Our Grants
Explore a selection of our current and past grants across giving areas.
2017
School on Wheels
Capital grant for furniture, technology, and equipment which will allow its staff to maximize recent database investments in support of its work to help children and young adults experiencing homelessness.
Amount
$48,600
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Silver Lining Mentoring
Capital grant for costs associated with creating, implementing, and customizing a Salesforce database, which will increase its capacity to effectively serve and empower more youth living in the foster care system.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
SquashBusters
Capital grant for a 14-passenger van to use at its Lawrence, MA site to transport middle and high school students to practice, competitions, college visits, and other enrichment trips as it prepares students to enroll in and graduate from college.
Amount
$45,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
St. Francis House
Multi-year capital grant for the build-out of a new dog grooming/dog daycare social enterprise (as part of its redevelopment of its 48 Boylston Street building), which will increase job and life skills training opportunities for its guests.
Amount
$500,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Other Capital Grants
2017
STRIVE Boston
Capital grant for new IT equipment, including laptops and desktop computers, which will provide critical, hands-on training and skill-building opportunities for the chronically unemployed men and women it serves.
Amount
$34,782
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Team Rubicon
Unrestricted grant to support veteran-led rebuilding activities in Houston and Jacksonville and relief and rebuilding activities in Puerto Rico following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
2017
The Boston Foundation
Annual support for the Civic Leadership Fund.
Amount
$15,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2017
Trinity Boston Connects (formerly Trinity Boston Foundation)
Capital grant for technology and equipment for its Trinity Boston Counseling Center program, which provides low-income youth with clinical mental health support through direct services and by embedding clinicians in youth-serving organizations.
Amount
$31,481
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Annual support.
Amount
$50,000
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Annual Gifts
2017
UP Education Network
Grant to support human capital development efforts and leadership transition.
2017
Veterans Legal Services
Capital grant for a new server, laptops, tablets, and other IT equipment which will enable it to more efficiently and securely provide free and accessible legal services to a growing number of veterans.
Amount
$14,700
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants