At the time of year when colleges are sending out their financial aid packages, $4 million in scholarships is available through the Rhode Island Foundation. Four dozen Cranston students received aid … more

To the Editor, I am writing this letter as a response to and affirmation of the letter from Ken Dooley recently  published in the Beacon and to express my deep appreciation for the … more

The Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation announced last week that $1 million is being earmarked to schools in the Feinstein Leadership program. Alan Shawn Feinstein, who leaves a legacy of urging and … more

The Rhode Island Foundation awarded $1.5 million in grants to Cranston nonprofits in 2022, helping push the organization to the second-best year of grant-making in its 107-year history. The nearly … more

By EMMA BARTLETT When Doris Blanchard, John Graichen, Jim Goulet and David Raymond sat together at Cranston’s Portuguese Club last Wednesday, they knew nothing about each other. Blanchard … more

Cranston’s Tommy Bratini and Stephanie Sosa were two of the four Cranston residents who recently received the Robert G. and Joyce Andrew College Scholarship through the Rhode Island Foundation. … more

Five local nonprofits are among the organizations that will share $5.4 million in COVID-19 relief grants through the Rhode Island Foundation. The federal CARES Act funding covers the cost of housing, … more

Rhode Island writers who dream of having the resources to push their art to the next level have until Aug. 9 to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. The grants are considered to be among the largest no-strings-attached awards more

The Rhode Island Foundation is offering locallibraries, schools, municipal agencies andnonprofit groups grants of up to $10,000 tofund proposals that bring people together as acommunity. March 12 … more

College students yearning for adventure have until March 2 to apply for fellowships through the Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. Recipients will have until Dec. 31, 2022, complete their travel. "e;These fellowships can be a more

The Champlin Foundation last week announced $18 million in grant funding for a diverse group of organizations filling critical needs across Rhode Island. The Foundation awarded 188 grants to meet pressing demands related to social services, education, more

Three local nonprofits are among 19 organizations across the state will be able to help Rhode Islanders with food, rent, utilities and other expenses thanks to $1 million in the latest round of grants from the COVID-19 Response Fund at the Rhode Island more