Grants 2005
Adoption & Foster Care Mentoring
Boston, MA
$4,500 to suppport a new mentoring program for youth who have been adopted or live in foster care.
American Chinese Christian Educational & Social Services, Inc.
Boston, MA
$7,000 to support Mothers' Group activities.
Artists for Humanity
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support a youth-run arts-based microenterprise program.
Arts in Progress
Roxbury, MA
$5,000 in support of the Teen Arts Center.
Arts/Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$4,500 to support the Family Marketing Initiative, an outreach effort to increase family participation in low-cost performing arts events.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$1,800 for membership.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support the Summer Fund, a donor collaborative that makes grants that enable Boston children and youth to attend camps and summer enrichment programs.
Ballet Theatre of Boston, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$5,000 to support Dance for the CommonWealth, a youth arts outreach program.
Battered Women's Resources, Inc.
Leominster, MA
*$2,000 to support a school-based domestic violence prevention program.
BalletRox
Jamaica Plain, MA
*$2,000 to support dance classes and productions for children.
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support a music education program for primary and secondary school students.
Berkshire Hills Music Academy
Winchester , MA
$5,000 for general operating support.
Boston Children's Chorus
Boston, MA
$5,000 for music education programs for Boston youth.
The Boston Children's Museum
Boston, MA
*$1,000 to support museum visits by Boston public school students.
The Boston Jewish Film Festival
West Newton, MA
$5,000 for general operating support.
Boston Local Development Corporation f/b/o ReadBoston
Boston, MA
$5,000 to establish intensive literacy programs in childcare and early education centers in Boston.
Boston Scholars Program, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to grant scholarships to independent schools for Boston-area high school students.
Bottom Line, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$5,000 to support college counseling programs for Boston youth.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support education and career development programs for 130 youth.
Brookline Community Fund
Brookline, MA
*$1,500 to support the creation of an exhibit of holographic art representing the diversity of the community in celebration of Brookline's 300th
anniversary.
Cambridge Community Chorus
Cambridge, MA
*$1,500 to support the world premier of 'Psalm'.
Cambridge School Volunteers
Cambridge, MA
$5,000 to support tutoring and classroom assistance to students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Camp JORI
Wakefield, RI
$6,000 to support scholarships for campers from greater Boston.
Camp Starfish, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
*$1,500 for camp scholarships for children with significant emotional, behavioral, or learning problems.
Castle Square Tenants Organization, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to provide digital music and technology education programs for youth.
Chelsea Collaborative
Chelsea, MA
$5,000 to support the Chelsea Youth Employment Initiative.
Child Care Resource Center, Inc.
Cambridge,MA
$6,000 to support programs and services that improve the quality and quantity of childcare in Greater Boston.
Circle of Tapawingo
Pittsburgh, PA
*$1,500 to support a summer camp for bereaved girls.
The City School, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$6,000 to support the Summer Leadership Program.
Community Work Services
Boston, MA
$5,000 to provide job counseling, training, and placement services for the homeless.
Congregacion Leon de Juda/Boston Higher Education Resource Center
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support a mentor that helps high school students get into college.
Dana Hall School
Wellesley, MA
*$1,000 for a fitness, health, and wellness program.
A Different September Foundation
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support the Intergenerational Literacy Project.
Dorchester Community Center for the Visual Arts
Dorchester, MA
$7,000 to support arts education programs.
Facing History and Ourselves
Brookline, MA
$5,200 to support the Jewish Education Program.
The Fenn School
Concord, MA
*$6,000 to support a tutoring program for boys from Lowell and neighboring communities.
Fenway Community Development Corporation
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support workforce development programs.
Franklin Park Coalition
Jamaica Plain, MA
$4,500 to support Playhouse in the Park during the summer 2005 season.
Generations Incorporated
Boston, MA
$7,000 to support the Classroom Literacy Coaches program.
Greater Boston Synagogue Organizing Project
Watertown, MA
*$1,000 to increase the involvement of synagogue members in efforts that promote social and economic justice.
Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support music education programs.
The Guidance Center
Cambridge, MA
$5,000 to support the Universal Screening in Child Care Project.
Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support music education programs.
Hebron Academy
Hebron, ME
*$3,000 to support the tuition assistance program that helps students from the greater Boston area to attend Hebron.
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hull, MA
$5,000 to provide maritime-based job and life skills training for youth.
Hyde Square Task Force
Jamaica Plain, MA
$6,000 to suport the Youth Literacy Tutors program.
James D. St. Clair Court Public Education Project
Boston, MA
$3,000 to teach Boston area youth about the role of the justice system in American democracy.
Julie's Family Learning Program
South Boston, MA
$6,000 to support basic adult education programs for women.
The Literacy Connection - A Division of CSJ Ministries Connection, Inc.
Brighton, MA
$3,000 to provide basic literacy classes for immigrants.
Madison Park Development Corporation
Roxbury, MA
$5,000 to pilot a media and stage production technology training program for teens.
Melrose Family YMCA
Melrose, MA
*$1,000 for general operating support.
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
*$2,500 towards scholarship support for Boston area students.
Mujeres Unidas en Accion
Dorchester, MA
$6,000 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 youth development and academic enrichment programs.
National Arts and Learning Collaborative at Walnut Hill
Natick, MA
$3,000 to support a collaboration between Boston elementary schools and independent high schools that develops quality arts programming for public school students.
New England Citybridge
Concord, MA
$7,000 to prepare Boston and Cambridge middle school students to suceed in academically rigorous high school programs.
Nigun Chamber Ensemble
Brookline, MA
$1,000 to promote awareness of Jewish musical heritage through music and educational programs.
Operation A.B.L.E.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to train unemployed older workers and help them find work.
Project STEP
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support music instruction and educational programs for students of color.
RAW Art Works, Inc.
Lynn, MA
$5,500 to support the REAL Artists Project, an arts education and youth development program.
REACH Prep, Inc.
Stamford, CT
*$3,500 to help Black and Latino students from lower income families attain a quality independent school education.
Refugee Immigration Ministry
Malden, MA
$5,000 to support outreach, case management, and legal services to immigrants.
ROCA, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$5,000 to provide educational programs and family support services in Chelsea.
Saint Mary's Women and Children's Center
Dorchester, MA
$4,500 to support job readiness programs.
Seacoast Swimming Association
Dover, NH
*$1,000 to establish a scholarship program for individuals with financial need to participate in Seacoasts' competitive swimming program.
South Boston Neighborhood House
South Boston, MA
$5,000 to support Early Books, a family reading program.
Springwell, Inc.
Watertown, MA
$5,000 to deliver Kosher meals to homebound Jewish elderly in Brookline and Newton.
Steps to Success
Brookline, MA
$6,000 to support a comprehensive academic support program that helps all low-income Brookline 4th to 12th grade students aspire and prepare for college.
STRIVE - Boston Employment Service, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$8,000 to help chronically unemployed young adults find and keep jobs.
Tenacity, Inc.
Brighton, MA
$5,000 to support the After-School Excellence Program for underserved Boston middle school students.
Thayer Symphony Orchestra
Leominster, MA
*$4,000 to support the Music Connection Program.
Tieng Xanh-Voice, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$6,000 to support the Vietnamese Examined Life Project for Vietnamese immigrant and refugee minority youth in Dorchester and South Boston.
Travis Roy Foundation
Boston, MA
*$4,000 for general operating support.
Women Express, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support a journalism mentoring program for girls.
WriteBoston
Boston, MA
$5,000 to support an after-school writing program for Boston high school students.
The Writers' Express, Inc.
Somerville, MA
*$2,000 to support writing programs for Boston area youth.
The Writers' Express, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$6,000 to support two-week summer writing camps for Boston area middle school students at Tufts University.
YMCA of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
$6,000 to support Training, Inc., a job and life skills training program.
Grand Total: $350,000
*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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