R.I. Foundation awards $450K in COVID-19 relief grants to organizations By James Bessette - September 28, 2021 10:39 am
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THE RHODE ISLAND Foundation has awarded close to $450,000 in grants to local organizations helping Rhode Islanders cope with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
PROVIDENCE – Close to $450,000 in grants were awarded by the Rhode Island Foundation to local nonprofit organizations assisting Rhode Islanders who are still coping with ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation announced Tuesday.
To date, more than $21 million in pandemic relief, including $7.5 million in grants from the COVID-19 Response Fund, has been awarded to local organizations through the Rhode Island Foundation since March 2020, the foundation said. Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg said in a statement that even with the state reopening and more Rhode Islanders are getting vaccinated, the foundation continued raising money to help people still struggling through the crisis.
“We will continue working with engaged and generous donors across Rhode Island and determined nonprofits partners as our state moves from crisis relief to long-term recovery,” Steinberg said.
Grants awarded by the foundation ranged between $10,000 and $40,000. The organizations that received the funding are:
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Beautiful Day
Be the Change
Be Great For Nate
Cambodian Society of Rhode Island
Centro de Innovacion Mujer Latina
College Visions
Hope & Main
John Hope Settlement House
Justice Assistance
New Bridges for Haitian Success
Oasis International
Pawtucket Central Falls Development Corp.
Project Weber/RENEW
Rhode Island Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts
Rhode Island Rescue Ministeries
RiverzEdge Arts Project
Saint Rose’s Church Corporation
Southside Community Land Trust
Stages of Freedom
Sophia Academy
South County Habitat for Humanity
The Herren Project
The Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
The Providence Center
The Samaritans of Rhode Island
The San Miguel School
The Village Common
James Bessette is the PBN special projects editor, and also covers the nonprofit and education sectors. You may reach him at Bessette@PBN.com. You may also follow him on Twitter at @James_Bessette.
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