2023 Grants
American Red Cross
Boone, IA
$25,000 to support disaster relief efforts, in recognition of its important work in Turkey and Syria in response to the recent earthquake.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of community-based mentoring programming for girls.
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of evidence-based parenting programs.
The Boston Foundation f/b/o Business Equity Fund
Boston, MA
$25,000 to address longstanding barriers to growth financing and technical assistance that have historically limited opportunity for entrepreneurs of color.
Cape Cod Children’s Place
North Eastham, MA
$40,000 to support parent education programs that improve parental resilience, increase social conditions, and improve the social-emotional competence of children.
Care Dimensions
Danvers, MA
$50,000 to support patients with whole-person care, including its slate of compensatory therapies.
The Children’s Room
Arlington, MA
$50,000 for free, peer-based grief support for families suffering loss.
Clarke School for the Deaf d/b/a Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
Canton, MA
$25,000 in support of Clarke Boston’s listening and spoken language services.
Crossroads
Duxbury, MA
$50,000 in support of summer camp programming that empowers youth to think independently, make informed and healthy choices, set challenging goals, and engage in services of others.
Doctors Without Borders
$10,000 to support disaster relief efforts, in recognition of its important in response to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath)
Detroit, MI
$200,000 to support scaling the Economic Mobility Pathways program nationwide.
Families First Parenting Programs
Watertown, MA
$65,000 to support the growth of its Power of Parenting program curriculum and partnerships to serve over 750 parents and benefit over 1,500 children.
Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn d/b/a LifeScene
Lynn, MA
$10,000 in support of parenting training, case management services, and programming to support youth in their teens and early twenties.
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 for its community-based family support networks.
Fathers’ Uplift
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of ongoing mental health programming to help fathers remain engaged in their children’s lives.
Friends of the Children – Boston
Roxbury, MA
$50,000 in support of one-on-one professional mentoring for children and youth facing the highest barriers, as well as the expansion of its 2-Generation services.
JRI f/b/o First Connections
Needham, MA
$35,000 to support programming that fosters healthy parenting and guides families through the first years of their parenting journey through support groups, home visiting, and resources and referrals.
New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund
Boston, MA
$25,000 to provide grants and other essential support to community groups and coalitions working to fight racism in Massachusetts.
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
$25,000 to support the comprehensive needs of infants and toddlers with visual impairments.
Plummer Youth Promise
Salem, MA
$50,000 for its permanency services for youth in foster care to help ensure they enter adulthood prepared and with a family unconditionally committed to them.
Program for Early Parent Support
Seattle, WA
$35,000 to continue growing back its in-person services, including its parent peer support groups, to support and strengthen families’ resilience.
Roca, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$50,000 in support of the organization’s young mothers program in Greater Boston and Springfield, providing critical resources to 250 families.
Room to Grow
Boston, MA
$50,000 to provide parent education programs to over 600 families, including structured coaching, material goods, community connections, and other parenting tools and resources.
Silver Lining Mentoring, Inc.
Boston, MA
$50,000 to support its Community Based Mentoring and Learn & Earn programs for 250 youth in Greater Boston foster care.
Summer Search
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of its year-round mentoring program, which includes one-on-one and group mentoring and serves over 100 high school students.
Third Sector New England (TSNE) f/b/o First Teacher
Roxbury, MA
$25,000 to support programming that empowers Black and Brown parents to become their children’s first teacher.
Third Sector New England f/b/o The Basics
Boston, MA
$57,000 to support programming focused on decreasing the racial learning disparities that emerge from an early age and continue through elementary school and beyond.
United Nations Foundation/Central Emergency Response Fund
Washington, DC
$15,000 in support of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.
2022 Grants
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of two evidence-based parenting programs, Parenting Journey and Strengthening Families Program, offered through its Family Services program in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The Boston Foundation
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of the Business Equity Fund, which works to address longstanding barriers to growth financing and technical assistance that have historically limited opportunity for entrepreneurs of color.
The Boston Foundation
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of the New Commonwealth Fund, a funding and support resource for Black, Latino, and Indigenous entrepreneurs, innovators, and non-profits.
Cape Cod Children’s Place
North Eastham, MA
$40,000 to support parent education programs using a replicable and evidence-based approach that improves parental resilience and the social-emotional competence of children.
Care Dimensions
Danvers, MA
$50,000 to support patients with whole-person care, including its slate of compensatory therapies.
The Children’s Room
Arlington, MA
$50,000 for free, peer-based grief support for families suffering loss.
Crossroads
Duxbury, MA
$25,000 in support of summer camp programming that empowers youth to think independently, make informed and healthy choices, set challenging goals, and engage in services of others.
EMPath
Boston, MA
$200,000 to support its work with a cohort of large (statewide) early childhood organizations to develop more implementation expertise and evidence of its intergenerational Mobility Mentoring model’s effectiveness in early childhood programs.
Epiphany School
Dorchester, MA
$30,000 in support of parent education programming at the school’s Early Learning Center.
Families First Parenting Programs
Watertown, MA
$65,000 to support the growth of its Power of Parenting program curriculum and partnerships to serve over 750 parents and benefit over 1,500 children.
Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn
Lynn, MA
$20,000 in support of hybrid (in-person and virtual) Parenting Journey classes.
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 for its community-based family support networks.
Fathers’ Uplift
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of ongoing mental health programming to help fathers remain engaged in their children’s lives.
First Connections, a JRI Program
Needham, MA
$25,000 to support the program’s core services: support groups, home visits, resources, and referrals that foster healthy parenting and guide families through the first years of their parenting journey.
Friends of the Children – Boston
Roxbury, MA
$35,000 in support of one-on-one professional mentoring for children and youth facing the highest barriers, as well as the expansion of its 2-Generation services.
La Alianza Hispana
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of the organization’s Mothers and Children in the Making program, a comprehensive and culturally competent home-visiting program for low-income Latino immigrant families with children ages birth to five.
Philanthropy Massachusetts
Child Behavioral Health Fund of the GMA Funder Community
$30,000 in support of a funder learning and grantmaking collaborative focused on private philanthropic response to the increase in concern over child behavioral health.
Plummer Youth Promise
Salem, MA
$25,000 for its permanency services for youth in foster care to help ensure they enter adulthood prepared and with a family unconditionally committed to them.
Program for Early Parent Support
Seattle, WA
$35,000 to continue growing back its in-person services, including its parent peer support groups, to support and strengthen families’ resilience.
Roca, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$50,000 in support of the organization’s Young Mothers Program, which provides critical resources to 250 families across eight Massachusetts cities.
Room to Grow
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of parent education programs for up to 600 families, including structured coaching, material goods, community connections, and other parenting tools and resources.
Silver Lining Mentoring, Inc.
Boston, MA
$25,000 to support its Community Based Mentoring and Learn & Earn programs for 250 youth in Greater Boston foster care.
Summer Search
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of its year-round mentoring program, which includes one-on-one and group mentoring and serves over 100 high school students.
2021 Grants
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of two evidence-based parenting programs, Parenting Journey and Strengthening Families Program, offered through the BCNC Family Services program in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The Boston Foundation, Business Equity Fund
Boston, MA
$25,000 to address longstanding barriers to growth financing and technical assistance that have historically limited opportunity for entrepreneurs of color.
The Boston Foundation, New Commonwealth Fund
Boston, MA
$25,000 to provide grants and other essential support to community groups and coalitions working to fight racism in Massachusetts.
Care Dimensions
Danvers, MA
$50,000 to support alternative bereavement therapies for individuals experiencing complex grief.
The Children’s Room
Arlington, MA
$50,000 to support free, peer-based grief support for families suffering loss through structured support groups, events, and referrals.
Crossroads
Duxbury, MA
$25,000 to support the organization’s camp and leadership programs, which provide access to experiential learning, social-emotional skill development, and relationship building with peers and role models.
Epiphany School
Dorchester, MA
$40,000 in support of parent education opportunities at the school’s Early Learning Center.
Family Nurturing Center
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 in support of the community-based Family Support Networks, which serve over 1,000 families with young children in Boston neighborhoods.
Fathers’ Uplift
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of ongoing outpatient mental health programming to help fathers remain engaged in their children’s lives.
Friends of the Children
Boston, MA
$35,000 in support of 1:1 professional mentoring for children and youth who face barriers to achievement.
Parent Possible
Denver, CO
$10,000 to creatively expand the Vroom program, which promotes positive adult-child relationships and executive function skills.
Roca, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$50,000 in support of the organization’s Young Mothers Program Project in Greater Boston and Springfield, providing critical resources to 250 families.
Room to Grow
Boston, MA
$50,000 for the provision of parent education programs to over 600 families, including structured coaching, material goods, community connections, and other parenting tools and resources.
Silver Linings Mentoring
Boston, MA
$25,000 to help create a community of consistent, adult support for over 240 high-risk youth in foster care.
Summer Search
Boston, MA
$25,000 to ensure the uninterrupted offering of the organization’s Group Mentoring model, serving over 100 high school students.
2020 Grants
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of two evidence-based parenting programs, Parenting Journey and Strengthening Families Program, offered through the BCNC Family Services program in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The Boston Foundation
Boston, MA
$100,000 in support of The Boston Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund, to assist local organizations assisting communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Cape Cod Children’s Place
North Eastham, MA
$35,000 to support parent education programs, a replicable and evidence-based approach that improves parental resilience, increases social conditions, and improves the social-emotional competence of children.
Care Dimensions
Danvers, MA
$50,000 to provide Personal Protective Equipment and expand the organization’s telemedicine and tele-hospice capacity in response to Covid-19.
The Children’s Room
Arlington, MA
$50,000 to support free, peer-based grief support for families suffering loss through structured support groups, events, and referrals.
Coalition on Temporary Shelter
Detroit, MI
$57,775 for implementation of Economic Mobility Pathways’ (EMPath) Intergenerational Mobility program at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter.
Community Partnership Family Resource Center
Divide, CO
$20,000 for parent education programs to strengthen families and promote healthy parent-child relationships.
Community Services Consortium
Albany, OR
$57,775 for implementation of EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.
Crossroads
Duxbury, MA
$25,000 in support of the “Grow-Build-Lead” long-term empowerment program to empower youth to think independently, make informed and healthy choices, set challenging goals, and engage in services of others.
EMPath
Boston, MA
$235,000 for the organization’s Intergenerational Mobility Project, a program involving parents and children designed to improve low-income child and family outcomes, as well as support for external pilot programs.
Epiphany School
Dorchester, MA
$40,000 in support of parent education opportunities at the school’s Early Learning Center.
Families First Parenting Programs
Watertown, MA
$50,000 in support of the growth of the organization’s Power of Parenting Program curriculum and partnerships, serving over 250 parents and benefitting over 500 children.
Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn
Lynn, MA
$20,000 to adapt Parenting Journey classes to a virtual format.
The Family Partnership
Minneapolis, MN
$57,775 in support of implementing EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.
Family Services of Merrimack Valley
Lawrence, MA
$50,000 in support of the organization’s Young Parents Support program, which provides individual case-management to disadvantaged, socially isolated young parents.
Fathers’ Uplift
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of ongoing outpatient mental health programming to help fathers remain engaged in their children’s lives.
JRI/First Connections
Needham, MA
$25,000 to support staff that organize First Connections’ programming to foster health parenting and guide families through the first years of their parenting journey through support groups, home visiting, and resources and referrals.
Julie’s Family Learning Program
Boston, MA
$20,000 in support of adult and children’s services, including family support and education programs committed to the development of strong, stable, healthy family functioning.
La Alianza Hispana
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of the organization’s Mothers and Children in the Making program, a comprehensive maternal/child home-visiting program for high-risk Latina immigrant pregnant/parenting mothers and families with children birth to age 5.
The Opportunity Alliance
Portland, ME
$57,775 in support of implementing EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.
Pathways for Children, Inc.
Gloucester, MA
$30,000 in support of the 15-week Nurturing Program to provide a national registered, evidence-based, validated family education curriculum designed to prevent child abuse and neglect in the North Shore community.
Philanthropy Massachusetts
Opioid Response Fund of the GMA Funder Community
$30,000 in support of a funder learning and grantmaking collaborative focused on private philanthropic response to the opioid crisis.
Raw Art Works
Lynn, MA
$25,000 to support the organization’s arts-therapy and other arts-based after-school programming for youth and families.
Roca, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$50,000 in support of the organization’s Young Mothers Program Project in Greater Boston and Springfield, providing critical resources to 250 families.
Room to Grow
Boston, MA
$50,000 for the provision of parent education programs to over 600 families, including structured coaching, material goods, community connections, and other parenting tools and resources.
Summer Search
Boston, MA
$25,000 to ensure the uninterrupted offering of the organization’s Group Mentoring model, serving over 100 high school students.