Competitive Grants

Accion East, Inc.
$2,500- Brazilian Business Initiative

African Community Economic Development of New England
$2,500- ACEDONE Small Business Development Program

All Dorchester Sports and Leadership
$3,000- Education and Enrichment at All Dorchester Sports and Leadership

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
$3,000- The POWER Institute

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

Apollinaire Theatre Company
$3,000- Apollinaire Play Lab

Backyard Growers
$3,000- Community & Backyard Gardens during COVID-19

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

Beyond Walls, Inc.
$3,000- 2020 Street Art Festival: A Unique Approach to Community Development and Cultural Inclusion

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

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

Boston Food Forest Coalition
$4,000- General Operating

Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center
$2,500- New Generation Youth Program

Boston Police Athletic League
$3,000- Women in Blue

Boston Scores
$3,000- Middle School Leadership in Action Program

Budget Buddies, Inc.
$3,000 – Girl’s LIFE: Financial Education and Empowerment for Low-Income Teen Girls

BUILD – Greater Boston
$4,000- Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Center for Women & Enterprise
$3,000 – Entrepreneurship Training for Low-Income Women

Chica Project
$3,000- Chica Project

City Mission Inc.
$3,000- Social Justice Intern Program

Codman Square Health Center
$4,000- Promoting Equity in our Youth Summer Internship Program

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
$4,000- Stage2: Virtual Programming for Young Audiences

Community Boating Inc.
$2,000- Instructor-in-Training (IIT) Leadership Program

Compass Working Capital, Inc.
$4,000- Expanding access to the Compass Family Self-Sufficiency program to greater Boston

Cooperative Fund of New England f/b/o Dorchester Food Co-op
$2,000- Building the solidarity economy through a healthy food access and community ownership lens

Crispus Attucks Children’s Center
$2,000- Comprehensive Core Curriculum – General Operating

Cultural Survival, Inc.
$5,000- Cultural Survival Online Entrepreneurship Workshops for Indigenous Artists

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC)
$3,000- DBEDC’s Re-entry Program

East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
$3,000- ASPIRING College Bridge/Leadership Development programm

Economic Mobility Pathways (EMpath)
$4,000- Career Family Opportunity

Emerald Necklace Conservancy
$2,000- Youth Education at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy: Green Team and Youth Leadership Program

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

Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center
$4,000 – Millennials for 100% Renewable Energy

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

The Food Project
$4,000 – Sprout Crew: Growing Young Leaders through Urban Agriculture

Friends of the Children-Boston
$2,500- Friends-Boston Financial Literacy and Incentive-Based Savings Project

Generations, Incorporated
$4,000- Virtual Literacy Program

Girls’ LEAP
$4,000- Lifetime Empowerment Awareness Program

Greater Boston Single Parent Counseling and Resource Center f/b/o  WEATOC, Inc.
$4,000- WEATOC Peer Education Center

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

The Haven Project
$4,000- Catalyst, The Haven Project Job-Training Program

Hyde Square Task Force
$4,000- Jóvenes en Acción/Youth in Action (JEA) Program – Education

Immigrant Family Services Institute, Inc.
$4,000- PLUS After-School and Summer Program

Institute for Policy Studies – Boston Office
$4,000- Boston Affordable Housing and Jamaica Plain Forum

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
$4,000- Treaty Awareness Campaign – Youth Empowerment to Prevent Extinction

Interise
$3,000- InterriseSTRONG & StreetWiseSTRONG

Inversant
$3,000- Inversant: Reducing Barriers to College Access

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

Justice Resource Institute Inc., dba STRIVE Boston
$3,000 – STRIVE Future Leaders

La Vida Inc.
$3,000- Closing the Admissions Gap in Lynn, MA

Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC)
$4,000- MPDC 2021 Community Garden

Mass Humanities
$2,000- Clemente Course in the Humanities Dorchester

Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
$2,500- Civics in Action Internship Program: Inspiring a Lifetime of Community Involvement

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

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

Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.
$4,000- NOAH East Boston Environmental Youth Leadership Crew (NYO)

New Economy Coalition
$4,000- New Economy Coalition’s Annual Member Meeting

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

Pathways for Children, Inc.
$2,000- School Age Care Positive Youth Development Program

Philanthropy Massachusetts
$10,000- The Summer Fund

Project Hope
$4,000- Project Hope Family Childcare Network

Raising a Reader MA
$3,000- Raising a Reader Massachusetts – Metro Boston

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

Rehearsal for Life
$3,000- Youth Unscripted

Social Venture Circle
$4,000- The SVC New England Local Network

Sociedad Latina
$3,000- ¡Emprende! Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Community Service Care, Inc. f/b/o South Street Youth Center
$4,000- South Street Clubhouse

Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation
$3,000- Green Team Youth Jobs and Environmental Stewardship Program 2021

SparkShare
$3,000- Learning from COVID to Scale and Strengthen the SparkShare Network

The Trust for Public Land
$4,000- Norwell Street Park: From Vacant Lot to Vibrant, Community-Designed Green Space

uAspire
$4,000- 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- Model UN in Underserved Communities

Urban Farming Institute
$4,000- Growing the Next Crop of Urban Farmers

WriteBoston
$3,500- Teens in Print: A citywide teen newspaper and after-school program

Victory Programs, Inc.
$2,000- ReVision Urban Farm Food Security and Urban Agriculture Education Project

 
YMCA of Greater Boston
$4,000- Boston Police Department/YMCA Campership Program
 

TOTAL 2020 COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO DATE: $266,000