News & Events
- SVPRI Annouces first-ever Rhode Island Social Enterprise (RISE) Summit
Social Venture Partners announces first-ever Social Enterprise Rhode Island (SERI) Summit
Broad stakeholder group examines economic impact of social enterprise;
plots future path for job growth in RI - Social Enterprise Rhode Island to Host Summit
Social Enterprise Rhode Island (SERI) will host a Summit on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Bryant University. For more information and to register, please visit www.socialenterpriseri.org.
- Social Venture Partners adds Staff, Improves Engagement Quality, Appoints New Board
SVPRI introduces its new staff member, Kelly Ramirez, Program Manager and Melindah Sharma, Associate Partner & Operational Consultant and the selection of its new Board of Directors.
- SVPRI Taps Business Plan Winner
The Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island has been selected as the winner of SVPRI's Business Plan Competition. The ARL will use the $5000 grant from SVPRI to help launch their new social enterprise, Beach N Bones, a dog daycare business.
- SVPRI Partner Sandra Enos, "Providence's Icon of Social Work"
SVPRI Partner and Bryant University Associate Professor Sandra Enos recently had a contribution published in the Providence Journal. Sandra's article, entitled "Providence's Icon of Social Work" profiled Harriet Ware, Rhode Island's First Social Entrepeneur.
- SVP Gets High Marks for Service and Support by Nonprofit Organizations throughout North America
Social Venture Partners International (SVPI) announced its latest outcome results associated with measuring how well SVP affiliates help nonprofit organizations build capacity. The 2008 Capacity Building Report ranks overall satisfaction from nonprofit organizations funded by SVP in the United States and Canada. The report also tracks perceived value added by SVP partners.
- Rhode Island's First-Ever Poverty Simulation Receives Kudos from State Policy Makers, Particpants
PROVIDENCE, RI – Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI), a nonprofit organization of social investors committed to investing their time, money and business skills to build other nonprofit organizations, hosted the first-ever Rhode Island Poverty Simulation, which allowed over 80 community leaders to spend a morning in the shoes of those facing poverty. The event was held on Monday, September 29, 2008 from 8-11 am at Exchange City at Johnson & Wales’ Harborside Campus.
- Providence Journal Article - Poverty Simulation - September 29, 2008
From the Providence Journal: "Rhode Island Community Leaders to experience, discuss poverty"