The City of Warwick has decided how to allocate its $150,000 in contributive support for 30 various groups and organizations throughout the city – and although there are many groups benefiting from allocations, the biggest winner in terms of total amount is Mentor Rhode Island.

The mentorship program received $33,300 from the city, which when added to the $25,000 that was carved out and saved through the actions of the Warwick School Committee, makes for a budget that the group can work with going forward to continue training new mentors. It is an especially welcome number considering, at one point, they were unsure if they’d receive any money at all.

“I am so grateful because the mayor has said all along that he would stand behind the program,” said Mentor Rhode Island executive director Jo-Ann Schofield. “As we went through last year, it was obviously very difficult without the funding. This is such an affirmation not only of the work, but also that the city is standing behind our kids.”

“It could not have happened at a better time,” Schofield continued. “We’ll be actively recruiting more mentors and continuing to build the program as a result of both of those actions.”

Other allocations of note include $10,000 for the Volunteers of Warwick Schools (VOWS) program, which faces a total cut of its budget for the upcoming year due to the budgetary crisis faced by the school department; $2,500 for the Warwick Center for the Arts, which still faces an uncertain future regarding their leased building in Apponaug; $10,000 for WestBay Community Action and $8,500 for the Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center.

The full list of allocations is as follows:

ALS Association - $3,500

Boys and Girls Club - $7,500

Bridgemark - $5,000

C.H.I.L.D., Inc - $5,000

CCAP Health Center - $2,500

Cornerstone Adult Day Care Services - $5,000

Crossroads RI - Beach Avenue Apartments - $2,500

E.B.C. House - $8,500

Friend’s Way - $2,500

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Museum - $1,500

House of Hope CDC - $4,500

Kent County YMCA - $1,500

Meals on Wheels - $500

OSCIL - $3,000

RI Mentoring Partnership - $33,300

Sargent Rehabilitation Center - $2,500

Shalom Housing, Inc. - $3,000

The Gamm Theatre - $2,500

The Impossible Dream - $2,500

The Samaritans - $500

Thrive Behavioral Health - $5,000

Trudeau Memorial Center - $10,000

VNA of Care New England - $10,000

VOWS - $10,000

Warwick Center for the Arts - $2,500

Warwick PAL - $1,000

WestBay Community Action - $10,000

Warwick Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse - $1,500

St. Gregory the Great Church - $700

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - $2,000

Total allocation - $150,000