Rhode Island PBS Foundation And The Public's Radio
Providence, RI Doing business as Ripbs
- UEI
- QHCCZEM3AJP4
- CAGE
- 8DEW2
- Primary NAICS
- 813990 Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations)
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 50 Park Ln, Providence, RI 02907, USA
- Website
- oceanstatemedia.org
- Founded
- 1975
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $30,516 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $12,000 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $50,000 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $50,000 | |
| Corporation For Public Broadcasting | S295A200004 | $90,000 |
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About the company
Rhode Island PBS Foundation And The Public's Radio, doing business as Ripbs, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Providence, Rhode Island that participates in federal early-learning grant programs exclusively as a sub-recipient, with no prime federal contracts or IDVs in its current portfolio. All five recent awards originate from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as the prime grantee.
Ripbs operates as a sub-recipient under the Ready to Learn (RTL) program, a Department of Education–funded initiative administered by CPB that supports community-based early-learning partnerships. Since 2021, Ripbs has received five sub-awards totaling $233 thousand across multi-year Learning Neighborhood projects and a state-level scaling initiative. Representative work includes a $90 thousand Learning Neighborhood sub-award (fiscal 2021–22) focused on early-learning needs of children and families in Rhode Island, with scope spanning RTL Landscape Analysis and Assets & Needs Assessment, piloting of the RTL Facilitator Course, and design of a Learning Neighborhood plan; a $50 thousand sub-award (fiscal 2022–23) continuing that Learning Neighborhood implementation; and a $12 thousand state-level project sub-award (fiscal 2024–25) in which Ripbs serves as one of 14 stations scaling RTL resources through state partnerships over an eighteen-month period from April 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, with scope including partner identification, action planning, and initial implementation across Rhode Island.
Activity is intermittent — one award in 2021, then a gap until 2023–24, then resumption in 2025 — reflecting the periodic funding and amendment cycle of the underlying CPB grant. Ripbs has no teaming relationships with other federal contractors and does not compete for or hold positions on government-wide acquisition vehicles or agency-wide IDIQs. The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in early-learning and public media programming through the CPB-administered RTL channel.
Quick answers
Is Rhode Island PBS Foundation And The Public's Radio registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Rhode Island PBS Foundation And The Public's Radio's SAM.gov registration is active through March 4, 2027.
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