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Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., the state’s largest independent insurance agency, announced today that it has acquired Insurance Professionals of New England, a Massachusetts-based agency.
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By Dana Reilly |
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Thanks to a gift from John Hazen White Jr., president and CEO of Cranston-based Taco Inc., the Brookings Institution is launching the John Hazen White Jr. Forum on Public Policy to study manufacturing.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center and the International Institute of Rhode Island have announced they will merge into one organization known as The Dorcas International Institute as of Jan. 1, 2013.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The General Assembly has allocated $500,000 to help establish a private/public partnership with the JASON Project, a nonprofit designed to help teachers develop 21st-century skills.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island was awarded $500,000 from the Allette Morris McBean Charitable Foundation and a $250,000 matching grant from the Stratus Foundation.
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By PBN Staff
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On Tuesday night, youth teams pitched their social enterprise ideas at the Young Social Innovators Pitch and Graduation Ceremony at the MET School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in hopes of winning $1,000 in seed funding.
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By PBN Staff
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John Galvin, chief financial officer of Collette Vacations, has been named chairman of EngageRI. Galvin will take over for Edward Cooney, who has served as chairman and president since the nonprofit's inception in 2011.
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By PBN Staff
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Seven local nonprofit organizations have been awarded more than $1.48 million federal AmeriCorps grants as a result of the 2012 AmeriCorps State and National funding competition to advance the priorities of the Edward M. Kennedy Service America Act and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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CVS Caremark Charitable Trust – a private foundation founded by CVS Caremark Corp. – has opened the 2012 grant application process to eligible nonprofit organizations seeking funding.
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By PBN Staff
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The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1.8 million in grants to seven organizations across the state from its Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |