Projects & Areas of Support

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We are assisting the founding of Gather RI a nonprofit empowerment center for women and gender expansive people providing role models and connections to help them thrive in their civic and work lives. The Center will feature:

• A portrait gallery
• A biographical library
• A 'Meet Them' speaker series
• Changemakers Club for women and gender expansive people who are creating the future of RI

Building construction is currently underway in Providence, with a projected opening date of mid-2025. 

We support a variety of not-for-profit, organizations, mainly in RI, which focus on the needs of women and gender expansive people.

We are a founding backer of this not-for-profit initiative supporting the people and organizations that bring more joy to our state via planting and upkeep of publicly visible spaces - ranging from parks to sidewalks. Bloom Rhode Island includes

• Bloom Rhode Island Network for groups and orgs making green spaces more joyful
• Grants for community groups planting and maintaining publicly visible green and flowering spaces
• Hope Springs - a public planting program to bring more March-blooming flowers to 

We are pleased to support this nonprofit backing the nearly century old Kinney Gardens in Kingston RI, which are open to the public year-round. The Gardens are regionally famous for their azalea displays. More info here. 

We helped the nonprofit Farm create a site masterplan, apply for an EPA grant and manage the demolition of the former factory building on its land in Olneyville Providence. 

We support local libraries (and you should too.) 

We assisted this state-wide arts organization with locating and designing their award-winning Center in Providence. The Center provides community, training and coworking space for RI’s authors, journalists and podcasters. More info here

We are renovating and managing this small commercial building in the valley neighborhood of Providence at 301 Harris Ave. Our goal is to provide a wonderful indoor-outdoor space for organizations which serve the community, at below-market rents. Proposals for the space are now closed. 

We believe a livable city requires basics like affordable housing, food, public transit and education for everyone, as well as a commitment to the arts, locally-owned businesses, diversity, accessibility, civic engagement and a healthy not-for-profit sector.  Our project support has been mainly focused on Providence RI, but we are also interested in other Northern RI cities.