Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2022
The Loop Lab
Capital grant for a high-quality, professional digital camera kit and equipment for the agency’s Media Arts Apprenticeship Program and its LOOP LAB Studio productions, which provide workforce development and training to underrepresented groups.
Amount
$17,995
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Annual support.
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2022
University of Massachusetts
Grant to build a hybrid Early College model that can increase the number of students with access to Early College.
Amount
$328,812
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2022
University of Massachusetts Boston
Grant to build and scale Early College to thousands of Boston Public School students.
Amount
$1,900,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2022
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Excellence Award
2022
Yale University
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Excellence Award
2022
Yale University
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2022
Youth Development Organization (YDO)
Capital grant for a passenger van to help meet the growing demand for the agency’s high-quality, out-of-school-time enrichment and leadership programs for students from low-to-moderate income families in Lawrence.
Amount
$62,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
YouthBuild Boston
Capital grant for a passenger van to transport students in the agency’s youth workforce development programs from its headquarters in Roxbury to construction and community service sites throughout Greater Boston.
Amount
$43,779
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2021
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Annual support.
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Health
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2021
Boston Children’s Chorus
Capital grant to support the build out of recording studios and the purchase of sound and video equipment to better record its youth choir members synchronously.
Amount
$32,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Health
Initiative
Annual Gifts