Rhode Island Foundation awards $20M for housing, hunger, behavioral health

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Nonprofits win $20 million in grants for housing, hunger and behavioral health The $20 million is the largest pool of grants in the Foundation’s history The Rhode Island Foundation today announced it has completed awarding $20 million in grants for hunger, housing and behavioral health to 240 nonprofits across the state. State leaders tapped the Foundation…

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Life sciences lessons not yet learned – Richard Asinof

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by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Richard Asinof, Dignitaries throw ceremonial shovels of dirt as part of the official groundbreaking at the Wexford Innovation Center in September of 2017 Editor’s Note: The launch of the latest effort to build out a biotech/life sciences sector in Rhode Island, attempting to emulate the Massachusetts experience of…

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Community invited to RI Slave History Medallion installation, Sunday, in Barrington

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Community invited to RI Slave History Medallion installation ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 2 The local community is invited to a special Rhode Island Slave History Medallion Installation Ceremony on Sunday, October 2 at 2 pm, at Barrington Public Library.  History students and graphic design students will present the work they did for the Town of Barrington’s slave…

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RI Foundation $10,000 Community Grants application open

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Local libraries, schools, neighborhood groups and nonprofits have until March 31 to apply The Rhode Island Foundation is offering local libraries, schools, neighborhood groups and nonprofit organizations grants of up to $10,000 to fund proposals that bring people together as a community. March 31 is the deadline to apply. “We are looking for ideas that will enhance…

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Rhode Island Foundation awards nearly $500,000 in grants for animal welfare

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Uses include funding low-cost vet care for pets of low-income households, preparing animals for adoption and wildlife rehabilitation The Rhode Island Foundation announced it has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to dozens of animal welfare programs across the state. The funding will support a range of uses including low-cost vet care for pets of low-income households,…

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Rhode Island Foundation offers “big ideas” for RI’s $1.1 billion

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The RI Foundation announcement caps a six-month-long, rigorous research and public input process to identify “big ideas” with long-term benefits, especially for those impacted the most by the pandemic, to guide decision-making by state leaders The Rhode Island Foundation today released recommendations for spending $1.1 billion in broad stimulus funding the state is receiving from…

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As the health care industry turns… – Richard Asinof

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by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer A wealth extraction system run amok? Has the health care industry in Rhode Island become a commodities market, immersed in a soap opera of private equity acquisition and consolidation? When happens when the patients say “Ouch?” Under the proposed merger of Lifespan, Care New England, and Brown, the Warren…

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