
students with academic support, mentoring
and high-quality after school programs, but it
has also increased our capacity to train our
staff, strengthen our program and evaluate
our impact. We are a better community
partner because of the Rhode Island
Foundation’s investment in our work.”
Jennie Johnson, Executive Director
City Year Rhode Island | Rhode Island’s teacher training programs, to develop a new curriculum for all teacher-training programs to address the difficulties of teaching students for whom English is not their native language. Continued field-testing and assessments will lead to finalization of the curriculum.
- With support from a $34,000 grant, the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools hosted the third Charter School Consortium where best practices were shared with Rhode Island public school students, educators, and families. More than 300 people attended.
- A $50,000 Foundation grant is helping the American Federation of Teachers and the Rhode Island Department of Education negotiate to merge their respective teacher evaluation models into one shared model. This model will eventually be used to evaluate all 11,900 of the state’s teachers.
“The Rhode Island Foundation is an essential
partner in our mission to advance college access
and success for students in low-income urban
communities. Thanks to the Foundation’s critical
investment over the past year, over 3,500 inspired
young people who participate in our program are
closer to achieving their dream of going to college.”
Todd D. Flaherty, President & CEO
The College Crusade of Rhode Island |
- A grant of $5,000 provided support for the fourth year of a principal support network to help each school leader affect reform in schools.
- RI-CAN, an educational advocacy organization, was launched with $50,000 in Foundation support.
- Funding of $56,561 provided to the Rhode Island Department of Education supported the successfully enacted school funding formula
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