Our Impact
92% increased their educational expectations
95% demonstrated improved self-confidence
96% avoided involvement with the juvenile justice system
97% reported improved mental health
100% progressed to the next grade level
Our Accolades
At Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island, we hold ourselves accountable to the youth and communities we serve.
Our dedicated team brings the skill, passion, and commitment needed to advance our mission every day.
Local and National Awards - Accomplishments & Achievements
- 2025 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2025 - PBN Healthiest Employers
- 2025 - Ranked in the top 5 for Providence Journal's Community Choice Awards (Top Employer) and Voices of the Valley Contest (Best disposal/junk removal and best local non-profit)
- 2024 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2024- PBN Healthiest Employers
- 2024 - BBBSA Impact Award
- 2024 - Ranked in the top 3 for Providence Journal's Community Choice Awards (Top Employer) and Voices of the Valley Contest (Best Cleanouts and Local Cause/Non-Profit)
- 2023 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2023 - PBN Healthiest Employers
- 2023 - BBBSA Platinum Award
- 2022 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2022 - PBN Healthiest Employers
- 2022 - BBBSA Gold Standard Award
- 2022 - BBBSA BIGGIE Gold Marketing Award - Little Recruitment
- 2021 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2020 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2020 - PBN Diversity & Inclusion Winner
- 2019 - PBN Best Places to Work
- 2019 - Tiny Pulse Happiness Award
- 2018 - Tiny Pulse Happiness Award
Our Partners
We believe that collaboration is the best way to create sustainable change. We have a long history of mutually beneficial relationships with local schools, businesses, community organizations, and coalitions. These partnerships empower young people to reach their full potential! Our state-wide mentoring programs are made possible by the generosity of the following valued partners.
Corporate, Community, & Foundation Partners
- AAA Northeast
- Airhart Electric, Inc.
- Albert Gizzarelli Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
- Albertsons (Shaw’s)
- Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
- Amazon Smiles
- Amica Companies Foundation
- Angelo’s Pizza
- Bally’s Twin River Lincoln
- Bancroft Family Foundation
- Bank of America
- BankNewport
- Banneker Supply Chain Solutions
- BayCoast Bank
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- Bob’s Discount Furniture
- Boscov’s Department Store, LLC
- Boy Scouts
- Bristol County Savings Bank
- Building Maintenance Service & Insustrial Worker’s Local Union 1322
- Cardi's Furniture & Mattresses
- Carter Family Trust
- Carty Reality
- Case Construction Company
- Citizens Charitable Foundaiton
- CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
- Coletta's Collision Center
- Connectivity Point Design & Installation
- Construction Maintenance Services
- Coastal1 Credit Union
- Cox Communications
- CVS
- DDL Advertising
- Dean Bank
- Dean Warehouse
- Delta Dental of Rhode Island
- Deslandes Construction
- Dimeno Construction Company
- Dittmar, McNeil & Varone, CPA’s
- Dr. Dorothy Pieniadz
- Dunkin Donuts
- Durkin Cottage Realty
- Duffy & Sweeney, LTD
- East Coast Distributors
- Eastern Bank
- Family Services of RI
- Farmers Insurance
- Flemming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
- Focus Forward
- Frank Shatz & Co., Inc.
- Franklin Paint
- Furey Roofing & Construction
- Fuse Energy
- Gasbarro’s Liquor
- Government Stratifies, Inc.
- Granite Telecommunications
- Greenwood Credit Union
- Guinness Book Club
- Gurney’s Newport
- H. Carr & Sons
- Hanson Curran, LLC
- HarborOne Foundation RI
- Hasboro, Inc.
- Heald & Associates, L.T.D
- Heat & Frost Insulators Local 6
- Hire Image, LLC
- I.B.E.W. Local Union 99
- Ida Ballou Lifflefield
- Memorial Charitable Trust
- IHeart Media
- Instrumentation Services of NE, LLC
- Iron Workers Local 37
- IT Support RI
- Jordan’s Furniture
- June Rockwell Levy Foundation, Inc.
- KCI Paving & Concrete
- KS Partners, LLC
- Law Offices of Jeremy Rix
- Local Union 266 L.I.U.N.A.
- M&G Materials Handling co.
- Maptician
- Marshall Building & Remodeling
- Mayor Charles Lombardi Charitable Fund.
- McKenna Roofing & Construction
- Mentor RI
- Merritt
- Miss Swinburne Fund
- Mohegan Sun
- Mozzone Lumber Co., Inc.
- MRZ Flooring (Rawling Floor Covering)
- Mutual of America
- N&D Transportation
- Narragansett Police IBPO 202 & 303
- National Grid
- Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
- New England Laborers’ Health & Safety Fund
- New England Laborers’ Labor Management Cooperation Trust
- Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company
- Nordson
- Ocean State Charities Trust
- Pelly’s Properties, LLC
- Picerne Family Charitable Foundation
- Preston Family Fund
- Progressive Benefit Solution
- Providence Bruins
- Providence Children’s Museum
- Providence Performing Arts Center
- Providence Rotary Charities Foundation
- Provider Insurance Group, LLC
- Public Employees’ Local Union 1033
- R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadership Conference
- Renaissance Providence Hotel
- Rhode Island Building & Construction Trades Council
- RI Commerce Cooperation
- RI Foundation
- RI Housing Authority
- Rockland Trust
- Roofers Union Local #33
- Rustle & Spark
- Ryan Family Foundation
- Ryder Truck
- Salted Slate
- Sansiveri, Kimball & Co., LLP
- Shriners of RI Charities Trust
- Smokin Interiors
- Snax Records
- Snip-its Haircuts for Kids
- South County Sand & Gravel
- Starkweather & Winery
- Taylor Box Companies
- The Carter Fund
- The Champlin Foundations
- The Omni Group
- The Progressive Insurance Foundation
- The Starbucks Foundation
- The Washington Trust Company
- The Wireless Trust Company
- TSG Cranston, LLC
- TVI, Inc.
- United Way of Mass Bay
- United Way of Rhode Island
- United Way of Southern Connecticut
- UnitedHealthcare Networks
- Van Beuren Charitable Foundation
- Verizon Foundation
- Walmart Foundation
- Ward, Fisher & Company, LLP
- Warwick Mall
- YMCA
Our Big Green Bin Partners
- Almeida VFW Post
- Bayside YMCA
- Birchwood Middle School
- Bishop Hendricken High School
- Burrillville Public Works
- Burrillville Recycling Center
- Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School
- Chariho High School
- Children’s Workshop Smithfield
- Church of the Holy Spirt
- Clothes to Kids
- Cold Springs Community Center
- Community Baptist Church
- Coventry Police Station
- Coventry Public Works
- Cranston Fire Dept.
- Cranston Ice Rink
- Cranston Police Dept.
- Cranston Public Library Oaklawn
- Cranston YMCA
- Crestar
- Cumberland Parks and Rec.
- Cumberland Police Dept.
- Cup Defenders
- Domenic Cristofaro Park
- EA Ricci Middle School
- East Side YMCA
- Exeter Town Hall
- Exeter Transfer Station
- Fire Station – Warren Engine 3 & 6
- Fr. John Doyle School
- Gloucester Hardware
- Graystone Elementary School
- Jenkes Jr. High School
- Kent Washington Assn. of REALTORS
- Kent County YMCA
- Limerock Baptist Church
- Lincoln Middle School
- Lincoln YMCA
- Little Compton Transfer Station
- Living Hope Church
- Meadowbrook Lanes
- Narragansett Middle School
- Narraganset Parks & Rec.
- Newman YMCA
- Newport City Yard
- Newport County YMCA
- Newport Senior Center
- NK Safety Complex
- North Kingston Community Center
- North Kingston Transfer Station
- North Providence Senior Center
- Oaklawn Beach Boys & Girls Club
- Oaklawn Car Wash
- Pawtucket Animal Shelter
- Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club
- Pawtucket City Hall
- Pawtucket Public Works
- Pawtucket Senior Center
- Pilgrim Lutheran
- Ponagansett High School
- Portsmouth Transfer Station
- Providence Rescue Mission
- Ray’s Polyclean
- Richmond Transfer Station
- Rose Hill Transfer Station
- Salve Regina - Miley Hall
- Smithfield Commons
- South County YMCA
- St. James Lutheran Church
- St. Lukes East Greenwich
- St. Lukes Pawtucket
- St. Pauls Lutheran Church
- St. Thomas Church
- St. Denis
- St. Elizabeth’s Church
- St. James Episcopal Church
- St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
- The Wheeler School
- Tiverton Transfer Station
- West Greenwich Town Halls
- West Greenwich Transfer Station
- Whelan Elementary Schools
- Women’s Resource Center
- Woonsocket Transfer Station
- Woonsocket YMCA
Community Discounts
Our Impact - Because of Your Support and Advocacy
Since 1966, BBBSRI has grown to serve thousands of youth in Rhode Island by connecting them with positive adult role models that help ignite their full potential. Â In late 2021, our move to Rising Sun Mills in the heart of Olneyville in Providence gave us a chance to continue our impact by being closer to the areas where are a large part of young people we serve reside. Â In 2024 we served more than 250 youth through mentorship and served more than 2500 Rhode Islanders with wrap-around services such as case management, emergency assistance, career exploration, and enrichment activities.Â
A Future Built on Mentorship
Mentorship is more than a meaningful relationship. It is essential infrastructure for the future we want to build. A Future Built on Mentorship makes the case for why investing in young people through caring adult connections is one of the most powerful ways to strengthen mental wellbeing, improve educational engagement, expand economic opportunity, and build more connected communities. Grounded in research, impact data, and real stories, this report shows how mentorship changes individual life trajectories while creating lasting benefits for families, workplaces, and society as a whole.
National Mentoring Impact Data:Â
Evidence-Based National Research Conducted by Harvard University & U.S. Department of Treasury report:
- Participants in BBBS programs experienced a 15% boost in earnings between the ages of 20 and 25, reducing the socioeconomic gap by two-thirds.
- Mentored youth are 20% more likely to attend college compared to non-mentored peers.
- Every dollar invested in BBBS mentoring pays for itself within just seven years, creating sustained economic benefits.
2024 BBBSRI Mentoring Impact:
- 100% of Mentors felt they’ve been positively impacted through the program.
- 100% of Mentees moved on to the next grade.
- 91% of parents shared their child has shown improved mental health.
- 97% of parents reported their child avoided the juvenile justice system.
- 86% of parents shared their child showed increased self-confidence
Changing Lives in a BIG Way - Testimonials From Our Partners, Parents, Mentors, and Mentees!
MAtches of the Year
Out of hundreds of Matches (Mentor/Mentee Pairs or Big Couple) two are chosen by Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI each year to represent our one-on-one mentoring program throughout Rhode Island. The Matches of the Year are selected based on their deep engagement in our mission, their exceptional advocacy for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the significant positive impact both Mentor and Mentee have experienced.