HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island Awards New Round of Non-Profit Grants
(Warwick, RI) - December 10, 2020 - ONE Neighborhood Builders was among 11 recipients of HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island grants focused on helping Rhode Island individuals and families - especially those impacted by the COVID crisis. This new round of giving brings the 2020 total of grants awarded by the Foundation in Rhode Island to $275,000.
The ONE Neighborhood Builders grant will be utilized to support efforts to deliver and maintain internet access to hundreds of residents in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence where close to 40% have limited connectivity. With residents needing to work at home, and children schooling from home, lack of internet access was and economic and educational detriment that Neighborhood Builders has stepped in to fix.