Grants 2002
A Different September Foundation
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support the Intergenerational Literacy Project, a family literacy program serving Chelsea elementary school children and their parents.
American Composers Forum - Boston Area Chapter
Boston, MA
$4,000 to support the expansion of the Faith Partners Program.
American Jewish Committee
Boston, MA
$7,000 to support an exhibit portraying diplomats who issued visas during the Holocaust and saved lives.
Arts & Business Council, Greater Boston
Boston, MA
$4,000 for a board development program for small arts organizations.
Arts in Progress
Roxbury, MA
$4,000 for an arts-based program that builds the literacy and language skills of children and youth.
Asian American Civic Association, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support counseling and case management, and ABE, Apprenticeship Preparation, Pre-Vocational Skills Training, Integrate Office Training, and Restaurant Health and Safety Training.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$3,000 to support the development and promotion of philanthropy in New England.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support summer camps for urban youth through the Summer Fund.
BalletRox
Jamaica Plain, MA
$2,000 to support youth dance education programs.
Battered Women's Resources, Inc.
Leominster, MA
*$3,000 to provide outpatient services to substance abusing battered women.
Bikes Not Bombs
Roxbury, MA
*$500 for an after school youth development program.
Black Church Capacity Building Program
Roxbury, MA
$7,500 provide individualized technical assistance to Black churches and faith-based ministries which are developing and implementing human service and community revitalization programs in the African-American neighborhoods.
Boch Center for the Performing Arts
Mashpee, MA
*$1,000 to perform live and original music to classic silent films.
Boston Chamber Music Society
Cambridge, MA
$8,000 to support master classes with the Chamber Music Society's musicians at the Boston Arts Academy.
Boston Institute for Arts Therapy
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support a training program for early childhood educators in child care centers and the Boston Public School's early learning centers.
Boston Jewish Film Festival
West Newton, MA
$5,000 to bring films that celebrates Jewish Culture to Boston and the surrounding areas.
Boston Urban Youth Foundation
Boston, MA
$9,000 to support a truancy intervention program in the Boston Public Schools.
Cambridge Community Chorus
Cambridge, MA
$1,000 to support programs with the Cambridge Ringe and Latin Vocal Ensemble.
Cambridge School Volunteers
Cambridge, MA
$4,000 to coordinate volunteer-led academic enrichment programs for Cambridge Public School students.
Camp JORI
Providence, RI
$2,000 for camp scholarships for Jewish children from the Greater Boston area.
Camp Starfish, Inc.
Boston, MA
*$1,000 to support scholarships for children with significant emotional, behavioral, or learning problems.
Camp Starfish, Inc.
Boston, MA
*$1,000 to support scholarships for seven children with significant emotional, behavioral, or learning problems.
Cantata Singers
Boston, MA
$7,000 to support the Classroom Cantatas program in the Boston Public Schools.
Chelsea Community Fund
Chelsea, MA
$10,000 to support a new summer jobs program for Chelsea youth.
Child Care Careers Institute
Jamaica Plain, MA
$5,000 to promote the professional, career and leadership development of those individuals involved in the care and education of Massachusetts children and youth.
City School
Dorchester, MA
$6,000 to develop and expand service learning-based after-school programs for teens.
Epiphany School, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$4,000 to a support a tuition-free, middle school for children of low-income families from Boston neighborhoods.
Fenway Community Development Corporation
Boston, MA
$7,000 to support job training and placement services to low-income residents.
Florence Sawyer School
Bolton, MA
$4,500 to support teachers' participation in a summer institute on enrichment learning and teaching at the University of Connecticut.
Florence Sawyer School
Bolton, MA
*$2,500 to support instruction and curriculum development workshops .
Friends of the King Open School, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$3,500 to support and evaluate after-school science club program for girls.
Generations Incorporated
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support a literacy tutorial program for children led by older adults.
Global Habitat Project
Cambridge, MA
$3,500 to support the publication of a quarterly environmental newsletter written by high school students.
Guidance Center, Inc. f/b/o Infant-Toddler Services
Somerville, MA
$6,000 to support the Universal Screening in Child Care program to identify children with developmental needs.
Hyde Square Task Force
Jamaica Plain, MA
$5,000 to support the Youth Literacy Tutors program.
Interseminarian - Project Place, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to provide the skills, education, and resources needed to obtain stable employment and housing for homeless individuals.
James D. St. Clair Court Public Education Project
Boston, MA
$3,000 to expand the Arts and the Law program, an educational theatre program for children ages 10-14 dealing with history, law, justice, and the constitution.
Madison Park Development Corporation
Roxbury, MA
$5,000 for a property management training program.
Mission Main Resident Services Corporation
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support a job training and placement program for public housing residents.
New England Citybridge
Concord, MA
$7,000 to support summer and year round academic enrichment programs for Boston and Cambridge middle school students.
Notre Dame Education Center
South Boston, MA
$5,000 to support adult education and job placement programs.
Parents United for Child Care
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support the Boston School Age Child Care Project to enhance to quality of out-of-school time programs.
Performing Artists at Lincoln School
Brookline, MA
$4,000 the support the PALS performing arts training programs.
Prometheus Dance, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$4,000 to support performances, marketing, and after-school programs for hearing-impaired and at-risk youth.
The Rivers School
Weston, MA
*$3,500 scholarship support for needy students, in honor of Priscilla Straus.
Snappy Dance Theatre
Cambridge, MA
$4,000 for children and youth programs.
STRIVE - Boston Employment Service, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$5,000 for intense attitudinal training workshops focused on soft-skills necessary to obtain employment.
Summerbridge Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
$5,000 to support a summer academic enrichment program for sixth to ninth grade Cambridge Public School students.
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
Newton, MA
$5,000 to develop a Family Education program as part of the Russian Jewish Community School.
Travis Roy Foundation
Boston, MA
$3,000 to help spinal cord injury survivors and to fund research into a cure.
Uphams Corner Community Center d/b/a Bird Street Community Center
Dorchester, MA
$5,000 for an after-school and summer educational support program for youth.
Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$5,000 to launch a new early childcare and education program in Dorchester's Vietnamese community.
West End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton
Allston, MA
$5,000 for general operating support.
Wheelock College
Boston, MA
$2,000 to support a training program for urban teachers.
Women of Means, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
*$1,000 for a volunteer health care program for homeless women.
Writers' Express, Inc.
Lexington, MA
$7,500 to support a summer and after-school writing program for middle school students.
Young People's Project, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
*$1,000 to support the development of math literacy workers in the Boston and Cambridge Public Schools.
Youth pro Musica
West Newton, MA
$4,000 to support the Dorchester Youth Chorus.
*Indicates a discretionary grant. Please note that
this grants list shows discretionary grants and competitive grants. The
discretionary grants do not always reflect the priorities specified in the
Foundation’s guidelines.
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