Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
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
Community Capital Grants
2021
New Heights Charter School of Brockton
Grant to develop and launch an Early College model that enables students to graduate from high school with a full Associate’s degree or sixty transferable credits toward a Bachelor’s degree.
Amount
$216,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Health
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2021
Northern Essex Community College
Grant to offer summer courses to hundreds of Lawrence High School Early College students.
Amount
$29,500
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
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
2021
The Boston Foundation
Annual support for the Civic Leadership Fund.
Amount
$10,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2021
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Annual support.
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2021
University of Massachusetts
Grant to study the feasibility of using a hybrid delivery modality to broaden the reach of Early College.
Amount
$75,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2021
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
2021
West End House Boys & Girls Club
Capital grant for construction to create space for large scale refrigeration and freezer units that will lend critical infrastructure to the agency’s family food program which provides food for over 200 families each month.
Amount
$45,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants