Our Annual Meeting
Each year, The Providence Shelter Foundation hosts an annual meeting to honor the work of our grantees and elevate the voices of organizations doing the work in the community. This meeting brings together community champions who are dedicated to creating opportunities for children of color.
Photo by Dominque Sindayiganza
2024 Grantees, and the programs benefitted:
- WattsNatural (Tutoring Equipping Caregivers and Students)
- College Visions (The College Access Program)
- Mini Entrepreneurs of Rhode Island (Entrepreneurial Education for BIPOC Children)
- The Empowerment Factory (The Empowerment Factory Art in The Park Program Summer 2024)
- Everett (Everett School)
- Washington Park Citizens’ Assoc., Inc. (Center-based Care and Education for African-American Children in Providence, RI)
- Roger Williams Day Care Center (Summer Enrichment Program)
- West End Community Center (Infusing culture in all program areas)
- Reach Out and Read Rhode Island (Partnering with Medical Providers to Provide Specially-Curated Books in Providence)
- New Urban Arts (Youth Mentorship in the Arts)
- Community MusicWorks (Youth Music Program)
- Rhode Island for Community and Justice (Providence BIPOC Teens “Be The Change” with Project RESPECT)
- Girls on the Run Rhode Island (Expanding Access to Girls on the Run in Providence and Central Falls)
- Oasis International (Oasis Youth Program)
- Stages of Freedom (Rudolph Fisher: From Providence to the Harlem Renaissance)
- Camp Ruggles (George M. Jacques Camperships for Needy Children)
- Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (Supports for Children of Incarcerated Parents)
- Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women (LEAD through Mentoring Program)
- Rhode Island Black Storytellers (FUNDA Fest and FUNDA Story Camp)
Photo by Dee Speaks
2023 Grantees, and the programs benefitted:
- A Leadership Journey (Ubuntu Summer Wellness Program)
- Amenity Aid (Starting Each Day With Dignity)
- Camp Ruggles, Inc. (2023 George M. Jacques Camperships for Needy Children)
- Community MusicWorks (Youth Music Program)
- Everett (A Class About Me–Partnership with Shea High School)
- Juneteenth RI (Youth Day Literacy Program)
- Foster Forward (Works Wonders)
- McAuley Ministries (McAuley Village Kids Enrichment Program)
- Mt. Hope Learning Center (Youth Education Supports and Enrichments)
- New Urban Arts (Youth Mentorship In the Arts)
- Paul Cuffee School (Increasing Access to Historically Black Colleges & Universities)
- Providence Promise (Educational and Socio-emotional Programming for BIPOC Youth)
- Reach Out and Read RI (Reach Out and Read)
- Refugee Development Center (Refugee Youth Dream Mentoring Project)
- Rhode Island Black Storytellers (FUNDA FEST and FUNDA STORY CAMP)
- Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women (Leadership Education and Development Program (LEAD))
- Rhode Island for Community & Justice (Providence Teens Building Community through Project RESPECT)
- Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (Mentoring and Wrap-Around Services for Children of Incarcerated Parents)
- Sophia Academy (Scholarship support for African-American girls in Providence)
- Southside Community Land Trust (Youth Empowerment)
- Stages of Freedom (Black Lives Matter: 20 Rhode Island African-American Heroes)
- TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (Black Voices Matter)
- Washington Park Citizens’ Association, Inc. (After-School Program for Child Safety & Learning)
- West End Community Center (Early Learning and Youth Programs)
- Winner’s Circle XR (XR Academy After School Program)
- Youth in Action (A Framework for Leadership: Core, Immersion, & Collective)