Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
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Small Capital Grants
2017
CommonWealth Kitchen
Capital grant for kitchen equipment, specifically a semi-automatic tray sealer machine, which will help its member businesses (70% are low-income, women, and/or minority-owned) efficiently scale operations and increase revenue.
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Girls Inc. of Lynn
Capital grant for new laptops for its middle school and teen programs, which will enable it to provide innovative computer science programming and a valuable schoolwork resource to its members, many of whom do not have computer access elsewhere.
Amount
$17,935
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Hale Education (formerly Hale Reservation)
Capital grant for basement renovations and upgrades to the heating system in one of their buildings which will make it useable year-round, enabling the launch of the agency’s semester-long Intrepid Academy in partnership with Boston Public Schools.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Health Law Advocates
Capital grant for a new server, computers, and other IT infrastructure upgrades to keep pace with its needs as it increases its number of pro bono legal cases representing low-income residents, particularly in Middlesex and Suffolk Counties.
Amount
$30,050
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
La Colaborativa (formerly Chelsea Collaborative)
Capital grant for a new server, computers, and other technology to establish a computer lab to meet the growing needs of community members, particularly for youth job training, ESL, and citizenship classes.
Amount
$38,100
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Lovin’ Spoonfuls
Capital grant for a commercial van with a refrigeration unit to be used on its downtown Boston route, enabling more efficient recovery and distribution of healthy, perishable food that would otherwise be discarded.
Amount
$49,587
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
Capital grant for a security system at its new Under One Roof facility, which will house a 20-bed medical respite and medical clinic for homeless individuals, as well as offices for its other programs and initiatives.
Amount
$34,235
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Mill City Grows
Capital grant for technology and equipment to upgrade its IT and office infrastructure as it expands its work to improve physical health, economic independence, and environmental sustainability in Lowell, MA.
Amount
$23,046
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Peer Health Exchange
Capital grant for projectors, speakers, tablets, and other technology hardware and equipment to improve curriculum delivery by its health educators (college students) to 9th graders at high schools in Boston, Malden, Lynn, and Revere, MA.
Amount
$13,050
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Resilient Coders
Capital grant for IT hardware which will allow it to teach a broader set of skills to its students, helping spread code literacy to young people from underserved communities so they can secure internships and jobs with technology companies.
Amount
$26,372
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
School on Wheels
Capital grant for furniture, technology, and equipment which will allow its staff to maximize recent database investments in support of its work to help children and young adults experiencing homelessness.
Amount
$48,600
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Silver Lining Mentoring
Capital grant for costs associated with creating, implementing, and customizing a Salesforce database, which will increase its capacity to effectively serve and empower more youth living in the foster care system.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants