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Grants 2004

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
Allston, MA
$4,000 to support the Technology Education and Training Opportunity Program.

Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$1,800 towards 2004 membership support.

Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support the Summer Fund camp program.

BalletRox
Jamaica Plain, MA
*$1,000 to support the 2003 production of the Urban Nutcracker.

Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
$4,000 to support public school students attending the Berklee City Music Program.

Berkshire Hills Music Academy
Winchester, MA
*$2,000 to support renovations of its newly acquired property.

Boston Chamber Music Society
Cambridge, MA
$8,000 third and final-year grant to support master classes with Chamber Music Society's musicians at the Boston Arts Academy.

Boston Children's Chorus
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support operating costs.

Boston Partners in Education, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 first year support toward a three-year grant to support the High School Math Academic Mentoring Program.

Bottom Line, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$5,000 towards operating support.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Inc. f/b/o Julie's Family Learning Program
South Boston, MA
$5,000 to support comprehensive services for families living in poverty.

Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Plymouth Notch, VT
*$1,000 to support educational outreach programs for children in rural Vermont.

Camp JORI
Providence, RI
$4,000 to support scholarships for campers from greater Boston.

Camp Starfish, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$2,000 to support camp scholarships for children with significant emotional, behavioral, or learning problems.

Central Vermont Collaborative for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Barre, VT
*$5,000 for equipment and staff training costs.

Child Care Resource Center, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$5,000 to support operating costs.

Circle of Tapawingo
Pittsburgh, PA
*$1,500 for a summer camp for bereaved girls.

The Fenn School
Concord, MA
*$5,000 towards tutoring for boys with racial, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity from Lowell and other areas within 25 miles of Concord.

Fenway Community Development Corporation
Boston, MA
$4,500 to support workforce development programs.

Global Habitat Project
Boston, MA
$3,000 to support an after-school program for teen environmental writers.

Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support the expansion and continued operation of the Intensive Community Program.

The Guidance Center, Inc. f/b/o Infant-Toddler Services
Cambridge, MA
$4,000 for continued support of the Universal Screening in Child Care.

Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hull, MA
$5,000 for job-skills training, educational enrichment programs, and youth development programs for at-risk youth from housing developments and department of youth services.

Hyde Square Task Force
Jamaica Plain, MA
$6,000 to support the Youth Literacy Tutors Program.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support the IBA Employment Services, for immigrants in Chelsea and greater Boston.

James D. St. Clair Court Public Education Project
Boston, MA
$5,000 towards operating support.

Melrose Family YMCA
Melrose, MA
*$1,000 for operating support.

Mujeres Unidas en Accion
Dorchester, MA
$4,500 to support literacy, English, GED and other programs that help low-income Latina women become self-sufficient.

Mystic Learning Center, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$5,000 to support the Empowering Competent Youth Project.

New England Citybridge
Concord, MA
$5,000 to support its summer academic and year-round programs.

Notre Dame Education Center
South Boston, MA
$4,500 continued support of the Tuition-Free Adult Literacy Program.

Operation A.B.L.E.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support Operation EmployABLE, a 19-week job readiness, computer and office skills training program.

Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.
Boston, MA
$4,500 to support a young entrepreneurs project for physically and learning disabled youth in the Boston Public Schools.

Project STEP
Boston, MA
$5,000 towards operating support.

RAW Art Works, Inc.
Lynn, MA
$5,000 toward continued support of the RARE Artists Project.

REACH Prep, Inc.
Greenwich, CT
*$3,500 to support operating costs.

The Rivers School
Weston, MA
*$1,000 scholarship support for needy students, in honor of Priscilla Strauss.

Seacoast Swimming Association
Dover, NH
*$1,000 to establish a scholarship program for individuals with financial need to participate in Seacoasts' competitive swimming program.

STRIVE - Boston Employment Service, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$5,000 to help chronically unemployed young adults find and keep mainstream jobs.

Summerbridge Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
$4,300 towards operating support.

Thayer Symphony Orchestra
Leominster, MA
*$1,000 to support the Music Connection Program.

Thinking in Music, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
*$4,000 to support a critical thinking approach to music listening program.

Tieng Xanh-Voice, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$6,000 to launch a new program serving high-risk Vietnamese youth in Dorchester.

Travis Roy Foundation
Boston, MA
*$5,000 for operating support.

Tufts University Jackson Jills
Medford, MA
*$2,000 to support operating costs.

Underground Railway Theater
Arlington, MA
$4,000 to expand and develop new programs in Cambridge Public Schools and after-school sites.

Wang Center for the Performing Arts
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support Arts Can Teach.

Women Express, Inc.
Boston, MA
$4,500 to support SHOUT!, a journalism mentoring program.

Yad Chessed Charity Fund
Brookline, MA
$5,000 to support interest-free loans and direct financial assistance to needy Jewish families in Greater Boston.

Grand Total: $197,800

*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.