2015 Grants
Allston Brighton CDC
Boston, MA
$40,000 Supporting community leadership and increasing neighborhood stability in the Radnor Road area and North Allston.
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organizing to promote health, environmental justice and transit equity, and increase jobs in communities of color.
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY)
Boston, MA
$25,000 Strengthening and expanding leadership development services for LGBTQ youth in Massachusetts.
Boston Area Research Initiative at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$49,134 Exploring potential use of municipal data by community organizations.
Boston Children’s Chorus
Boston, MA
$40,000 Uniting Boston area youth across racial and socioeconomic differences through intensive choral training and community and personal development.
The Boston Foundation f/b/o Civic Engagement Initiative
Boston, MA
$90,000 Supporting nonpartisan voter outreach, education, and mobilization in communities with low voting rates.
Boston Tenant Coalition
Boston, MA
$50,000 Organizing to increase affordable housing, promote tenant rights and address the foreclosure crisis in Boston.
$40,000 Supporting workers to collectively fight wage theft and spread the model to other workers centers.
Brazilian Worker Center (formerly Brazilian Immigrant Center)
Boston, MA
$90,000 Organizing and supporting immigrant workers’ rights through training, advocacy, education and policy change.
Center for Labor and Education Research f/b/o Student Immigrant Movement
$45,000 Statewide immigrant youth-led organizing to transform communities, develop leadership, and improve the lives of undocumented youth.
Central Square Theater
Boston, MA
$60,000 Increasing connections between professional theater and the community and promoting civic engagement among residents. Includes a one-time challenge grant in the amount of $10,000.
Centro Presente, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$50,000 Organizing by and for the rights of Latino and other immigrants with a focus on immigrants’ rights, workers’ rights and civic engagement.
Chelsea Collaborative
Boston, MA
$50,000 Member-driven organizing to engage a diverse community and promote education, empowerment, environmental justice and leadership development in Chelsea.
Chelsea Neighborhood Developers (The Neighborhood Developers)
Boston, MA
$30,000 Organizing and community planning to revitalize and improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods of Revere and Chelsea.
Chinese Progressive Association
Boston, MA
$50,000 Improving the living and working conditions of the Chinese community in the Greater Boston area and beyond.
Chinese Progressive Association f/b/o Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative
Boston, MA
$50,000 Bringing local immigrant worker centers together to organize campaigns that promote the rights of immigrant workers in Massachusetts.
Citizen Housing and Planning Association f/b/o Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Boston, MA
$50,000 Addressing inequitable land use in Massachusetts through work on zoning, policy, development and network building.
City Life/ Vida Urbana (Urban Revival, Inc.)
Boston, MA
$60,000 Housing organizing in Boston to promote tenant rights and prevent housing displacement caused by foreclosure.
Community Labor United
Boston, MA
$50,000 Developing alliances and campaigns of community-based organizations and labor unions on behalf of low and middle-income working families in the Greater Boston area.
Community Labor United f/b/o New England United for Justice
Boston, MA
$30,000 Building grassroots, local leadership in low-income neighborhoods to promote social, economic, and racial justice.
Company One
Boston, MA
$40,000 Supporting the C1 Street Team to connect with community organizations, high schools and universities to engage a diverse population of 15 to 24 year-olds in Boston theater and the arts community.
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA
$90,000 Revitalizing open spaces and neighborhoods in low-income communities.
Essex County Community Organization
Lynn, MA
$50,000 Faith-based organizing campaigns for social justice in North Shore communities.
Family Independence Initiative
Jamaica Plain, MA
$25,000 Investing in family-led grassroots organizing initiatives to create change and improve lives across Boston.
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
Boston, MA
$15,000 Supporting LGBTQ youth in Boston through Got Rights? workshops teaching personal advocacy, empowerment, and an understanding of legal rights.
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Boston, MA
$65,000 Developing local leadership and organized power to fight for social justice.
Greater Boston Legal Services f/b/o Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers
Boston, MA
$50,000 Empowering domestic workers in Massachusetts to improve their working conditions and raise their standard of living through organizing, education and developing alliances.
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Boston, MA
$45,000 Working to address the concerns of young people with roots in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, through leadership development, civic engagement, and community organizing.
JOIN for Justice
Boston, MA
$65,000 Developing young Jewish leaders in community organizing.
Justice At Work
Boston, MA
$40,000 Providing workplace-related legal services to community-based labor organizations and encouraging low-wage immigrant worker organizing.
Lawrence Community Works *
Lawrence, MA
$45,000 Supporting community development and revitalization through educational and economic advancement of families in Lawrence Public Schools.
Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants (Boston Affordable Housing Coalition)
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organizing to preserve and improve at-risk HUD buildings as permanently affordable housing through the Save Our Homes Campaign.
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations *
Boston, MA
$100,000 Advocating for sustainable housing, transportation, economic development, and neighborhood development in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget)
Boston, MA
$70,000 Conducting accessible and transparent research and analysis on the effects of state budget and tax policies on low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Boston, MA
$46,500 Member-led organizing for safe and healthy working conditions through educational training, engaging disenfranchised workers, and facilitating alliances among institutional partners.
Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Boston, MA
$85,000 For Building Power Together: Educating, organizing and mobilizing for immigrant rights and civic participation. Includes $20,000 for implementation work to support those eligible for proposed federal Deferred Action program.
Massachusetts Voter Education Network, Inc. (MassVOTE)
Boston, MA
$105,000 Advocating an improved electoral system and helping traditionally disenfranchised communities organize, register, and educate voters.
Merrimack Valley Project
Lawrence, MA
$35,000 Organizing the Worker and Immigrant Justice Campaign to develop community across lines of difference and win change at a local level to improve lives.
Mothers for Justice and Equality
Roxbury, MA
$25,000 Developing an advocacy strategy for empowering members to make change and end neighborhood violence.
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund
Boston, MA
$60,000 Building power in low-income communities through an economic justice agenda.
Organizing and Leadership Training Center d/b/a Massachusetts Community Action Network (MCAN)
Boston, MA
$75,000 Strengthening a network of grassroots faith-based social justice advocacy organizations in Eastern Massachusetts.
Organizing and Leadership Training Center d/b/a Massachusetts Community Action Network (MCAN)
f/b/o Youth Jobs Coalition
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 Organizing to increase high-quality job opportunities for youth in Massachusetts.
Right to the City Alliance f/b/o Right to the City Boston
Boston, MA
$40,000 Organizing and advocating to expand the limited scope of housing solutions for the city of Boston.
Somerville Community Corporation
Somerville, MA
$60,000 Supporting low- and moderate-income Somerville residents in their efforts to achieve economic sustainability and increase civic participation.
South Boston en Accion
Boston, MA
$30,000 Organizing for social, economic, and political development of Latinos in South Boston.
The Theater Offensive
Boston, MA
$50,000 Supporting Out in Your Neighborhood, a theater-based outreach, performance, and dialogue project designed to promote public understanding and acceptance of differences.
Third Sector New England
f/b/o The Commonwealth Legislative Seminar
Boston, MA
$45,000 Providing legislative training, networking opportunities and public service job opportunities for diverse leaders in Massachusetts.
Third Sector New England
f/b/o Massachusetts Voter Table
Boston, MA
$50,000 Developing voter engagement campaigns to amplify the voices of low-income people and people of color in Massachusetts.
United Teen Equality Center
Lowell, MA
$35,000 Organizing youth in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Walk Boston
Boston, MA
$30,000 Providing technical assistance to neighborhood groups seeking to improve walkability and the built environment.
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development
Dorchester, MA
$30,000 Supporting the WILD mentoring project organizing working women to bring real and lasting change for justice.
YouthBuild USA f/b/o Youth on Board
Somerville, MA
$40,000 Youth-led organizing and education reform through administration of the Boston Student Advisory Council.
2015 Total Grants = $2,590,634
* Grant made utilizing the Massachusetts Community Investment Tax Credit.