Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2022
CommonWealth Kitchen
Capital grant for a specialized forming and extrusion machine at the agency's Dorchester kitchen facility which will help increase the manufacturing capacity of diverse entrepreneurs building food companies.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Capital grant for Open Captioning equipment and an accessible ramp system to improve access and remove barriers for audience members and staff with mobility, vision, or hearing needs during free summer Shakespeare on the Common and other performances
Amount
$37,164
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Enroot
Capital grant for furniture and technology to improve the agency’s Cambridge headquarters to better meet the needs of staff and the immigrant youth served as they work to achieve academic, career, and personal success.
Amount
$15,104
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
Capital grant for technology and equipment to enhance the agency’s digital capacity and support its work to build nurturing communities where children are cherished, families are supported, and healthy human development is promoted by all.
Amount
$14,190
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
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
2022
House of Possibilities
Capital grant for a minivan for the agency’s Career & Community Access Program which provides career readiness, job placement, life skills, health & wellness, community service, and social opportunities to young adults across the disability spectrum.
Amount
$47,334
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Immigrant Family Services Institute
Capital grant for a box truck to support the agency's work helping Haitian immigrant families transition successfully to life in the United States.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice
Capital grant for technology and equipment to support the agency’s work to provide expert pro bono legal services to asylum-seeking families at the southern border.
Amount
$19,037
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Notre Dame Education Center – Lawrence
Capital grant to install a classroom sink which will enhance the agency’s Nursing Assistant Program in Lawrence, which has the capacity to graduate 60 trained Certified Nursing Assistants per year.
Amount
$13,580
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Old North Foundation
Capital grant for 100 hand-held audio devices which will allow visitors to Old North Church to self-guide through several tracks of content, access multiple languages, and learn at their own pace, increasing accessibility.
Amount
$32,100
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Project Citizenship
Capital grant for technology hardware and infrastructure upgrades to help the agency more effectively and securely serve clients on their path to becoming U.S. citizens.
Amount
$23,719
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2022
Project LEARN
Capital grant for furniture, technology, and custom-built storage to complete the agency’s new Youth Innovation Space that will fill gaps in urgently needed college- and career-readiness programming for young people and families in Lowell.
Amount
$30,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants