Youth-run nonprofit in South Providence raises $6,000, wins $20,000
PROVIDENCE — Youth In Action, a South Providence nonprofit, has won $20,000 in a national fundraising competition sponsored by the Gannett Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the publisher of USA Today, The Providence Journal and many newspapers across the country. Youth in Action was one of 16 Rhode Island nonprofits that entered the contest, A Community Thrives, in its third year. The Gannett Foundation gave $2.43 million for incentives and prizes for 2020, and the organizations raised $3.341 million during the contest. Top prizes were $100,000. Youth in Action, known as YIA, operat...
Source: providencejournal.com