2019 Grants

Asian American Resource Workshop
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organizing and advocacy for the social, economic, and political development of pan-Asian community.

Boston Area Research Initiative
Fiscal Sponsor: Northeastern University Office of Research Administration and Finance
Boston, MA
$55,097 Working to make municipal data accessible and engaging for community organizations.

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.

Brockton Interfaith Coalition
Brockton, MA
$35,000 Faith-based organizing campaigns for social justice in Brockton, MA.

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
Chelsea, 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
$10,000 Supporting community engagement efforts to involve a diverse audience in Boston theater and arts community.

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.

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.

GreenRoots
Chelsea, MA
$40,000 Environmental justice organizing in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

I Have a Future
Fiscal Sponsor: Massachusetts Communities Action Network
Dorchester, MA
$50,000 Youth organizing and advocacy.

Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action
Boston, MA
$35,000 to support Jewish organizing and advocacy in solidarity with other social justice advocacy organizations.

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.

Kavod
Fiscal Sponsor: Fund for Social Good
Boston, MA
$11,000 Supporting progressive Jewish social justice organizing.

Lawyers for Civil Rights
Boston, MA
$45,000 Providing advocacy, support, and community education to support justice in minority and immigrant communities.

Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Boston, MA
$40,000 Advocating for policies that increase home ownership and housing affordability.

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 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
$55,000 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 Voter Table
Fiscal Sponsor: TSNE MissionWorks
Boston, MA
$40,000 Developing voter engagement campaigns to amplify the voices of low-income people and people of color in Massachusetts.

Movimiento Cosecha
Fiscal Sponsor: Ayni Institute
Boston, MA
$30,000 Support of immigrant community organizing and advocacy.

Muslim Justice League
Boston, MA
$25,000 Organizing and advocacy for human and civil rights that are violated or threatened under national security pretexts.

The Neighborhood Developers
Chelsea, MA
$30,000 Advocacy to stop residential displacement and involve residents in land use planning.

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
$25,000 Supporting the Community Benefits Campaign to organize working class people into a unified permanent political and economic force in the Lynn community.

Philanthropy Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$7,000 Membership.

MA2020 Census Collaborative.
Fiscal Sponsor: Philanthropy Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$25,000 Supporting the Massachusetts Census Equity Fund 2020, a three-year project to promote an accurate count of all residents in the Commonwealth.

Political Research Associates
Somerville, MA
$50,000 Support the Campaign for Public Good in Massachusetts.

Right to the City Boston Fiscal Sponsor: Right to the City Alliance
Boston, MA
$35,000 Organizing and advocating to expand housing solutions for the city of Boston.

Scholars Strategy Network
Cambridge, MA
$30,000 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.

Trinity Boston Foundation
Boston, MA
$25,000 To help youth-serving nonprofits in Boston develop a culture a race-equity

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.

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