Boston Foundation Grants FY18 Q1 Arts and Culture Actors Shakespeare Project, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant for general operating support Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, Inc. $50,000 one year grant for general operating support ArtsBoston, Inc. $100,000 one-year grant for general operating support ArtsEmerson $35,000 one-year grant to pilot the Community Partners project Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. $15,000 one-year grant for general operating support Boston Lyric Opera $20,000 one-year grant to support strategic planning Celebrity Series of Boston $25,000 one-year grant for the Neighborhood Arts Program Esplanade Association, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant to increase opportunities for live arts and culture events on the Esplanade Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Inc.
$50,000 one-year grant for general operating support and to pilot a program at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Jacob s Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. $35,000 one-year grant for its work in support of Boston-based dancers The Record Company, Inc. $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc. $75,000 one-year grant for public art exhibitions and programming StageSource, Inc. $15,000 one-year grant for general operating support Education-Structural Reform Boston Schools Fund $100,000 one-year grant for general operating support Empower Schools, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant to develop a blueprint of empowerment zones in Boston Roxbury Latin School $25,000 one-year grant for its i2stem Week program (see also Jobs & Economic Development) Jobs & Economic Development MassChallenge $250,000 two-year grant to be paid in equal annual installments for general operating support
New England Center for Arts and Technology, Inc. $75,000 one-year grant for general operating support Resilient Coders, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Roxbury Latin School $25,000 one-year grant for its i2stem Week program (see also Education) Skillworks $350,000 one-year grant for general operating support Nonprofit Effectiveness Institute for Nonprofit Practice $200,000 two-year grant for general operating support to be paid in equal annual installments The Neighborhood Developers $30,000 one-year grant to launch a jointly-owned management company Other/Unaligned Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Inc. $375,000 three-year grant for general support with a focus on support for its Inclusion program, to be paid in equal annual installments
Open Door Grants (all Open Door Grants are for one year) Boston College $25,000 for the Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action to strengthen clinical, academic, & service learning connections between Boston College and Mattapan Boston Higher Education Resource Center $20,000 for the Passport to College program Chelsea Collaborative, Inc. $30,000 for general operating support Coaching4Change $10,000 to expand into Boston and serve students at the Mildred Avenue School Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Inc. $20,000 to strengthen development capacity Compass Working Capital $20,000 for the Compass Rent-to-Save Pilot in Cambridge Public Housing Dare Family Services, Inc. $25,000 to support the launch of My First Place Eastie Farm $20,000 for general operating support Food for Free Committee Incorporated $24,000 to support the Family Meals program
Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center, Inc. $15,000 for support of the Asian Elder Drop-in Service Greater Boston Legal Services, Inc. $20,000 for the Subsidy Loss Prevention Program Haley House, Inc. $20,000 for general support with a focus on the Haley House Rooming House Live-In Community InnerCity Weightlifting, Inc. $30,000 for general operating support La Alianza Hispana, Inc. $50,000 for expansion of the Aliancianos Senior Center Madonna Hall/Maria Droste Services $30,000 to hire staff to meet the expanding need for low-fee mental health services Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc. $20,000 to provide cultural responsiveness training and technical assistance service to youth-serving organizations, businesses and agencies in Greater Boston MEDIAGIRLS, Inc. $15,000 for general operating support Operation Peace Northeast, Inc. $24,428 for general operating support Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project, Inc. $25,000 for general operating support
RAW Art Works, Inc. $24,000 to provide leadership development training aimed at sustaining and strengthening the organization Squashbusters, Inc. $20,000 for general operating support The 1647, Inc. $20,000 to support its training and coaching program The Haven Project, Inc. $40,000 for general operating support
Boston Foundation Grants FY18 Q2 Arts and Culture Boston Children s Museum $20,000 one-year grant for its performing arts series of concerts, workshops and demonstrations Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center $20,000 one-year grant for new arts programming for the Boston and Greater Boston cultural community in the recently-opened Pao Arts Center GrubStreet $15,000 one-year grant for general operating support Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant to support the first phase of the creation of a Choreographer-in-Residence at the Museum Education-College Completion Match Education $100,000 two-year grant to be paid in equal annual installments for general operating support Education-Structural Reform Boston After School & Beyond $250,000 two-year grant to be paid in equal annual installments for general operating support Boston Education Development Foundation $60,000 one-year grant to support implementation of the Avid study skills program National Council on Teacher Quality $60,000 one-year grant to expand the Great Districts program to additional districts in Greater Boston
Education-Early Childhood New Profit, Inc. $150,000 three-year grant to be paid in equal annual installments for the Early Childhood Support Organization Initiative. Jobs & Economic Development Baraka Community Wellness $12,500 one-year grant for general operating support (see also Health & Wellness) BEST Corp Hospitality Training Center $35,000 one-year grant for general operating support Center for Women & Enterprise, Inc. $30,000 one-year grant for the Community Classrooms program and to launch the Entrepreneurs Microloan Fund initiative Commonwealth Kitchen $70,000 one-year grant for general operating support Entrepreneurship for All, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant for expansion of the Epara Todos business/nonprofit accelerator Epicenter Community $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Fresh Truck Food Market $12,500 one-year grant for general operating support (see also Health & Wellness) Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation $25,000 one-year grant to support the Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund
Urban Farming Institute $25,000 one-year grant for its Urban Farmer Training Program Venture Café Foundation, Inc. $40,000 one-year grant for general operating support Health & Wellness Baraka Community Wellness $12,500 for general operating support (see also Jobs & Economic Development) Boston Alliance for Community Health $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Fresh Truck Food Market $12,500 for general operating support (see also Jobs & Economic Development) Massachusetts Department of Public Health $100,000 one-year grant to Health Resources in Action for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health s Mass in Motion Municipal Wellness and Leadership Grant Program Playworks $200,000 two-year grant for general operating support. $125,000 is to be paid in year one and the balance is to be paid in year two Neighborhoods and Housing Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support
Nonprofit Effectiveness College for Social Innovation, Inc. $175,000 two-year grant for general operating support. $100,000 to be paid in year one and the balance is to be paid in year two Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. $90,000 two-year grant to support the Fund for Shared Insight s Listen for Good initiative Open Door Grants (all Open Door Grants are for one year) Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant for support of its program to provide emergency supplemental fuel assistance for low-income households. Artists for Humanity, Inc. $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Bay Cove Human Services, Inc. $25,000 one-year grant for its Kit Clark Senior Nutrition Program Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Inc. $30,000 one-year grant for general operating support Boston Debate League $30,000 one-year grant for general operating support Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House, Inc. $30,000 one-year grant to support strategic planning Ethos $30,000 one-year grant to support AgeWell Equality
Health Care Without Walls $35,000 one-year grant for the Bridges to Elders program Huntington Theatre Company, Inc. $30,000 one-year grant for its Education and Community programs Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Inc. $30,000 one-year grant for general operating support Moving Steps Foundation $15,000 one-year grant to expand outreach for its Moving Stories program National Consumer Law Center, Inc. $15,000 one-year grant for Project Stay Connected National Organization on Disability $20,000 one-year grant for its Campus to Careers Program Neighbor to Neighbor $30,000 one-year grant for A Bright Future for All: Lifting Voices of the New Majority in Lynn Noonan Scholars $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. $40,000 one-year grant for the Pathways to Inclusion program Project Citizenship
$25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Respond, Inc. $25,000 one-year grant to support the hiring of a full-time Children s Services Coordinator Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Sitters Without Borders $35,000 one-year grant for general operating support Team IMPACT $20,000 one-year grant for general operating support Victory Programs, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant for the Boston Living Center's Nutrition and Meals Program
Boston Foundation Grants FY18 Q3 Education-College Completion Boston University-College Advising Corps $50,000 one-year general operating support grant for the College Advising Corps, which provides college advising services that increase college enrollment and completion among low-income, first-generation college students from Boston Margarita Muniz Academy $100,000 two-year grant to support a post-graduation success coach who will support the school s alumni into and through college Education-Structural Reform Boston Compact $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Boston Opportunity Agenda $150,000 two-year grant for general operating support to be paid in equal annual installments Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Foundation $185,000 one-year general operating support grant Boston Public Schools $240,000 two-year grant to be paid in equal annual installments to support a partnership with the University of Virginia s Darden-Curry Partnership for Leadership in Education to identify, train and develop turnaround school leaders and to conduct a principal survey Citizen Schools, Inc.
$50,000 one-year grant to support the second year of its pilot Catalyst co-teaching model seeking to embed project-based learning in the classroom The Education Trust $200,000 two-year project support grant for coalition-building and advocacy efforts in favor of education equity in Massachusetts Education-Early Childhood University of Massachusetts Foundation-Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation $100,000 one-year project support grant for the Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation s efforts to train and support innovative, entrepreneurial, and skilled early educators to drive transformative change so that all young children and their families have access to high quality early learning opportunities Jobs & Economic Development BREAD $35,000 one year grant for general operating support English for New Bostonians, Inc. $100,000 one year grant for general operating support Smarter in the City, Inc. $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Neighborhoods and Housing Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations $125,000 one-year grant for general operating support
Nonprofit Effectiveness Social Innovation Forum $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Open Door Grants (all Open Door Grants are for one year) Asian Community Development Corporation $15,000 one-year project support grant for service expansion for Asian American youth in Malden Boston Harbor Now, Inc. $30,000 one-year project support grant for its Boston Harbor Neighborhood Access Tours Boston Tax Help Coalition $50,000 one-year project support grant for its ASL Tax and Asset Building Expansion project Cambridge College, Inc. $30,000 one-year project support grant for its College Bridge program Community Day Center of Waltham, Inc. $15,000 one-year project support grant to support the chronically homeless of Boston s MetroWest Discovering Justice James D. St. Clair Court Education Project $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Friends of the Children - Boston
$25,000 one-year project support grant for its One Child at a Time expansion project GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant for GLAD s Transgender Public Education Project Hawthorne Youth and Community Center Incorporated $25,000 one-year project support grant for support of capacity building efforts Health Law Advocates, Inc. $30,000 one-year project support grant for its Protecting the Health of Kids with Disabilities project Irish International Immigrant Center, Inc. $25,000 one-year project support grant for its Immigration Legal Services program Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. $15,000 one-year project support grant for its Early Education in Boston Public Housing Communities program Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant to support its Student Trainer program Museum of African American History, Inc. $15,000 one-year project support grant for its Museum-based Education Programs for Students and Teachers Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant for the Mystic River Herring Migration Education Project On the Rise, Inc.
$40,000 one-year project support grant for expansion of the Keep the Keys program Rogerson Communities $25,000 one-year grant for general operating support Silent Rhythms, Inc. $10,000 one-year grant for general operating support Summer Search $15,000 one-year grant for general operating support Tenacity, Inc. $15,000 one-year project support grant for its Summer Tennis and Reading program The Polus Center for Social and Economic Development, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant for its Project WORK workplace training program United South End Settlements $25,000 one-year project support grant for its evaluation and capacity building efforts WBUR Radio $15,000 one-year project support grant for its CitySpace Programming Fund
Boston Foundation Grants FY18 Q4 Arts and Culture EdVestors, Inc. $300,000 three-year project support grant, payable in three equal annual installments to support Phase IV of the BPS Arts Expansion Initiative (grant to be divided equally between the Education-Structural Reform and Arts & Culture impact areas) Institute of Contemporary Art $20,000 one-year project support grant for its outdoor/indoor performing arts programming in FY18/FY19 Education-College Completion The BASE $125,000 one-year project support grant for its Academic and Career Institute programming to increase students college success Bellwether Education Partners, Inc. $135,000 one-year project support grant to develop a financial sustainability plan for Success Boston transition coaching Inversant $50,000 one-year grant for general operating support Posse Foundation $25,000 one-year project support grant to support their work with Boston scholars and local alumni and to support improvement and expansion of their programming related to scholars GPAs and career success
Education-Structural Reform Bellwether Education Partners, Inc. $100,375 one-year project support grant to produce a report that assesses Boston Public Schools progress on its reform agenda and to compare its student achievement trends to other urban districts at similar stages of reform EdVestors, Inc. $300,000 three-year project support grant, payable in three equal annual installments to support Phase IV of the BPS Arts Expansion Initiative (grant to be divided equally between the Education-Structural Reform and Arts & Culture impact areas) Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, Inc. $400,000 three-year grant for general operating support. $150,000 to be paid in year one and $125,000 to be paid in each of the subsequent years Jobs & Economic Development The Boston Foundation $100,000 to the Growth Fund for Business Equity, a Field of Interest Fund created to provide an alternative financing source and access to capital for Minority Business Enterprises Local Initiatives Support Corporation $100,000 one-year grant to provide general support for the New Energy Model Organization (NEMO) Per Scholas, Inc. $300,000 three-year grant for general operating support to be paid in three equal annual installments Social Finance, Inc. $100,000 one-year project support grant for the Veterans CARE Pay for Success project to improve employment outcomes for post-9/11 veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Urban Food Initiative (The Daily Table) $30,000 one-year grant to provide general support for free community workshops on nutrition and healthy eating through the Teaching Kitchen (grant to be divided equally between the Health & Wellness and Jobs & Economic Development impact areas) Health & Wellness Health Care for All, Inc. $100,000 one-year grant for general support of efforts to assess and promote meaningful collaboration between MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations and local community-based organizations Reebok Foundation $100,000 one-year grant to provide general support for the BOKS program Uphams Corner Health Center $15,000 one-year project support grant to install a farmers market in summer 2018 to address food insecurity in the North Dorchester community Urban Food Initiative (The Daily Table) $30,000 one-year grant to provide general support for free community workshops on nutrition and healthy eating through the Teaching Kitchen (grant to be divided equally between the Health & Wellness and Jobs & Economic Development impact areas) Neighborhoods and Housing Project R.I.G.H.T. $50,000 one-year project support grant for youth organizing efforts related to and in support of improvements in ridership to the Fairmount Indigo Line Other
Cardinal Cushing Centers, Inc. $100,000 one-year project support grant for the Vocational Inclusion Pathways (VIP) Program Conservation Law Foundation $60,000 one-year project support grant to structure and take to market a Pay for Success Environmental Impact Bond to support the repair of gas pipeline distribution infrastructure in Boston in order to reduce methane leaks and lower the rate payer burden Open Door Grants (all Open Door Grants are for one year) Cambridge Public Library $15,000 one-year grant for general operating support Caribbean Integration Community Development $25,000 one-year project support grant for support of capacity building efforts Caritas Communities, Inc. $25,000 one-year project support grant for its support services for adult residents, to help them retain their housing Centerboard, Inc. $12,100 one-year project support grant for the Marissa s Hope program CERO Cooperative $18,900 one-year project support grant payable to Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, Inc. for the CERO Cooperative s project to process recovered food waste to create clean energy, agricultural products and jobs Charles River Conservancy, Inc.
$25,000 one-year project support grant for the Charles River Swim Park project Courageous Sailing Center of Boston, Inc. $30,000 one-year project support grant for its Reach Initiative Cristo Rey Boston High School $15,000 one-year project support grant for its nonprofit job placement program Ella J. Baker House/William J. Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies $15,000 one-year project support grant for its King Summer Academic Program Grameen America, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant for general support of the Boston Branch Hands to Heart Center $20,000 one-year grant for general operating support Immigrant Family Services Institute $30,000 one-year grant for general operating support Marilyn Rodman Theater for Kids, Inc. $10,000 one-year grant for general operating support MetroWest Legal Services $20,500 one-year project support grant for its Senior Citizens Legal Project NeedyMeds, Inc. $23,000 one-year project support grant for its Community Representative Project
OptiNeeds, Inc. $15,000 one-year project support grant for its Special Goggles for Special Needs Boston program Parenting Journey/The Family Center, Inc. $20,000 one-year grant for general operating support Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. $20,000 one-year general operating support grant with a focus on elder services Transformative Culture Project $20,000 one-year project support grant for Beyond Creative Tunefoolery Music, Inc. $10,000 one-year grant for general operating support United Nations Association of Greater Boston $25,000 one-year project support grant for its Model UN in underserved communities program United Teen Equality Center, Inc. $40,000 one-year project support grant for efforts to advance policy/legislation related to the Young Adult Reentry Population University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts Prisoner Pre-Release Re-Entry Mediation Pilot Extension $47,000 one-year project support grant for support of the Massachusetts Prisoner Pre-Release Re-Entry Mediation Pilot Extension Waltham Boys and Girls Club, Inc. $20,000 one-year project support grant for the development of an action plan