2011 Grants

Alternatives for Community and Environment
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organizing to promote health, environmental justice, transit equity, and increase jobs in communities of color.

Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth
Boston, MA
$25,000 Leadership development of development of GLBTQ youth in Massachusetts.

Boston Foundation f/b/o The Civic Engagement Initiative
Boston, MA
$90,000 Increase nonpartisan voter registration and voting in communities with low rates of voter participation.

Boston Tenant Coalition f/b/o Committee on Occupied Housing in Foreclosure
Boston, MA
$40,000 Pilot a neighborhood-level intervention designed to keep residents at risk of foreclosure in their homes through organizing, outreach, advocacy, legal aid, and financial services.

Boston Tenant Coalition, Inc.
Boston, MA
$50,000 Increase affordable housing, promote tenant rights and address the foreclosure crisis in Boston.

Boston Workers Alliance
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organizing campaigns of unemployed and low-wage African-American and Carribean workers related to jobs, criminal justice, electoral politics, and economic justice.

Brazillian Immigrant Center
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organize for worker rights and economic justice.

Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
$50,000 Increase connections between professional theater and the community and promote civic engagement among residents

Centro Presente, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$50,000 Organize for the rights of Latinos and other immigrants.

Chelsea Collaborative f/b/o The Chelsea Creek Action Group
Chelsea, MA
$45,000 Environmental justice coalition to advance public health, access to greenspaces, transit advocacy, and environmental quality in Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, and Malden.

Chelsea Neighborhood Developers, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$30,000 Organize residents to improve the quality of life of the city.

Chinese Progressive Association
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organize for the rights of Asians and other immigrants.

Chinese Progressive Association f/b/o The Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative
Boston, MA
$40,000 Organizing campaigns to promote the rights of immigrant workers in Massachusetts.

Citizen Housing and Planning Association f/b/o Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Boston, MA
$50,000 Advocacy for equitable investment and development of healthy and diverse communities, environmental resources and working landscapes, and housing and transportation choices.

City Life/ Vida Urbana
Boston, MA
$50,000 Promote tenant rights and prevent housing displacement caused by the foreclosure crisis.

Community Labor United
Boston, MA
$50,000 Develop alliances and campaigns of community-based organizations and labor unions in order to promote the interests of low and middle-income working families in the Greater Boston area.

Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA
$120,000  Revitalize open spaces and neighborhoods in low-income communities

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation f/b/o The Fairmont Collaborative
Boston, MA
$100,000 Participatory community planning and advocacy related to the development of the Indigo Line rail corridor in Boston.

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation f/b/o The Youth Jobs Coalition
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organizing to increase high quality job opportunities for youth in Massachusetts.

Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Boston, MA
$60,000 Develop local leadership and organized power to fight for social justice.

Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Inc. f/b/o On the Move
Boston, MA
$20,000 Develop of a city-wide coalition of transportation advocacy organizations.

Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Inc.
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organize to the revitalize and improve the quality of life in the neighborhood.

Hyde Square Task Force f/b/o Boston Parent Organizing Network
Boston, MA
$40,000 Organize parents and students to be leaders and advocates for change in the Boston Public Schools

Hyde Square Task Force f/b/o YOUNG Coalition
Boston, MA $30,000
Develop a city-wide coalition of youth organizers.

Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Boston, MA
$45,000 Organizing campaigns that address concerns of young people in Boston.

Jewish Organizing Initiative
Boston, MA
$50,000 Train young Jewish leaders in community organizing.

Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants
Boston, MA
$30,000 Organizing to preserve and improve at-risk HUD buildings as permanently affordable housing.

Mass Budget and Policy Center
Boston, MA
$40,000 Research and analyze the effect of state budget and tax policies on low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporation
Boston, MA
$50,000 Advocacy for sustainable housing, transporatation, economic development, and neighborhood development in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Boston, MA
$40,000 Organizing for safe and healthy working conditions and immigrant and worker rights.

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Boston, MA
$65,000 Advocacy for the rights and integration of immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Voter Education Network, Inc.
Boston, MA
$105,000 Improve the electoral system and help traditionally disenfranchised communities organize, register, and educate voters.

Merrimack Valley Project
Lawrence, MA
$30,000 Interfaith organizing to address the housing foreclosure crisis in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts.

Metro Future, Inc.
Boston, MA
$50,000 Regional smart growth planning initiative.

Mystic River Watershed Alliance f/b/o Mystic River Watershed Collaborative
Arlington, MA
$50,000 Advocacy efforts of a regional watershed coalition.

Neighbor to Neighbor f/b/o Student Immigrant Movement
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organizing for equal access to higher education and advocate for the interests of immigrant students.

Neighbor to Neighbor
Boston, MA
$60,000 Statewide organizing to hold public officials accountable to low-income communities.

Oiste?
Boston, MA
$40,000 Leadership development, electoral reform, voter engagement, and advocacy for Latinos in Massachusetts.

Oiste? f/b/o Institute for the Development of Civic Leadership
Boston, MA
$20,000 Develop the next generation of leaders of color committed to public service.

Organizing Leadership and Training Center d/b/a Massachusetts Community Action Network
Boston, MA
$50,000 Strengthen a network of grassroots faith-based social justice advocacy organizations in Eastern Massachusetts.

Public Policy Institute, Inc. – One Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$25,000 Develop a statewide network of organizations to restore faith in government and expand economic opportunity.

Somerville Community Corporation
Boston, MA
$50,000 Participatory community planning and advocacy related to the expansion of the Green Line rail corridor in Somerville.

South Boston en Accion
Boston, MA
$30,000 Organizing for social, economic, and political development of Latinos in South Boston.

Theater Offensive
Boston, MA
$50,000 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 Boston Youth Organizing Project
Boston, MA
$30,000 Organizing to address social, educational, and workforce issues of young people.

Third Sector New England f/b/o The Commonwealth Seminar
Boston, MA
$40,000 Legislative training, networking opportunities and public service job opportunities for diverse leaders in Massachusetts.

Third Sector New England f/b/o/ Drawing Democracy Project
Boston, MA
$25,000 Promote a transparent and accountable legislative process for the state of Massachusetts.

Third Sector New England f/b/o/ Drawing Democracy Project
Boston, MA
$8,000 Promote a transparent and accountable legislative process for the state of Massachusetts.

United Teen Equality Center
Lowell, MA
$35,000 Youth organizing in Lowell, Massachusetts.

United Teen Equality Center
Lowell, MA
$35,000 Teens Leading the Way, a statewide youth-led legislative advocacy campaign