Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2023
Alternative House (Women In Transition)
Capital grant for a passenger van to support the agency’s transportation needs for youth, teens, and adults participating in their programs for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Greater Lowell.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Multi-year grant to build STEM Tech in partnership with Dearborn STEM Academy.
Amount
$750,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2023
Bikes Not Bombs
Capital grant for a cargo van to support the agency's mobile bike repair program to increase access to affordable bike repair in Greater Boston.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Boston Area Gleaners
Capital grant for an energy-efficient, non-diesel cooling unit for the agency’s 48-foot trailer to support its food rescue and distribution operations across Eastern Massachusetts and beyond.
Amount
$35,895
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Boston Plan for Excellence (Dearborn STEM Academy)
Planning grant and follow-on multi-year grant to build STEM Tech in partnership with Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology.
Amount
$550,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2023
Boston Scores
Capital grant for technology and equipment at the agency’s new headquarters in East Boston as it works to increase equity, access, and empower youth through soccer and the classroom.
Amount
$44,127
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Catie’s Closet
Capital grant for fixtures to improve processes at the agency’s Dracut warehouse which will allow more students who are homeless or living in poverty to access clothing and other basic necessities.
Amount
$31,200
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Esplanade Association
Multi-year capital grant to support construction of Charlesbank Landing, which will transform two dormant acres of the Esplanade into a vibrant year-round park with a new visitors center, recreational and open spaces, and cultural amenities for all.
Amount
$5,000,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other Capital Grants
2023
Father Bill’s & MainSpring
Multi-year capital grant to support the build out of a new 16,500 sq. ft. Housing Resource Center in Brockton as the agency works to end and prevent homelessness in Southeastern MA.
Amount
$1,000,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other Capital Grants
2023
HMS MEDscience
Capital grant for an interactive patient mannequin (STAN) for the program’s simulation room which will enable it to increase the number of students served from Boston Public Schools as it works to address the gap in STEM education.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
La Colaborativa
Capital grant for a pickup truck to help support food delivery and pop-up distribution service that will enable the agency to continue serving the 7,000 households that access its food pantry each week from Chelsea and beyond.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2023
Latinos for Education
Grant to design replicable and scalable Early College educator pathways to strengthen MA’s K-12 educator pipeline.
Amount
$150,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College