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"We are grateful for our passionate and committed donors and the nonprofit organizations that deliver a wide range of services to our diverse community," says Neil Steinberg, CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, which last year awarded $84 million in grants.
That's the second-best year of grant-making in the 107-year-old foundation's history, reports the Providence Journal.
The nearly $84 million awarded by the foundation statewide last year trailed only the $87 million awarded in 2020.
The nearly $84 million in funding awarded by the Foundation statewide last year trailed only the $87 million awarded in 2020.
The nearly $84 million in funding awarded by the Foundation statewide last year trailed only the $87 million awarded in 2020.
In addition to our focus on core initiatives, our aid brought relief to people who are coping with hunger, surging housing prices, and the behavioral health crisis as they struggle to recover from the pandemic," says Steinberg.
Many of the grants aligned with the Foundation's three strategic priorities: educational success, healthy lives, and economic security.Nonprofits doing work in a wide variety of sectors, such as arts and culture, basic human needs, the environment, and housing also received funding.
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