The Rhode Island Foundation: Press Releases

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July 21, 2008
Foundation names Newport’s Joyce Botelho to lead Newport County Fund

May 6, 2008
Foundation names Neil Steinberg new president & chief executive officer

March 3, 2008
Foundation launches Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence

January 30, 2008
Sharpe family makes historic gift to Rhode Island Foundation

January 29, 2008
Eight members join Professional Advisory Council

January 15, 2008
Grants for your community…

December 13, 2007
Rhode Island Foundation to receive health care fund

December 11, 2007
Charles P. Lee honored with Foundation’s annual award for financial/legal advisors

October 17, 2007
Rhode Island Foundation President & CEO Ronald V. Gallo to step down

September 17, 2007
Juanita Sánchez Community Fund launches campaign

September 4, 2007
Planned Giving Council of RI elects Kimberly Butler as president

July 24, 2007
Longtime Tiverton teacher memorializes through fund at Foundation

July 23, 2007
Longtime North Kingstown resident creates endowment for town library

July 10, 2007
Scholarship Fund at Chariho Regional High School memorializes beloved teacher

May 31, 2007
Fund memorializing former State Rep. Irving H. Levin will provide camperships to underprivileged children

May 1, 2007
Five members join Professional Advisory Council; Robert Breslin, Jr. is named group’s new chairperson

April 13, 2007
Julie Pell leaves bequest to Equity Action

January 9, 2007
Providence Singers establishes endowment to honor former artistic director

January 5, 2007
New Foundation endowment benefits women leaving prison; final act of Nancy Sarah, dedicated life to serving others

December 21, 2006
Foundation surpasses half-billion in assets

November 2006
Cal Groton named winner of Foundation’s 2006 advisor award

October 11, 2006
Long-time Fall River resident Olga S. Hoffman leaves $545,000 legacy to local Ukrainian Catholic Church

August 29, 2006
Searching for services nonprofits offer?

August 22, 2006
Providence woman caps life of caring with $10 million bequest to RI Foundation

July 13, 2006
Council for the Humanities works to secure future of civil dialogue, curiosity, and imagination with two new endowments at RI Foundation

July 13, 2006
Social services agency adds to list of innovations with new endowment at RI Foundation

June 30, 2006
National Council on Foundations in Washington awards accreditation to The Rhode Island Foundation

May 12, 2006
Westerly group revives Water Works 4 Women, continue founder's mission to fight breast cancer

January 4, 2006
Jonnycake Center makes holidays merrier for local families; permanent endowment will ensure its services in years to come

January 3, 2006
Marjorie Ward, late Middletown preservationist, leaves $575,000 legacy to benefit Aquidneck Island nonprofits

November 18, 2005
Rhode Island Foundation honors Rogean Makowski with its annual award for state's financial/legal advisors

November 17, 2005
Every Rhode Island community has a housing crisis

November 14, 2005
Local company honors community leader with charitable endowment in his name

October 28, 2005
RI Foundation promotes Carol Golden to Chief Operating Officer

August 29, 2005
Endowment for Barrington Christian Academy ensures a deserving child can attend tuition-free

May 26, 2005
RI Foundation awards philanthropy honors to founder of National Neighborhood Day, author of “The Most Important Thing I Know” series

May 4, 2005
Unprecedented 70-member (and growing) coalition tackles affordable housing crisis for Rhode Islanders

May 6, 2005
South County Museum ensures safe and permanent home for the Rhode Island Red

April 5, 2005
Friends of the Music Mansion assure mansion's future through an endowment

March 17, 2005
Narrow River Preservation Association honors John Elder Dick with permanent endowment

March 8, 2005
Equity Action meets challenge; Foundations offers new challenge

February 7, 2005
Eight members join Professional Advisory Council; Stephen Greene is named group’s new chairperson

January 27, 2005
Korean War Memorial Fund at Rhode Island Foundation assures upkeep of memorial to “forgotten war” heroes

December 7, 2004
Rhode Island Foundation honors Newport’s Dick Plotkin with its annual award for state’s financial/legal advisors

December 6, 2004
Bequest from Saunderstown’s Margaret Dunbar

November 12, 2004
Rhode Island still ranks near the bottom in charitable giving

October 5, 2004
Rhode Island Foundation receives $17 million bequest to increase efforts with children, elderly, and animals

July 12, 2004
Newport Public Library plans for future needs through endowment fund at RI Foundation

May 25, 2004
Searching for services nonprofits offer?

April 19, 2004
Charitable Providence couple chooses Rhode Island Foundation, Merrill Lynch

April 16, 2004
Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket partners with The Rhode Island Foundation to assure funding for organization’s children and youth programs

April 12, 2004
Haire brothers of Wakefield honor parents’ legacy to aid individuals with disabilities, diseases

March 29, 2004
Harriet Iacoletti, late Bristol antique shop owner, leaves $450,000 legacy to Rhode Island Foundation

March 10, 2004
Local Chopin Club assures music scholarships through fund at The Rhode Island Foundation

February 24, 2004
Rhode Island Foundation seeks to honor volunteers for community service

January 29, 2004
Rhode Island Foundation, Equity Action to release first-ever study of state’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender communities

January 23, 2004
Seven members join Professional Advisory Council; Peri Ann Aptaker is named group’s new chairperson

January 6, 2004
Bristol Female Charitable Society establishes fund at RI Foundation to assure its mission to aid needy

December 4, 2003
Friends of Middletown Public Library help assure Library’s financial future

October 23, 2003
RI Women’s Fund will celebrate 2nd anniversary learning how to break politics’ glass ceilings

September 22, 2003
Local group offers new support for South Kingstown schools

September 19, 2003
Ben Middleton to assist Rhode Islanders in designing their charitable legacies

August 25, 2003
RI Foundation online directory puts more than 150 consultants at nonprofits’ fingertips

August 25, 2003
Friends of Linden Place help assure mansion’s financial stability through fund at RI Foundation

May 28, 2003
Rhode Island nonprofits multiply by 70% between 1990-2000, national report reveals

May 28, 2003
Local group announces new fund to enhance East Greenwich schools

May 22, 2003
Robert and Maureen Dunn Packer honored for “celebrating Ali’s life in a meaningful way”

May 8, 2003
RI Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary of Juanita Sanchez Community Fund

April 30, 2003
Are you a consultant to nonprofits? Or a nonprofit looking for one?

April 17, 2003
North Smithfield Ambulance and Rescue Association transitions from one community service to another

March 28, 2003
Local partners announce new fund to benefit, enhance Chariho schools

March 24, 2003
First-ever survey to address the RI lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities

March 24, 2003
Is Newport County ‘growing smart’?

February 19, 2003
Six members join Professional Advisory Council;John Harpootian is named group’s new chairman

December 13, 2002
Swinburne Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation will benefit Newport County women and girls

August 22, 2002
To 'Help Fight Breast Cancer' is the goal of Water Works 4 Women Fund at RI Foundation

July 17, 2002
RI Foundation, LGBT communities unite to establish new endowment, conduct study, begin grants program $100,000 challenge grant from national funders

July 10, 2002
South County Ambulance and Rescue Corps, disbanded in 1997, returns to serve towns through grants for health and social services

May 2002
RIPEC, Rhode Island Foundation announces "Cities Count"

January 30, 2002
Five members join Professional Advisory Council;Lorne Adrain is named group’s new chairman

November 6, 2001
New Women's Fund of Rhode Island promises to 'level the playing field' through grants, research, 'celebration'

January 18, 2001
18-member council of lawyers, estate planners aids The Rhode Island Foundation with philanthropic issues

December 21, 2000
Rhode Island Foundation Completes Acquisition of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island

October 6, 2000
Rhode Island Foundation announces availability of medical research grants

October 2, 2000
RI Foundation announces availability of funds to benefit Barrington residents

May 17, 2000
Four Rhode Island college students named Metcalf and Walsh Fellows by RI Foundation

September 19, 2000
Rhode Island Foundation offers funds for nonprofits to serve Hispanic community

February 22, 2000
Fifteen-member Professional Advisory Council aids The Rhode Island Foundation with philanthropic issues

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