Rhode Island's largest soup kitchen and a comprehensive social service agency, Amos House started Amos House Works as a outgrowth of its Amos Culinary Education (ACE) program teaching culinary skills to individuals with various barriers to employment including homelessness or criminal background. Since 2004 Amos House Works has operated a thriving school lunch business and private catering business. Both serve as a training ground for Amos House clients enrolled in the ACE program, providing clients transitional employment opportunity and experience in preparation for jobs in the community.
ArtTix provides back-office box office functions to over 80 member organizations of the Arts & Business Council of RI (A&BC RI) to provide greater visibility and easier accessibility to arts and cultural performances and events in the Rhode Island and southeastern New England regions.
The Rhode Island Family Life Center (RIFLC) is a one-stop nonprofit that provides services for formerly incarcerated individuals - preparing inmates for release, providing strong support during the post-release period and assisting families of offenders returning home through support and counseling that builds on individual and family strengths. In 2007, RIFLC piloted the "Green Team" - a program to beautify Providence's South Side, while providing transitional job opportunities to clients. Of the 16 participants, 85 percent were placed in jobs as a result of the program.
Rhode Island for Community & Justice (RICJ) is a social justice organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism and promoting understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education. The mission of the People's School is to advance nontraditional arts-based education towards economic opportunities for adults through an environment which promotes self-empowerment, cultural identity, social justice and shared power with resources.
The Steel Yard focuses on educating the public, offering opportunities to artists, and preserving the industrial arts. In 2004, The Steel Yard launched Urban Furniture/Public Art (UFPA), an earned income initiative designed to unite the educational and creative missions of The Steel Yard while contributing revenue to advance the organization's mission and decrease dependence on philanthropy and grant income.