Social Venture Partners RI announces launch of SVP-U, seeks proposals for business plan competition

Social Venture Partners of Rhode Island (SVPRI), established eight years ago at the Rhode Island Foundation, today announced the launch of SVP University (SVP-U), an initiative to introduce college students to hands-on philanthropy while providing valuable business planning services to Rhode Island nonprofits.

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Local Attorney is new Executive Director of Social Venture Partners of Rhode Island

Press Release announcing Jennifer Marrapese as Executive Director.

Rhode Island Foundation editorial

Finding the "profit" in "nonprofit" - Social Venture Partners Rhode Island lends a hand to make a difference

East Side Monthly - May 2006

A Match Made In Heaven?

Providence Journal - Letter to the Editor

A letter to the editor in response to the June 12, 2005 SVPRI article.

Providence Business News - June 30, 2006

Amos House find it pays to have a small business
By: Natalie Myers, Staff Writer

Nonprofits strategize new revenue streams

Providence Business News
September 25, 2004

The Providence Sunday Journal

Money & Business Section, June 12, 2005

"With aid from philanthropists, nonprofits learn business skills."

Communities & Banking, Winter 2008

Providence Business Uplifts the Poor
by Linda Watkins, Amos House

Rhode Island Monthly, October 2007

The Young and The Generous -- Meet the new generation of philanthropists. They're young, they're wealthy, and they don't just write checks. They're ready to roll up their sleeves, but -- in return -- they expect tangible results.