Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2018
Community Servings
Multi-year capital grant for expansion of its Jamaica Plain site into a 31,000 square foot “Food Campus,” which will allow it to nearly triple the number of meals produced each year (to 1.5 million) as it grows to serve 5,000 individuals each year.
Amount
$500,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other Capital Grants
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Health
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2018
Essex County Community Foundation
Unrestricted support for the Greater Lawrence Disaster Relief Fund in response to the Merrimack Valley gas explosions.
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other
2018
Families First Parenting Programs
Capital grant for laptops, speakers, projectors, and other technology and equipment to support delivery of the Power of Parenting program as it seeks to triple its impact over the next three years.
Amount
$17,983
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2018
Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn
Capital grant to replace its aging telephone system, a critical infrastructure component as it continues to grow its programs and launches new center-based services in Chelsea.
Amount
$18,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2018
Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center
Capital grant for technology and furniture to upgrade its computer lab which is used for its workforce readiness programming in Mattapan, MA.
Amount
$11,509
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2018
Greater Lawrence Technical School
Grant to build the first "After Dark" program to increase the number of Lawrence High School students benefitting from high-quality technical education and to serve as a model for replication across the state.
Amount
$150,000
Giving Area
Education
Initiative
Early College
2018
Groundwork Lawrence
Capital grant for furniture to help activate program spaces at its new site where it engages partners in programs centered on youth education, job training, fresh food access, environmental awareness, healthy living, and more.
Amount
$31,942
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2018
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
2018
Harvard University
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2018
Harvard University
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2018
Hyde Square Task Force
Capital grant for laptops, a server, and other technology hardware to upgrade its IT infrastructure as it grows to engage more youth in arts and civic issues in Boston’s Latin Quarter and provides them with mentoring and academic support.
Amount
$30,799
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants