The Rhode Island Foundation recently awarded a total of more than $5 million for 112 projects around the state, including affordable housing, education, community development, as well as arts and environmental programs.

Its grants in South County include:

• Bradford Jonnycake Center, Westerly, $60,000, to support a staff expansion as well as expansion of its food pantry, educational services and thrift shop.

• University of Rhode Island Foundation, Kingston, $56,858, to help URI’s Coastal Resources Center provide technical assistance to Newport in achieving a community-based vision for the Newport harbor waterfront.

• URI Foundation/Washington County Regional Planning Council, Kingston, $28,000, to assist the economic development collaborative of nine towns to convene state and local experts and build organizational effectiveness.

• Westerly Land Trust, $50,000, for Operation Build Out, an effort to create an organization with paid staff, an established office, and a focused governance structure.

• Community Provider Network of Rhode Island, North Kingstown, $45,000, for the Rhode Island Disability Vote Project that seeks to increase voter registration and participation among members of the disabled community.

• Richmond Senior Citizens Association, $25,000, for operating costs and to conduct an elders’ needs assessment for Richmond, Hopkinton, and Charlestown.

• Compass School, Kingston, $32,500, to implement a strategic plan that will concentrate on multi-age classroom training for teachers, leadership and development training and the creation of a business plan.

• Ocean Tides, Narragansett, $25,000, in support of this alternative to the Training School’s capital campaign to renovate and purchase furnishings for its classrooms.

• Tomaquaq Indian Memorial Museum, Exeter, $45,000, to support operating costs of continuing the capacity-building of the Nuweetooun School which, since 2003, has provided culture-based learning to help Native American children throughout the state succeed.

• Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island, Charlestown, $17,980, to support the continuation of the Green CafÉ series, a monthly art and nature series at Kettle Ponds, and to establish an artist-in-residency program for this organization that serves southern Rhode Island.

• Jamestown Historical Society, $20,000, to help with the renovation of the society’s museum and headquarters.

• Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, $10,000, for work with the Salt Ponds Coalition to develop solutions to environmental problems caused by subdivisions in southern Rhode Island communities.

• Salt Ponds Coalition, Charlestown, $40,000, to help this 20-year-old organization build its capacity by supporting the salary of its first full-time executive director.

• Family Service of Rhode Island, Providence, $54,532, for continued support in creating a mental health services office based at Westerly High School that is part of the Westerly Integrated Social Services Program.