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Posted by Paul Singer Sept. 28, 2026

From Ocean State Media: Nonprofits around the state are seeing a sharp increase in demand for food, housing and health assistance, but the federal funding they have relied on to provide this help is drying up In June 2024, 3,500 people called the Rhode Island 2-1-1 helpline, the free phone line that connects people to organizations that can help them with urgent needs like housing, meals and energy bills. In June 2025, 2-1-1 again received about 3,500 calls. But this …

March 31, 2026

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March 24, 2026

  On Saturday, President Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to airports unless an agreement was reached on the ongoing partial shutdown of DHS. Airports have been experiencing travel delays as a result of staffing shortages as TSA workers remain without pay during the shutdown.  On Monday, the administration began to deploy ICE agents to airports across the country. Reports indicate that ICE agents were sent to 14 airports, in cities including Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Newark, Houston, Chicago, Cleveland, …

March 20, 2026

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March 19, 2026

  Learn about the challenges facing RI nonprofits -- Results of 2025 RI Nonprofit Survey The Alliance's annual survey of Ocean State nonprofits shows a sector facing significant funding cuts, new safety and security concerns, regulatory changes that threaten core values, and ongoing staff burnout.   Highlights Data Dashboard Full results

March 2, 2026

  View this email in your browser Hello Everyone!  I hope everyone is staying safe and warm while recouping from the Blizzard of '26. Before I jump into everything 401Gives, I wanted to take a brief moment to address the tragedy that has occurred in the Pawtucket community. This event, following the tragedy at Brown University just shy of 2 months later, is jarring and thoroughly saddening. The Alliance team, along with everyone at United Way of Rhode Island, sends …

Feb. 10, 2026

    Note: This is our first sector newsletter from Tendenci, our new association management software! A similar email was sent from our old email marketing system a week ago to a limited contact list, so we apologize if you have received this multiple times.  Supporting Minnesota We stand with our colleagues at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN), and the people of the Twin Cities, and we wanted to share a message from MCN’s President & CEO, Nonoko Sato: …

Feb. 3, 2026

The House passed the legislative measure to reopen and fund key agencies in the federal government. The package now goes to the President's desk for his signature to be enacted into law. Once signed, the partial government shutdown will end.

Feb. 3, 2026

From National Council of Nonprofits: Today is Day 4 of the partial government shutdown, impacting 78% of the federal discretionary budget.   Yesterday, House leaders passed the first hurdle to enacting a legislative package to reopen and fund key agencies in the federal government: the Rules Committee voted to bring the measure to the House floor for a vote as soon as today. Votes on the legislative package are slated to begin at 1pm ET.   According to media reports, Speaker …

Jan. 28, 2026

The risk of a partial government shutdown is increasing as we approach the January 30 deadline. Congress must either enact another Continuing Resolution (CR) or full spending bills, or it risks a partial government shutdown that would impact 75% of the federal discretionary budget.   Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) is reportedly trying to find a compromise that would allow the Senate to enact its spending bills by the January 30 deadline and avoid a partial shutdown. He is encouraging the …