Vedanta Society of Providence, a non-profit spiritual organization, was founded by Swami Akhilananda in 1928 to spread the universal message of Vedanta in Rhode Island and beyond. It is a branch of the Ramakrishna Order founded in the late 19th century in India.

Vedanta Society preaches the ancient ideals and practices of Vedanta applicable in modern times as illustrated by the life of Sri Ramakrishna and propagated by his most illustrious disciple Swami Vivekananda. People of various religious/spiritual backgrounds over many centuries have been practicing the universal non-denominational teachings of Vedanta that deal with both the Personal and Impersonal conceptions of God in various forms (and formless too). This verse in Rig Veda epitomizes the nature of all-inclusive Vedanta teachings: एकं सत् विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति (ekaṃ sat viprā bahudhā vadanti) - Truth is one, people call it by various names.