Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2021
Greater Boston Food Bank
Grant to support the agency’s capacity building fund for its partners due to the ongoing COVID and economic crises. The fund invests in infrastructure projects such as refrigerators, freezers, and transportation to achieve its mission to end hunger.
Amount
$150,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other
2021
Harvard 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
2021
Jeff’s Place Children’s Bereavement Center
Capital grant to furnish group program spaces in the agency’s new home to ensure a comfortable and welcoming space for young people and families who are grieving the loss of a loved one.
Amount
$26,807
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2021
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
Grant for the implementation of a new Learning Management System to modernize, standardize, and scale the agency’s education, training, and career services programs, critical infrastructure to support post-COVID economic recovery and job retraining.
Amount
$250,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other
2021
Joslin Diabetes Center
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Excellence Award
2021
Lowell Transitional Living Center
Capital grant to renovate bathrooms and increase accessibility for the agency's single room occupancy units serving adults experiencing homelessness.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2021
Massachusetts General Hospital
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Excellence Award
2021
Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Capital grant to purchase a refrigeration unit and a loading platform for a delivery truck that will enable the agency to provide more perishable, healthy foods to over 60,000 individuals each month facing food insecurity.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2021
My Life My Choice
Capital grant to build out a new home for the agency to increase capacity at a critical inflection point in the growth of agency’s work to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Amount
$400,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other Capital Grants
2021
Pine Street Inn
Grant to support one-time relocation costs for about 50 formerly homeless individuals moving from a temporary surge hotel, established in response to the COVID crisis, to permanent supportive housing.
2021
St. Francis House
Multi-year grant to help launch a new Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP) Clinic for individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder (SUD), particularly with opioids.
Amount
$435,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other