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\n November 22, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Frank Prosnitz, Whats Up Newport<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 20, 2024<\/p>\n

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Of the $9.1 million in grants statewide to 109 non-profits, some $1.6 million was awarded to 11 Newport area organizations.<\/p>\n

From healthcare to historic preservation and recreation, Newport area non-profits were winners in the latest round of Champlin Foundation grants, aimed at helping organizations pursue \u201cambitious visions,\u201d according to Champlin\u2019s Executive Director Nina Stack.<\/p>\n

Of the $9.1 million in grants statewide to 109 non-profits, some $1.6 million was awarded to 11 Newport area organizations. They range from $700,000 to help transform an existing area of Newport Hospital into an adolescent behavioral health unit to $29,000 to repair exterior leaks at Middletown\u2019s Calvary United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n

Many of the grants were awarded to organizations serving youth, and those \u201ccoping with the surge in need borne of the pandemic that never subsided.\u201d<\/p>\n

One such project is the Girl Scout Camp Rocky Farm in Newport, which received $400,000 to revitalize the camp that serves 4,000 girls into a year-round facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy revisioning all that Camp Rocky Farm can be through improved outdoor spaces, lodge renovations, and expanding access to our grounds and other learning and gathering spaces, we hope to increase inclusion and engagement on Aquidneck Island and beyond,\u201d says Dana Borrelli-Murray, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England. The seven-acre camp was founded in 1950.<\/p>\n

The Newport Hospital project also addresses youth. Partnering with Bradley Hospital, they are transforming an existing area of the hospital into a new, eight-bed behavioral health unit for kids The $5 million project \u201cwill allow Newport Hospital to deliver Bradley Hospital\u2019s world-class pediatric behavioral health care to more families, closer to home,\u201d according to a statement by Lifespan, Newport Hospital\u2019s parent.<\/p>\n

The Champlin Foundation, founded in 1932, has awarded more than $705 million to fund capital projects for Rhode Island non-profits. It covers nine areas: Arts & Culture, Historic Preservation & Heritage, Libraries, Social Services, Welfare of Animals, and Youth Services.<\/p>\n

The foundation\u2019s next round of grants will be awarded in June, based on applications received between December 5 and January 15.<\/p>\n

Other grants awarded to Aquidneck Island non-profits were:<\/p>\n