Year-End Giving

Thank you for continued support of deserving CCRI students, who are working hard to fulfill their academic and professional goals. 

Our students appreciate both your financial support and knowing that you believe in them.

Year-End Giving is an opportunity to help students in need to obtain a degree from CCRI that will help them earn a living wage and contribute to the Rhode Island economy and community. CCRI graduates earn more than $10,000 per year than Rhode Island high school graduates.  Graduates fill crucial roles in the medicine, technology, financial services and more.

One recent graduate, Rahim, wanted to share his story to help you, donors of the CCRI Foundation, understand how your investment makes a measurable difference in Rhode Islanders’ lives. Rahim, from Cote D’Ivoire, graduated high school and started studying college business, but quickly realized science was his passion; he enrolled at CCRI in 2019.

Rahim was challenged when his classes became completely remote during the pandemic. He is thankful for the support CCRI provided to him, including receiving grants and a laptop to help him continue his studies online—your support making that possible. Rahim’s hard work and dedication paid off—he graduated from CCRI in 2021, and is in his last semester studying pharmaceutical science at the University of Rhode Island. This past summer, Rahim interned in a lab at a major pharmaceutical company where he conducted metabolic research, and he is soon to apply for a full-time position there. Rahim greatly appreciates his start at CCRI.

Rahim states,"I am so grateful for the education I received at CCRI. I received a lot of support from the Director of Admissions and my professors. In addition, the funds that I received helped me to stay in school and graduate when many of my friends had to drop out of school for financial reasons.” 

Thank you for your ongoing belief in CCRI students and invest once again in the promise of a success story!