2017 Grants

Anyi Institute
Boston, MA
$30,000 Building the political power of immigrant communities through organizing, training, and network-building.

Boston Area Research Initiative
(Fiscal Sponsor: Northeastern University Office of Research Administration and Finance)
Boston, MA
$49,961 Working to make municipal data accessible and engaging for 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.

Boston Tenant Coalition
Boston, MA
$50,000 Organizing to increase affordable housing and promote tenant rights.

Brazilian Worker Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 Organizing and supporting immigrant workers’ rights through training, advocacy, education and policy change.

Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
$75,000 Increasing connections between professional theater and the community and promoting civic engagement among residents.

Centro Presente
Boston, MA
$50,000 Organizing 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, worker rights, and leadership development in 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.

City Life/ Vida Urbana
Boston, MA
$65,000 Housing organizing in Boston to promote tenant rights and prevent housing displacement caused by foreclosure.

Company One
Boston, MA
$50,000 Supporting community engagement efforts to involve a diverse audience in Boston theater and arts community.

Commonwealth Seminar
(Fiscal Sponsor: TSNE MissionWorks)
Boston, MA
$20,000 Providing legislative training, networking opportunities and public service job opportunities for diverse leaders in Massachusetts.

Community Catalyst
Boston, MA
$50,000 Supporting national consumer health advocacy network to defend against cuts to health care and maintain health coverage, access and equity.

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.

Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA
$90,000 Revitalizing open spaces and neighborhoods in low-income communities.

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Boston, MA
$50,000 Creating a metropolitian coalition of urban land trusts.

Essex County Community Organization
Lynn, MA
$60,000 Faith-based organizing campaigns for social justice in North Shore communities.

Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Boston, MA
$65,000 Developing local leadership and organized power to fight for social justice.

Health Care for All
Boston, MA
$50,000 Organizing and advocacy for access to health care for immigrants.

I Have a Future/Youth Jobs Coalition
(Fiscal Sponsor: Massachusetts Communities Action Network)
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 Organizing to increase high-quality job opportunities for youth in Massachusetts.

Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative
(Fiscal Sponsor: Chinese Progressive Association)
Boston, MA
$50,000 Bringing together local immigrant worker centers for campaigns that promote the rights of immigrant workers in Massachusetts.

JOIN for Justice
Boston, MA
$65,000 Developing young Jewish leaders in community organizing.

Justice at Work
Boston, MA
$50,000 Providing workplace-related legal services to community-based labor organizations and encouraging low-wage immigrant worker organizing.

Lawrence Community Works
Lawrence, MA
$30,000 Supporting community development and revitalization through educational and economic advancement of families in Lawrence Public Schools.

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Justice
Boston, MA
$50,151 Providing advocacy, support, and community education to support justice in minority and immigrant communities.

Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
Boston, MA
$50,000 Advocating for sustainable housing, transportation, economic development, and neighborhood development in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance f/b/o Yes for a Better Boston
Boston, MA
$40,000 Advocating for the successful implementation of the terms of the Community Preservation Act in Boston.

Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organizing to preserve and improve at-risk HUD buildings as permanently affordable housing through the Save Our Homes Campaign.

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
Boston, MA
$90,000 Conducting accessible and transparent research and analysis on the effects of state budget and tax policies on low- and moderate-income people.

Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Boston, MA
$50,000 Member-led organizing for safe and healthy working conditions through educational training, engaging disenfranchised workers, and facilitating alliances among institutional partners.

Massachusetts Communities Action Network
Boston, MA
$75,000 Strengthening a network of grassroots faith-based social justice advocacy organizations.

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Boston, MA

$75,000 Strengthening a network of grassroots faith-based social justice advocacy organizations.

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
Boston, MA
$25,000 Collaborating with other funders in supporting the Greater Boston Immigrant Legal Defense Fund.

Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
(Fiscal Sponsor: Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association)
Boston, MA
$50,000 Addressing inequitable land use in Massachusetts through work on zoning, policy, development and network building.

Massachusetts Voter Education Network
$175,000 Advocating for an improved electoral system for traditionally disenfranchised communities by educating and informing voters.

Massachusetts Voter Table
(Fiscal Sponsor: TSNE MissionWorks)
Boston, MA
$35,000 Developing voter engagement campaigns to amplify the voices of low-income people and people of color in Massachusetts.

The Neighborhood Developers
Chelsea, MA
$30,000 Organizing and community planning to revitalize and improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods of Revere and Chelsea.

Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund
Boston, MA
$50,000 Building power in low-income communities through an economic justice agenda.

New Lynn Coalition
(Fiscal Sponsor: North Shore Workers Community Fund)
Lynn, MA
$40,000 Supporting the Community Benefits Campaign to organize working class people into a unified permanent political and economic force in the Lynn community.

Right to the City Alliance f/b/o Right to the City Boston
Boston, MA
$40,000 Organizing and advocating to expand housing solutions for the city of Boston.

Scholars Strategy Network
Cambridge, MA
$50,000 Supporting research and communications for civic groups, policymakers, and journalists to improve public policy and strengthen democracy.

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
$35,000 Organizing for social, economic, and political development of Latinos in South Boston.

Student Immigrant Movement
(Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Labor and Education Research)
Boston, MA
$50,000 Statewide immigrant youth-led organizing to transform communities, develop leadership, and improve the lives of undocumented youth.

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.

United Teen Equality Center
Lowell, MA
$40,000 Organizing youth in Lowell, Massachusetts.

WalkBoston
Boston, MA
$30,000 Providing technical assistance to neighborhood groups seeking to improve walkability and the built environment.

 Youth on Board
(Fiscal Sponsor: YouthBuild USA)
Somerville, MA
$40,000 Youth-led organizing and education reform through the Boston Student Advisory Council.

 

2017 Total Grants = $2,515,112