Community Initiatives:
Black Philanthropy Initiative: a permanent endowment
of The Rhode Island Foundation

BPI Founders

This dedicated group of volunteers (listed below) comprised the original BPI steering committee. They in turn recruited additional leaders of the first-ever fundraising campaign for the Initiative, and will continue to be involved in determining strategic priorities for grantmaking.

Co-Chairs Committee Members
Edward Clifton Manny Barrows
Linda Newton William Bundy
Michael Van Leesten Sharon Chancellor*
Jason Fowler
  Douglas Johnson
Stacey Jordan
Beverly Ledbetter
Keith Stokes
Walter Stone

*Deceased
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