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
2017
Northeastern 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
2017
Peer Health Exchange
Capital grant for projectors, speakers, tablets, and other technology hardware and equipment to improve curriculum delivery by its health educators (college students) to 9th graders at high schools in Boston, Malden, Lynn, and Revere, MA.
Amount
$13,050
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
2017
Resilient Coders
Capital grant for IT hardware which will allow it to teach a broader set of skills to its students, helping spread code literacy to young people from underserved communities so they can secure internships and jobs with technology companies.
Amount
$26,372
Giving Area
Community Giving
Initiative
Small Capital Grants
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
Community 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