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Location
United Way of Rhode Island
50 Valley Street
Providence, RI 02909
(401) 444-0600
info@unitedwayri.org
Hours
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Holiday schedule 2022
Our office will be closed on the following days:
- Friday, May 27: closed at 3 p.m. for Memorial Day
- Monday, May 30: Memorial Day
- Monday, June 20: Juneteenth observed
- Monday, July 4: Independence Day
- Friday, Sept. 2: closed at 3 p.m. for Labor Day
- Monday, Sept. 5: Labor Day
- Monday, Oct. 10: Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Friday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day
- Wednesday, Nov. 23: closed at 3 p.m. for Thanksgiving
- Thursday, Nov. 24: Thanksgiving
- Friday, Nov. 25: closed for Thanksgiving
- Monday, Dec. 26: Christmas observed
- Monday, Jan. 2, 2023: New Year's Day observed
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Donations, checks and invoices
Please send all checks to our secure PO box:
United Way of Rhode Island
Dept # 111065
PO Box 9718
Providence, RI 02940-9718
Please send invoices via email to ap@unitedwayri.org
Media inquiries
Michael Cerio
(401) 743-8269
michael@ceriocommunications.com

PBN announces 2023 Best Places to Work honorees
Providence Business News
Sixty-seven honorees, including United Way of Rhode Island, have been named by Providence Business News for its 2023 Best Places to Work Awards program... The honorees will be recognized June 7 for their efforts in a ceremony at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick, where the company rankings in each category will be announced.

Five Qs With: Anthony Botelho
Providence Business News
Anthony Botelho serves as senior vice president of commercial banking and team leader for the commercial and industrial group at The Washington Trust Co. He was recently appointed to lead the bank’s commercial lending growth in Connecticut, where the company recently opened a New Haven commercial lending office. Anthony also serves on United Way of Rhode Island's Board of Directors.

Rethinking how one of R.I.’s largest nonprofits can grow
The Boston Globe
In October, [Idrees "Lanre"] Ajakaiye was appointed the new chief development officer at... United Way of Rhode Island where he'll be in charge of helping... United Way achieve its current strategic plan, which outlines the nonprofit's investment of $100 million over five years to help achieve racial equity.
United Way Investing $10 Million in Community Programs
With a focus on achieving the goals of its LIVE UNITED 2025 plan to build racial equity and opportunities for all Rhode Islanders, United Way of Rhode Island is investing $10 million in the work of community organizations over three years. These latest grants have been awarded from United Way’s Community Impact Fund and received by… 45 local nonprofits.
Power The Future
On Aug. 19, 2023, at the Rhode Island Convention Center, the area’s premier youth and family workforce development and career awareness event will be brought to you by United Way of Rhode Island. It’s called Power The Future. Power The Future will be an annual empowerment event aligned with the 2030 plan of raising incomes, […]
Director Sought for New Statewide Nonprofit Center
A new, first-of-its-kind statewide resource center for Rhode Island nonprofits is becoming a reality. United Way of Rhode Island, which has convened the state’s nonprofit community to establish the center, today announced it has opened the hiring for the center’s inaugural director.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Power The Future
Join us at the Rhode Island Convention Center for the area’s premier youth and family workforce development and career awareness event.