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Overview

Rhode Island ARPA Support Grant

Purpose: Distribute funding from Rhode Island's $1.1 billion share of the federal American Rescue Plan Act allocation for COVID-19 recovery.

Background: Jointly established in 2022 by the Rhode Island Foundation, Governor McKee, the General Assembly, and the Rhode Island Pandemic Recovery Office.

Funding Source: $20 million from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) program, part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

Focus Areas:

  • Food insecurity

  • Housing issues

  • Homelessness

  • Behavioral health needs
  • Geographic Scope: Rhode Island

    Eligibility: Rhode Island-based nonprofits negatively impacted by COVID-19 that deliver services addressing food insecurity, housing issues, homelessness, and behavioral health needs

    Achievement: $20 million awarded over a six-month period to 240 nonprofits — the single largest pool of grants in the Foundation's 107-year history

    Status: Past grant cycle (awardees listed)

    Contact:

  • Phone: (401) 274-4564

  • Email: info@rifoundation.org

  • Address: One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitshungerhousinghomelessmental-health

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