58 community organizations receive nearly $6 million in grants from Point32Health Foundation, including 16 from Rhode Island
Point32Health Foundation announced 58 grants to organizations improving access to healthy food, advancing healthy aging, investing in behavioral health, and promoting social and racial justice. The funding supports work to advance policies and practices that address disparities and create more inclusive communities.
Foundation grantmaking supports general operations, giving nonprofit organizations flexibility to allocate resources, and generate ideas that best address specific community needs in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Sixteen organizations in Rhode Island were awarded $1,608,000. Grants went to:
- Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance (AMOR), Providence, R.I. (Two-year $50,000 grant)
- Center for Southeast Asians, Providence, R.I. (Two-year $50,000 grant)
- HousingWorks RI (Roger Williams University is fiscal agent), Providence, R.I. (Two-year $100,000 grant)
- Interfaith Counseling Center, Providence, R.I. (Two-year $50,000 grant)
- Land and Sea Together (Center for Mediation and Collaboration Rhode Island is fiscal agent), Warwick, R.I. (Two-year $80,000 grant)
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC-RI), Providence, R.I. (Two-year $150,000 grant)
- Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Cranston, R.I. (Two-year $90,000 grant)
- Progreso Latino, Inc., Central Falls, R.I. (Three-year $225,000 grant)
- Project Weber/RENEW, Providence, R.I. (Two-year $100,000 grant)
- Providence Streets Coalition (Grow Smart Rhode Island is fiscal agent), Providence, R.I. (Two-year $80,000 grant)
- Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness, Providence, R.I. (Two-year $225,000 grant)
- RI Health Center Association, Providence, R.I. (One-year $63,000 grant)
- Saint Elizabeth Community, Warwick, R.I. (One-year $65,000 grant)
- Sista Fire (Project South is fiscal agent), Providence, R.I. (Two-year $50,000 grant)
- The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I. (Three-year $180,000 grant
- Women’s Refugee Care, Providence, R.I. (Two-year $50,000 grant)
For more information and the full list of recipients, read the press release HERE.