March 29, 2024

RI Foundation Announces Students Can Apply for $2 Million in College Scholarships

In addition to general scholarship assistance, some funds are exclusively for East Providence residents

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East Providence, RI – At the time of year when colleges are sending out financial aid packages, the Rhode Island Foundation is offering students and their families more than $2 million in scholarships.

Dozens of individual, family and organizational donors established scholarship funds at the Foundation to help students defray educational expenses such as tuition, room and board, fees and books.

“This support can turn dreams into reality for our donors and the recipients,” said Neil D. Steinberg, the Foundation’s president and CEO. “The impact of their generosity will ripple through our state for decades as these students make their marks in their fields and on their communities.”

The Foundation expects to help hundreds of students pay for college. In addition to general scholarship assistance, some funds target specific geographic areas such as East Providence.

The Maria E. Pinheiro Memorial Scholarship, Amaral Family Scholarship Fund and Harriet M. Briggs Memorial Scholarship are among the awards available to East Providence High School graduates.

Other funds provide assistance based on major or family history. The Edward and Virginia Routhier Fund targets nursing majors, the Melvin and Patty Alperin First Generation Scholarship is earmarked for high school seniors who are the first in their family to go to college and the Bannister Black Philanthropy Fund helps students of color.

The Rhode Island Foundation is the largest and most comprehensive funder of nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. Working with generous and visionary donors, the Foundation raised $114 million and awarded $52 million in grants to organizations addressing the state’s most pressing issues and needs of diverse communities in 2018. 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 about applying for a scholarship, visit rifoundation.org.

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