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Amos House
Amos House has more than four decades of experience serving low-income individuals and families, particularly those experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness, with the mission of “helping people help themselves out of homelessness and poverty through vital services and results-oriented programs.” The agency offers more than 18 programs to help members of their community who are low-income meet their basic needs and advance toward financial independence. Programs include RI’s largest soup- kitchen, the state’s only recovery-focused shelter, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, education and training programs, financial literacy, and comprehensive support services. Amos House operates two businesses, Amos House Builds and More Than a Meal Catering- generating income for the organization and employing graduates of their culinary arts and building maintenance programs.
Rhode Island Foundation
For more than 100 years, the Rhode Island Foundation has been dedicated to improving the lives of Rhode Islanders. The Foundation acts on its mission by inspiring philanthropy, investing in the community, and providing leadership and a forum for dialogue on critical local issues.
United Way of Rhode Island
UWRI’s mission is to unite our community and resources to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders. Their vision is a Rhode Island where every individual in each community has equal opportunity for justice and prosperity.
ONE Neighborhood Builders
ONE Neighborhood Builders is a community development leader in Rhode Island whose mission is to develop affordable housing and engage neighbors across Greater Providence to cultivate healthy, vibrant, and safe communities.
Providence Community Relief Fund
The Providence Community Relief Fund is focused on sustaining the long-term recovery of Providence’s residents through the COVID-19 crisis.
Jack Dorsey’s Start Small Initiative
Square/Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s public fund for global COVID-19 relief. After the pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Dorcas International
Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island helps vulnerable individuals and families, especially immigrants, refugees, and the underserved, to become self-sufficient and fully participating members of our diverse community. For 100 years, Dorcas has offered innovative programs and advocacy that promote education, training, and cultural understanding.
Economic Progress Institute
The Economic Progress Institute is a nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of low- and modest-income Rhode Islanders. EPI analyzes and advocates on a range of issues including: public benefit programs (RI Works, SNAP, Child Care Assistance, and Medicaid); employment-related programs (minimum wage, TDI/TCI, family leave); and on state revenue and investments. EPI is a respected authority on issues impacting the economic vitality of our residents and our state.
RI Kids Count
The mission of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is to improve the health, safety, education, economic well-being, and development of Rhode Island’s children with a commitment to equity and the elimination of unacceptable disparities by race, ethnicity, disability, zip code, immigration status, neighborhood, and income. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT engages in information-based advocacy to achieve equitable public policies and programs for the improvement of children’s lives.
Direct Action for Rights and Equality
DARE believes that poor and working class families, people of color, oppressed nationalities including immigrants regardless of documentation status, women, LGBTQ community members and youth must be at the forefront in leading the way to our liberation. DARE uses four interconnected strategies to build power, win campaigns and fuel a lasting movement for social change: Base building, direct action organizing, leadership development and movement building.
AMOR
AMOR is an alliance of community based grassroots organizations mobilizing to end state violence against the various communities its coalition members work with. AMOR works to create a space where the community can demand accountability, challenge injustices, and access healing after experiencing violence. AMOR organizes to place sovereignty back into the hands of communities directly affected by systemic oppression, and to build leadership, generate power, and organize resistance with and alongside all directly affected peoples.
PrYSM
PrYSM organizes at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation by centering youth, female, queer, and people of color leadership in our campaigns, our organization, and our communities. PrYSM mobilizes queer Southeast Asian youth, families, and allies to build grassroots power and organize collectively for social justice.
Providence Housing Authority
Founded in 1939, the Providence Housing Authority (PHA) provides and develops quality and safe affordable housing opportunities and services to address the needs of Rhode Island residents. We are committed to the core values of excellence, accountability, innovation, respect, and equity in all that we do. Today, the PHA provides affordable housing to more than 12,000 residents in the City of Providence. We administer 2,601 public housing units – making us one of the largest landlords in the State. We also oversee the administration of almost 2,800 Section 8 vouchers that allow low-income families to rent in the private market and host a variety of support programs.
RI Coalition to End Homelessness
Founded in 1988, the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness (formerly Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless) is a 501 (c) 3 corporation that works statewide with individual and organizational members to pursue comprehensive and cooperative solutions to prevent and end homelessness. The Coalition plays a strategically vital leadership role in efforts to prevent and end homelessness in Rhode Island, including working closely with Rhode Island Housing to support the State’s Continuum of Care. Coalition programs and activities include: advocacy and policy work, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) administration, managing the Coordinated Entry System’s permanent housing placement and call center, “Barrier Busting,” including operation of the Homeless Legal Clinic, research, training, policy analysis and advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels.