(Updated, 4 p.m.)The Central Falls District-Charter Collaboration Compact, at the Segue Institute for Learning, has received a $10 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Falls School District announced Tuesday ahead of a press conference. more

Despite a second consecutive year of “historic catastrophic claims,” the Amica Mutual Insurance Co. saw its bottom line increase 14.6 percent year over year in 2012. more

Six of Rhode Island’s nine four-year colleges and universities raised a combined $205.6 million in the 2012 fiscal year, an increase of 6.3 percent compared with 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education. more

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Champlin Foundations have awarded five grants totaling $530,000 to help support hands-on learning at the University of Rhode Island. more

The Rhode Island Foundation awarded more than $30.4 million in 2012, a record year of giving according to the organization’s newly released report. more

The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, an independent public charity with a donor-advised fund program, saw record grants and contributions in 2012, the organization announced Tuesday. more

Peter A. Koch, CEO of Rhode Island’s largest eye care practice, Koch Eye Associates, was honored by the National Mentoring Partnership’s board of directors with the 2013 Excellence in Mentoring in America: Individual Leadership award. more

Amica Mutual Insurance Co. has partnered with Crossroads Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the United Way of Rhode Island to kick off the Amica $75,000 Community Challenge. more

The Providence Center has received a $128,615 grant from the Champlin Foundations to help fund new windows at the center’s 530 North Main St. location. more

Brown University’s Program in Public Health will receive a major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund to establish an aging health initiative. more