See the Biggest Rhode Island Legislative Grant Recipients for 2015
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See the Biggest Rhode Island Legislative Grant Recipients for 2015
SLIDES: See the Biggest Rhode Island Legislative Grant Recipients for 2015 BELOW
Most grant recipients received between $1000 and $5000 for their nonprofit -- you can search the House spreadsheet here, the Senate spreadsheet here.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTHere are the biggest award-winners, who got $6000 and up in an individual grant from the House or Senate. Some nonprofits got assistance in both chambers, but these were the biggest asks - and gets - by members.
Who was tops? See the slides.
Top Rhode Island Legislative Grants 2015
#11 (tie)
$6,000
Edward King House Senior Center
Newport
Sponsor: Senator Paiva Weed
#11 (tie)
$6,000
Cumberland Lincoln Boys and Girls Club
Cumberland
Sponsor: Senator Pearson
#11 (tie)
$6,000
Pawtucket & Providence Figure Skating Club
Pawtucket
Sponsor: House Representatives Messier, Johnston, Tobon, and Barros
#11 (tie)
$6,000
Mount Hope Learning Center
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative Regunberg
#10
$6,500
Rhode Island Publications Society
East Providence
Sponsor: Speaker of the House Mattiello
#9
$6,870
Access Point RI
Cranston
Sponsor: Senate Leadership, Senator Gallo
#8
$7,000
Cranston Eastern Little League
Cranston
Sponsor: Speaker of the House Mattiello
#7 (tie)
$7,500
RICAREs
Pawtucket
Sponsor: Senate Leadership
#7 (tie)
$7,500
Childhood Lead Action
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative Handy
#6 (tie)
$8,000
Barrington Substance Abuse Task Force
Barrington
Sponsor: Senator Bates
#6 (tie)
$8,000
Gaspee Days Committee
Warwick
Sponsor: House Representatives McNamara, Bennett, Naughton, Solomon, Shekarchi, Serpa, Trillo
#5 (tie)
$10,000
St. Clare Home
Newport
Sponsor: Senator Paiva Weed
#5 (tie)
$10,000
St. Anthony Church/Holy Family Home
North Providence
Sponsor: Senate Leadership, Senator Ruggerio, Senator Goodwin
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Salvatore Mancini Resource and Activity Center, Inc.
North Providence
Sponsor: Senator Ciccone, III
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Salvatore Mancini Resource and Activity Center, Inc.
North Providence
Sponsor: Senator Ruggerio
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage
Providence
Sponsor: Senate Leadership, Senator DaPonte
#5 (tie)
$10,000
RI Brain and Spine Tumor Foundation
Providence
Sponsor: Senator Goodwin
#5 (tie)
$10,000
East Providence Senior Center
East Providence
Sponsor: Senator DaPonte
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Fruit Hill Day Services For Elderly
North Providence
Sponsor: Senator Ciccone, III
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Special Olympics Rhode Island
Smithfield
Sponsor: Speaker of the House Mattiello
#5 (tie)
$10000
Billy Taylor House
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative Regunberg
#5 (tie)
$10,000
Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative Slater
#5 (tie)
$10,000
D'Amours Step
East Providence
Sponsor: Senator DaPonte
#4 (tie)
$15,000
The DaVinci Center
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative DeSimone
#4 (tie)
$15,000
Inspiring Minds
Providence
Sponsor: House Representative DeSimone
#3
$18,000
Providence Community Library
Providence
Sponsor: House Representatives Ajello, Almeida, Blazejewski, Carnevale, DeSimone, Diaz, Hull, Lombardi, McKiernan, Palangio, Regunberg, Slater, Williams
#2
$20,000
The DaVinci Center
Providence
Sponsor: Senator Goodwin
#1
$25,000
Day One
Providence
Sponsor: House Representatives DeSimone, Edwards, Lima, Tomasso
