R.I. philanthropist announces $15M pledge to local Feinstein leadership schools

Alan Shawn Feinstein, CEO of the Feinstein Foundation, announces a pledge of $15 million over the next 10 years to local elementary and middle schools encouraging their students to help others in need.

These students, known as Feinstein Jr. Scholars, now number more than 200,000 since Feinstein started this program 22 years ago.  In addition to doing thousands of good deeds helping others every year, these Jr. Scholars and their schools spearhead the Feinstein annual campaign to fight hunger,  which has raised over $2.5 billion to date. Several Rhode Island colleges offer special scholarship consideration to these students.

There are now more than 150 schools in the Feinstein program.

“These funds are to be used solely at the discretion of their schools’ principals for the betterment of their students,” Feinstein stated, “and must not in any way reduce the funding normally allotted these schools by their respective cities and towns.”