About BPI
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YouthBuild Providence is an alternative education and workforce-development program that helps high school dropouts devekio literacy and job-readiness skills. | In 2005, a group of Black leaders and The Rhode Island Foundation sat down to discuss challenges facing the Black community, as well as opportunities for change. They sought a solution that would be responsive to evolving and emerging needs well into the future. Thus was born the Black Philanthropy Initiative, a field of interest fund at the Foundation.
The mission of the Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) is to advance equity and social justice for Blacks in Rhode Island. BPI engages Black Rhode Islanders and other interested Rhode Islanders as active philanthropists to address challenges in the Black community. Through strategic grantmaking, BPI will support organizations and initiatives that:
- Measurably improve the status of Blacks in Rhode Island
- Pursue equality, opportunity, and prosperity in the economic, cultural, social, educational, health, and political spheres
- Galvanize Black leadership, nurture public/private partnerships, and leverage additional community resources
BPI is a permanent endowment that will grow and make grants in perpetuity. As one of more than 1,200 funds housed at the Foundation, it will be managed by the Foundation and overseen by a steering committee. |