Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
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
2021
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2021
Women’s Money Matters (formerly Budget Buddies)
Capital grant for laptops, printers, and other technology to support the expansion of the agency’s mentoring and financial literacy programming for underserved women and teen girls.
Amount
$10,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants