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College Visions, Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation named inaugural winners of INE Best Practice Awards

The Rhode Island Foundation’s Initiative for Non Profit Excellence (INE) announced College Visions a...
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Rhode Island Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation make $1.8 million commitment to The Learning Community to spur reading achievement

The Rhode Island Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation today announced grants totaling $1.8 mil...
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Foundation Names Inaugural Innovation Fellows

Two pioneering ideas - created by Soren Ryherd and Allan Tear - to fuel job creation and economi...
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Our newest leadership initiative: The Civic Leadership Fund

To maximize impact, at times the Foundation goes beyond traditional grantmaking to influence critica...
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Foundation announces three new officers

President and CEO Neil Steinberg has announced the appointment of three new staff members at the Fou...
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Three local musicians awarded MacColl Johnson Fellowships

Three Rhode Island-based musicians have been named recipients of prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellows...
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Foundation receives $350,000 grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to Physician Loan Forgiveness Program

Foundation President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg has announced that Blue Cross Blue & Shield of Rhode ...
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'Leading is a civic calling...and a duty for all citizens'

In this Providence Business News guest column , Foundation President & CEO Neil D. Steinberg asks y...
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Law Professor Jorge O. Elorza joins Foundation board

Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Jorge O. Elorza is the newest Foundation board me...
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Historic grant celebrates partnership of labor and management to turn around Providence schools

On February 7, 2012, the Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to support the creation of United Pro...
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Foundation awards year-end emergency grants totaling $300K

The Foundation today announced $300,000 in year-end grants to help organizations providing emergency...
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Daniel Kertzner appointed vice president for grant programs

Foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg has announced that after a national search, Daniel Kertz...
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Learn about our newest resource for nonprofits: The Exchange

The Nonprofit Resource Exchange is an online resource for nonprofits that have something to share ...
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Seeking individuals with ambitious ideas for Rhode Island

New Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship will award $100k/year for three years to solve challenges w...
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UnitedHealthcare provides $250,000 grant to The Rhode Island Foundation to help improve access to primary health care

Grant supports the Foundation’s loan forgiveness program
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Foundation announces promotions of four employees

"These promotions recognize the hard work and dedication of four outstanding employees," said Founda...
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Foundation awards $81,500 to RI artist-educators

Sixteen Rhode Island artist-educators received fellowships from the Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund at ...
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Foundation announces $3.4M in second quarter discretionary grants

The Foundation has granted a total of $4,627,108 in discretionary grants this year and a total of $1...
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Our 2010 Annual Report is now available online

Learn how the Foundation - with generous Rhode Islanders and dedicated nonprofit leaders - is workin...
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Newport County Fund announces 2011 small grant award recipients

The Newport County Fund, through its small grants program, has awarded $110,144 to 16 local nonprofi...
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Foundation honors community leaders at annual meeting

Watch the videos about our honorees, Dotty and Sandy McCulloch, James V. Aukerman, and Bert Crenca/A...
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Foundation announces first quarter strategy grants

The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 14 competitive strategy grants totaling $565,028 to local no...
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Foundation announces inaugural Beatrice S. Demers Fellows

Nineteen individuals receive awards totaling $187,000. for foreign language study.
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Mary W.C. Daly and Edward O. Handy III join Foundation board

Mary W.C. “Polly” Daly of Providence and Edward O. “Ned” Handy III of East Greenwich have been elect...
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Foundation, Alpert Medical School, Lifespan launch new initiative

Program seeks primary care physicians to lead and inspire future colleagues
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A note from the president and chief executive officer

Neil D. Steinberg shares Foundation’s 2010 investment returns
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Foundation awards MacColl Johnson Fellowships to three visual artists

Three Rhode Island-based visual artists - Liz Collins, Ellen Driscoll, and Lynne Harlow - have been ...
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Foundation's Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence welcomes 13 Fellows

The Rhode Island Foundation and the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence (INE) have announced 13 new...
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Foundation grants record amount to nonprofit organizations in 2010

The Rhode Island Foundation granted a record $29.2 million in 2010, the largest annual amount in the...
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Marie J. Langlois named to Foundation board of directors

Retired managing director of Washington Trust Investors joins 13-member board.
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IRA charitable rollover extension includes an extra gift

Eligible gifts made by January 31 to be treated as 2010 donations.
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'At this season, help R.I. organizations help your neighbors'

Read the Providence Journal op-ed by Foundation President & CEO Neil D. Steinberg
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Foundation awards ‘surprise’ emergency grants

Twelve organizations, coalitions receive total of $300,000.
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"Rhode Island: The State of Hope? A Portrait of Poverty"

Listen to this Rhode Island Community Forum  on WRNI on December 12 at 11:00 a.m.
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Investing in primary health care: RIGHA Foundation Fund awards grants

Read about the three local organizations that will receive grants totaling $198,523.
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Foundation awards emergency grant to Crossroads Rhode Island

Read about the $100,000 grant and see photos from the news conference.
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Foundation supports RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals with $200,000 partial match to secure $5 million federal grant

Citing the Foundation’s ongoing strong support of public education, President and CEO Neil D. Steinb...
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Rhode Island Community Forums to inform, engage citizens

The Rhode Island Foundation and WRNI, Rhode Island’s NPR station, have announced a project to provi...
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Newport County Fund announces new grant program

Common Ground grants promote regional collaboration in meeting the diverse needs of Newport County...
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Congratulations, Rhode Island: a Race to the Top winner!

Rhode Island is one of 10 winners in the second round of the federal Race to the Top program, it was...
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It's all new: our specially-designed 2009 online annual report

Read features on nonprofits working in each of our six key sectors, stories of more than 30 Rhode Is...
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Providence Business News article, editorial shine light on Foundation's work in the community

This week's  Providence Business News prominently features the Foundation in an article,  ' R.I. Fo...
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Op-ed by Foundation President & CEO Neil Steinberg: 'No more excuses'

"The legislative session that just ended stood out as one where real progress was made toward effect...
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Foundation grants $50,000 for summer jobs at Lifespan and Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence

The Rhode Island Foundation has announced two emergency grants of $25,000 each so that Lifespan and ...
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Foundation hosts bill signing ceremony for education funding formula

  The education funding formula - the first in Rhode Island in 15 years - was formally...
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'Making health reform happen in Rhode Island'

Providence Journal op-ed by Foundation President & CEO Neil D. Steinberg and Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Ro...
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Foundation issues first Impact Report

  Read "how our community investments catalyze change for Rhode Island" in the Foundat...
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Community leaders honored at Foundation's annual meeting

  During the Foundation's recent annual meeting, several remarkable Rhode Islanders wh...
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Prominent Rhode Island leaders honored at Foundation's annual meeting

  During the Foundation's recent annual meeting, donors, community leaders, grant reci...
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'Making It Work': The Future of Primary Care in Rhode Island

  Dr. Paul Grundy, global director of healthcare transformation for IBM, was keynote s...
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Op-ed by Foundation President & CEO Neil D. Steinberg proclaims 'Let's Win this Race to the Top'

"A strong system of public education - one that effectively prepares students for higher education a...
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RIGHA Foundation and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care establish $1.6 million fund at The Rhode Island Foundation

  The Rhode Island Foundation has announced that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the R...
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Foundation contributes $100,000 to RI Flood Recovery Fund

The Rhode Island Foundation is pleased to be an initial funder of the Rhode Island Flood Recovery Fu...
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Resources for Rhode Islanders affected by the floods

The Foundation has compiled a list of resources for individuals and organizations affected by the fl...
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Three writers awarded prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowships

There Rhode Island writers - Pawtucket resident Matthew Derby and Providence residents Marie Myung-O...
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Foundation names Foundation Fellows

Rhode Island nonprofit leaders have been named 2010 Foundation Fellows, a distinction providing them...
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Teach For America expanding to Rhode Island

Teach For America has announced that it will expand to Rhode Island, with plans to bring 30 top coll...
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Foundation focuses its philanthropy, leadership, and impact

Citing the need to increase philanthropy by demonstrating to donors the real impact of their investm...
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Helping earthquake victims in Haiti

If you - like many Rhode Islanders - wish to help the people of Haiti in the wake of the destructive...
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Governor Carcieri appoints Keith W. Stokes to Foundation board of directors

Governor Donald L. Carcieri has appointed Keith W. Stokes of Newport, newly named interim executive...
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Foundation announces $450,000 emergency community grant

The Foundation has announced a $450,000 emergency community grant that will help thousands of Rhode ...
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Adding to the Ranks of Our State's Top Teachers

Chances are, if you’re a college student or recent graduate, you’ve heard of Wendy Kopp. Teach For A...
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Improving urban education in Rhode Island

The Urban Education Task Force recently released a final report with seven recommendations to improv...
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Foundation announces strategy grants for 107 projects

The Foundation has awarded more than $4.5 million in support of 107 projects through the highly-comp...
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Coalition joins forces to bolster primary care in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Foundation has joined forces with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Rhode I...
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Foundation stories come to life

Enter here for an exciting new take on our 2009 Yearbook . Read the inspiring stories of how Rho...
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Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island awards $1.6 million for primary care

At a news conference at the Blackstone Valley Community Health Center, the Foundation announced the...
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Message on state's economy from Foundation President & CEO

This op-ed piece by Neil D. Steinberg appeared in the Providence Journal on March 7, 2009.
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