The holidays will be a little merrier for many needy and homeless Rhode Islanders thanks to $500,000 in one-time emergency grants announced today by the Rhode Island Foundation.

“We saw the need to be responsive in these unusually stressful economic times,” President and CEO Neil Steinberg said in his midday announcement at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in Providence. “Thanks to the generosity of the hundreds of Rhode Islanders with funds at the foundation, we are uniquely positioned to make these emergency dollars available for food, shelter and heating assistance.”

The money will be divided equally among three nonprofits, to help them cope with the Ocean State’s rising tide of hunger and homelessness

R.I. Foundation gives $500K in emergency aid – Providence Business News.

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