2019 Grants

Competitive Grants

Community Teamwork, Inc. f/b/o African Community Center of Lowell
$5,000- General Operations

African Community Economic Development of New England
$2,000- Supporting Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
$4,000- People’s Planning Initiative

The American Indian College Fund
$10,000- The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation Tribal Scholarship Program

America SCORES New England
$3,000- Leadership in Action

Apollinaire Theatre Company
$3,000- Apollinaire Play Lab

Backyard Growers
$3,000- Salad Days/ Fall Harvest Days School Garden Program

BalletRox
$3,000- BalletRox Dance! Community Dance Program

Beyond Walls, Inc.
$3,000- 2019 Street Art Festival

Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
$3,000- Victory Generation Out of School Time Program

Boston Chamber Music Society
$2,000- Teaching Artist Program, Somerville High School String Orchestra

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
$3,000- Youth Employment Program

Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center
$2,000- New Generation Youth Program (NewGen)

Boston Tax Help Coalition
$4,000- Financial Check-up Program Expansion

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
$2,000- Life After the Club: Workforce Development

Bridge Boston Charter School
$3,000- El Sistema-inspired Instrumental Music Program

BSA Foundation
$2,000- Design Career Exploration

Budget Buddies, Inc.
$2,000- Girl’s LIFE: Financial Literacy and Empowerment Program for Teen Girls in Boston

BUILD
$4,000- Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Career Collaborative, Inc.
$3,000- Job Readiness Programming

Center for Women & Enterprise
$4,000- Entrepreneurship Training for Low-Income Women

Center to Support Immigrant Organizing
$3,000- Youth Ubuntu Project

Chica Project
$4,000- General Operating Support

The City School
$3,000- Pathways to Change After School Program

Codman Academy Foundation
$5,000- Camp Merrowvista Leadership Program

Codman Square Health Center
$3,000- Promoting Equity in Youth Summer Internship Program

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
$4,000- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for Young Audiences

Compass Working Capital, Inc.
$4,000- Compass Family Self-Sufficienct (FSS) Program in Greater Boston

Conservatory Lab Charter School
$3,000- Conservatory Lab Learning Gardens

Crispus Attucks Children’s Center
$2,000- General Operating

Cultural Survival, Inc.
$3,000- Cultural Survival Bazaars Indigenous Artists Institute

Discovering Justice
$2,500- Children Discovering Justice

Earthwatch Institute
$3,000- Rainwater Action in Neighborhoods (RAIN)

East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
$3,000- ASPIRING Summer College Bridge Program

Emerald Necklace Conservancy
$3,000- Youth Education Programs

English for New Bostonians
$3,000- English for Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center
$4,000- Millenials for 100% Renewable Energy

Epiphany School
$5,000- First Bosses Program

EVKids, Inc.
$4,000- Inspiring Connections: Tutoring for Boston Youth

Friends of the Children Boston
$3,000- Financial Literacy and Incentive-Based Savings Program

Friends of Young Achievers
$3,000- Advanced Science Leadership Program

Generations Incorporated
$3,000- Expanding Early Literacy Interventions through Read to Grow Strategic Plan

Girls Incorporated Lynn
$2,000- Odyssey, an after school Academic and Leadership Development program for Middle School Girls

Girls’ LEAP
$3,000- Lifetime Empowerment Awareness Program

Gloucester Stage Company, Inc.
$3,000- Gloucester Stage Theater Education Programs

Haley House, Inc.
$3,000- Urban Agriculture at Haley House

The Haven Project
$4,000- Catalyst

The Hyde Square Task Force
$4,000- Jóvenes en Acción and College Success

Immigrant Family Services Institute, Inc.
$3,000- PLUS After-School and Summer Program

Interise
$3,000- StreetWise ‘MBA’

International Institute of New England
$4,000- Refugee Employment Services

Inversant
$3,000- Strategic Program Development for Greater Impact

Jeremiah Program
$3,000- Empowering Boston Single Mothers and their Children through Education, Two Generations at a Time

Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
$3,000- Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Josiah Quincy Orchestra Program
$2,000- General Operating Support

Justice Resource Institute Inc. d/b/a STRIVE Boston
$3,000- STRIVE Forward Juvenile Justice Initiative

La Vida Inc.
$3,000- General Operating

Lena Park Community Development Corporation
$2,000- Youth Development Program

Madison Park Development Corporation
$4,000- Community Gardens- Kid’s Garden Club

Mass Humanities
$2,500- Clemente Course in the Humanities Dorchester

Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
$2,000- Civics in Action Internship Program

MassVote
$2,000- Young Civic Leaders

Maverick Landing Community Services
$2,000- Youth STEAM Programs

Mothers for Justice and Equality
$3,000- Youth Peer Leadership

Mystic Learning Center, Inc.
$3,000- Books Of Hope

Mystic River Watershed Association
$4,000- Using the Mystic River as a Living Laboratory

New Economy Coalition
$4,000- Annual Member Meeting

New England Center for Arts & Technology
$3,000- Culinary Arts Job Training Program

Nonquit Street Land Trust, Inc.
$2,000- “Diversity- The Owl and the Pussy Cat” by Nancy Schon for the Nonquit Street Green

Philanthropy Massachusetts
$10,000- The Summer Fund

Project Hope
$4,000- Family Childcare Business Enterprise

Raw Art Works
$3,000- Arts-Based Teen Employment and Workforce Readiness Training for Underserved Youth

Rehearsal for Life
$3,000- Youth Unscripted

Scholar Athletes
$3,000- General Operating Support

Seaside Sustainability, Inc.
$2,000- The Four Seasons of Intern Coordinators

Sociedad Latina
$5,000- ¡Emprende! Youth Entrepreneurship Program

South Street Youth Center
$4,000- South Street Clubhouse

SparkShare
$3,000- Expanding and Strengthening the SparkShare Network

St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children
$2,000- GRLZ Radio

Strong Women, Strong Girls
$3,000- Skills-Building Mentor Program for Girls

Summer Search
$2,000- Summer Outdoor Adventure and Academic Experiences for Summer Search Students

Treaty Awareness Campaign
$4,000- Educating Youth Leaders to work for a Nuclear Weapons Free World

The Trust for Public Land
$3,000- Grove Hall Park

uAspire
$3,000- College Affordability Advising- Greater Boston

Union Capital Boston
$3,000- Network Nights: Combating Social Isolation and Amplifying UCB

United Nations Association of Greater Boston
$3,000- Inspire the Next Generation of Civil Leaders Through Model UN

United South End Settlements
$3,000- Full STEAM Ahead

Urban Food Initiative d/b/a Daily Table
$2,000- Mural by Dorchester Art Project

Victory Programs, Inc.
$5,000- ReVision Urban Farm Food Security and Urban Agriculture Education Initiative

Vietnamese-American Initiative for Development, Inc.
$4,000- Youth Leadership Development

Waban Improvement Society
$1,000- Newton Piano Summit

Wellspring House, Inc.
$3,000- Wellspring Education Resource Collaborative for Youth

WriteBoston
$3,000- Teens in Print

YMCA of Greater Boston
$5,000- Boston Police Department/YMCA Campership Program

ZUMIX
$2,000- Hands-On Youth Development Program