A TV cameraman 'shoots' a Foundation news conference.

Selected News Releases

January 5, 2011
Marie J. Langlois named to Foundation board of directors

December 20, 2010
IRA charitable rollover extension includes an extra gift

December 14, 2010
Bristol Female Charitable Society Fund supports seven projects in East Bay

December 7, 2010
12 organizations and coalitions receive “surprise” year-end emergency grants totaling $300,000

November 17, 2010
Investing in primary health care: RIGHA Foundation Fund awards $198K in grants

October 21, 2010
Foundation awards $100,000 emergency grant to Crossroads Rhode Island

October 5, 2010
Foundation supports RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals with $200,000 partial match to secure $5 million federal grant

September 23, 2010
Rhode Island Community Forums inform,engage citizens

August 16, 2010
Local artist-educators awarded nearly $100,000 in graduate fellowships from the Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund

June 29, 2010
Foundation grants $50,000 for summer jobs at Lifespan and Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence

June 17, 2010
Newport County Fund announces grants for 21 projects

June 4, 2010
Foundation honors community leaders at 2010 Annual Meeting

April 23, 2010
2010 Metcalf Fellows will pursue public service projects abroad this summer

April 21, 2010
RIGHA Foundation and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Establish $1.6 Million Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation

March 15, 2010
Foundation-commissioned study finds 140,000 Rhode Islanders have no health insurance

February 11, 2010
Three RI-based writers awarded prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowships

February 8, 2010
Foundation name ten nonprofit leaders Foundation Fellows

February 1, 2010
Teach For America expanding to Rhode Island, bringing 90 dedicated teachers to highest-need schools in next three years

January 6, 2010
Governor Carcieri appoints Keith W. Stokes to Foundation board of directors