Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
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
Amount
$25,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Health
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2018
Lawrence Community Works
Capital grant for new laptops as it works to bring together community planning, organizing, and asset-building efforts with high-quality affordable housing and commercial development to create vibrant neighborhoods and empowered residents.
Amount
$30,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2018
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
2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multi-year grant for Smith Family Odyssey Award grantee.
Amount
$300,000
Giving Area
Medical Research
Initiative
Odyssey Award
2018
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
TEAM UP for Children advocacy grant for general operating support for the Children's Mental Health Campaign.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Health
Initiative
TEAM UP for Children
2018
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (MUA)
Capital grant for equipment to create a phlebotomy laboratory for its new job training program which will help women attain jobs with family-sustaining wages.
Amount
$17,468
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants