 From this week's Providence Business News: 'RI Foundation makes presence felt in state in '09 with $27M in grants'
"Powered by nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in donations over the last decade, as well as a significant return on its investments, the Rhode Island Foundation continued to make a major impact on the state's philanthropic landscape in 2009, according to its just-released annual report.
"The Foundation granted a record $27.6 million last year to more than 1,000 Rhode Island organizations, comprising directed giving by endowments for which the foundation is a custodian, as well as grants from its own funds. "Receiving the most money were..." Read the article by PBN Staff Writer Alissa Foley. |
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| Also in PBN: Editorial - 'RI Foundation's giving shows community how to do good by doing right'
"Since coming on board as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation two years ago, Neil Steinberg has been a high-profile leader in the regional philanthropy scene, continuing the foundation's nearly century-old role.
"But Steinberg has done more than continue to support the foundation's traditional areas of interest - arts and culture, community and economic development, education, the environment, health, and human services. He has identified two 'key economic drivers for our state,' education and health care." Read the Providence Business News editorial. |
