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  The Barr Foundation has more than $1.8 billion in assets — 63% more than the Rhode Island Foundation. The Barr Foundation, according to a series of press releases, has provided $80 million in grants in the past 12 months.   Steinberg Compensation Has Increased More Than 250% in a Decade According to Chris Barnett, the spokesperson for the RI Foundation, “Forty-five people work at the Foundation.”  Steinberg is a former banker at Fleet Bank which was acquired by Bank of America in 2004. He served as the President of Fleet Bank RI. After leaving the bank he worked for Brown Universi...

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island are collaborating on an innovative new program designed to reduce hospital readmissions by improving behavioral-health outcomes of discharged patients. “The Butler Hospital Transitional Outpatient Program intends to provide short-term care to patients immediately following a discharge from an inpatient stay,” Butler and the insurer said Thursday in announcing the program. “The short-term care efforts will serve as a bridge to longer-term care.” The program’s ambition is a 5% reduction in the number of readmi...

The Rhode Island Foundation awarded a record $87 million in grants to more than 2,200 nonprofit organizations in 2020, the foundation announced Wednesday. In a year of great need because of the coronavirus pandemic, the foundation received $68 million in donations, the third-highest total in its 105-year history. Gifts ranged in size from $1 to several million dollars. "We are grateful for the passionate and committed donors who have partnered with us for 105 years to take on the challenges and issues of the day," said Neil D. Steinberg, the foundation’s president and CEO. “Working with...

Knock It Off the Sequel IPA at Proclamation December 10, 2020 7:50 am Courtesy: Proclamation Ale Company Facebook WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) – Here we go again!  Proclamation Ale Company in Warwick is selling another COVID themed beer.  Introducing ‘Knock It Off: The Sequel’. The brewery’s Facebook page says that this is sadly coming out at exactly the perfect time, as Rhode Island’s coronavirus case numbers surge. The beer is a 9.5% abv Triple IPA which Proclamation hopes “will put people in just enough of a stupor that they will stay at home and nap instead of going out!” They de...