Rhode Island is ready to compete.
Ready to innovate.
Ready to build.
Presented by Partnership for Rhode Island, a nonprofit CEO roundtable representing Rhode Island’s largest private employers.
A long-term initiative to strengthen our state and bring Rhode Island together
Compete RI is a collaboration between the State of Rhode Island and the Partnership for Rhode Island, a nonprofit CEO roundtable representing the state’s largest private employers.
Originally launched to support Rhode Island in leveraging funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Compete RI has since expanded its focus to amplify a broader range of federal funding opportunities across multiple agencies. This includes, but is not limited to, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Compete RI has supported federal funding convenings and, through a partnership with Streamline, aims to demystify federal funding for potential applicants.
In 2023, Compete RI was recognized by the White House as a best practice for how states can support state agencies, municipalities, Tribal governments, educational institutions, nonprofits, and private entities in accessing and deploying federal infrastructure funding.
With strong national and regional partnerships, Compete RI is well-connected to evolving federal funding opportunities and best practices, ensuring Rhode Island entities have access to the latest resources, guidance, and technical assistance.
Mt. Hope Bridge footage thanks to Tolppa Media

Our goals
Compete RI’s work continues and evolves as we serve as a convener, connector, and collaborator — bringing entities together across our state, and across the country.
Rhode Island is a place for progress and we’re focused on highlighting that to others. With national recognition from the White House for our best-in-practice approach to federal funding, we continue to assist partners as they apply for grants and federal funds.
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“Compete RI is doing the very important work of connecting people and organizations across the state and removing silos. To give the community insight into what is happening at the federal level, and to involve the state at the town and city level is a necessary task for Rhode Island to succeed, and Compete RI's collaborative e orts are making this possible.”
-April Brown, Organizational Steward (Director), Racial and Environmental Justice Committee
Our vision
Compete
- Grantwriting support
- Strategic coordination between agencies, municipalities, and institutions
- Best practices
Innovate
- Transformative infrastructure
- Resilient infrastructure
- Job creation
Build
- Vision for execution
- Scaled coordination and collaboration
- Generational infrastructure improvements and modernization
We are excited to partner with Streamline
Navigating government funding is time consuming and challenging as data is spread across hundreds of sources and solicitations are dense to read. Streamline's Discover product exists to remove barriers to accessing this critical capital: their tool is the most comprehensive dataset of government funding opportunities across the federal, state, and local levels.
Opportunities are searchable by your location, organization type, target funding amount, and other factors. Each listing highlights the critical information you need, while Streamline's AI-powered chat feature allows you to ask questions directly about each solicitation—making funding more accessible and transparent.
We recommend their tool as a resource to support our partners in seeking government funding.