About Serve Rhode Island

Rhode Island's Volunteer Center and State Commission for National and Community Service

Serve Rhode Island is the state's volunteer center and commission for national and community service, located at 655 Broad Street, Suite 202, Providence, RI 02907. Serve Rhode Island was established in 1994 to administer the AmeriCorps program of the federal government and presently administers 11 AmeriCorps programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. In 2010-11 Serve Rhode Island made grants totaling over $1.8 million in federal AmeriCorps funds to support the work of 246 AmeriCorps members assigned in Rhode Island working to meet community need.  The Volunteer Center at Serve Rhode Island connects thousands of volunteers to service opportunities in the community annually.  See SRI's latest ANNUAL PROGRAM UPDATE.

Our Services

The Volunteer Center's History

For 40 years, The Volunteer Center of Rhode Island (VCRI) connected people and opportunities for effective community service. On January 1, 2009, VCRI merged into Serve Rhode Island, creating one statewide organization dedicated to meeting the volunteer service needs of the Rhode Island community.