Friday is Deadline to Apply for $500,000 in Grants from the Rhode Island Foundation

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PROVIDENCE, RI – Local libraries, schools, municipal agencies and nonprofit groups have until Fri., Feb. 12, to apply for grants of up to $15,000 at the Rhode Island Foundation. To mark its centennial this year, the Foundation plans to award $500,000 in grants to fund community-building activities in every city and town.

“We will celebrate each of Rhode Island’s 39 unique cities and towns by funding proposals that bring life to communities throughout the state,” said Jessica David, the Foundation’s senior vice president of strategy and community investments.

Potential uses include improvements to parks and other public spaces; the creative use of art in public spaces; and staging programming that invites people to experience community in public spaces.Proposals should be relevant to the community, have lasting impact and involve partners. Full details are posted on the Foundation’s website at rifoundation.org.

“Community is at the heart of what we do. Community lives where people gather and a sense of belonging begins,” said Neil Steinberg, the Foundation’s president and CEO. The Centennial Community Gifts program is just one in a series of activities planned during the year-long celebration of the Foundation’s first 100 years.

Founded on June 13, 1916, with a $10,000 gift from industrialist Jesse Metcalf, the Foundation’s assets have grown to more than $800 million. Over the past five years, the Foundation has awarded more than $165 million in grants.

The Rhode Island Foundation is the largest and most comprehensive funder of nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. In 2014, the Foundation awarded $34.8 million in grants to organizations addressing the state’s most pressing issues and needs of diverse communities. Through leadership, fundraising and grantmaking activities, often in partnership with individuals and organizations, the Foundation is helping Rhode Island reach its true potential. For more information, visit rifoundation.org.

 

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