Posts Tagged ‘philanthropy’
TODAY: 401Gives sets $4 Million goal for 24-hour fundraising push
Held on April 1st, annually, and created and powered by United Way, 401Gives is a unified day that helps nonprofits tell their stories while engaging the community and making it easy for people to donate directly to any of hundreds of causes. Rhode Island-based nonprofits have signed up to tell their stories and accept contributions from…
Read MoreRI Foundation awards $75K during Black History Month
Photo: From RI Foundation website – New Urban Arts The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded nearly $75,000 in grants to nonprofits serving the state’s Black community through its Black Philanthropy Bannister Fund. The Black Philanthropy Bannister Fund’s roots go back to 2007, when it was established to address the needs of the Black community. “We’re…
Read MoreAndrade-Faxon Charities gives $304K in 2021 – over $7.5million in 30 years
Billy Andrade – Brad Faxon Charities for Children accepted 78 grant applications and chose 50 area charities to receive a grant for year 2021. Andrade-Faxon Charities started gifting grants to children’s charities in 1991. Proceeds were raised by holding celebrity golf tournaments from 1991 – 2005, and from generous donors, every year since. “It has been…
Read MoreIt’s Giving Tuesday…
GivingTuesday is a growing global generosity movement that drives giving and collective action in communities around the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past eight years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people…
Read MoreGiving thanks to our veterans on Thanksgiving
by Jeffrey Gross, contributing writer Photos courtesy of Cara Woloohojian In previous articles it was noted that each year the Rhode Island Fish and Game Protective Association (RIFGPA) often performs various charitable events throughout the year. Even this nightmare of a year 2020 is no exception. When faced with very few fund-raising events due to the…
Read More“If we all would do this, we would rock the world…”, Ray Rickman
We are replaying an inspirational video done by Ray Rickman – this year Ray received two awards and we can think of no greater person to honor.
Read MoreBusiness Owner Ilanna Ball Sponsors 3rd Annual Christmas Eve Dinner
Hundreds expected to attend Woonsocket holiday-themed event. When Ilanna Ball decided to help others during the holidays, she decided to devote her time to individuals and families in need, to specifically choose to aid those without a home and those without enough food to eat. These factors can make for tough times, especially when children…
Read MoreRay Rickman: AFP’s 2019 Outstanding Philanthropic Citizen
This year’s National Philanthropy Day awards, presented by the RI Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will be headlined by the presentation of the Outstanding Philanthropic Citizen Award to Ray Rickman. Rickman is “well known thanks to his years as a state representative and deputy secretary of state, as well as for his…
Read MoreOcean State Job Lot & Home Depot – a match made in heaven
Hundreds of volunteers and more than 2,500 Home Depot buckets were filled with items donated by the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation during a massive distribution event held this week in Fall River. Through its partnership with the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation, the items, which range from warm winter jackets, hats, gloves, scarfs, essential…
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