Adoption & Foster Care Mentoring
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of mentoring programs for youth in foster care.
America SCORES New England
Dorchester, MA
$10,000 in support of the SCORES soccer and academic enrichment program for middle school girls.
Artists For Humanity, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Youth Arts Enterprise, a year-round entrepreneurship program offering urban youth paid employment in the arts.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Asian Shelter and Advocacy Project, which provides emergency shelter and culturally competent support services to Asian victims and survivors of domestic violence, as well as prevention-focused community education and outreach.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$3,900 in support of 2014 membership dues.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$12,600 in support of the AGM Summer Fund, a donor collaborative that seeks to provide enriching summer experiences for the urban youth of Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Somerville.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000 in second-year support of one-to-one and group mentoring for Boston-area girls.
Bikes Not Bombs, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$15,000 in support of Girls In Action, an athletic and academic enrichment program.
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
f/b/o the Resilient Sisterhood Project
Roxbury, MA
$15,000 in general operating support of the Resilient Sisterhood Project, which empowers African American women by educating them about common diseases of the reproductive system that disproportionately affect women of African descent.
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$20,000 in support of training youth workers to respond to disclosures of sexual violence, and strengthening the programs and policies of youth-serving organizations to prevent sexual violence and offer trauma-informed interventions.
Boston Debate League
Boston, MA
$3,000 to send five girls to the annual Women’s Debate Institute (WDI) in Minnesota.
Brazilian Immigrant Center
Allston, MA
$15,000 in support of safety and rights training for domestic workers, developed in partnership with OSHA.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Single Parent House and services for homeless mothers.
Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the statewide SafeLink domestic violence hotline.
Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 Sylvia Simmons Best Practice Award in support of SafeLink.
Chelsea Education Foundation, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$12,500 in support of the Intergenerational Literacy Program, which provides free English literacy instruction to immigrant parents and free, literacy-focused instruction to their children
The City School
f/b/o Chica Project, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 in general support of the Chica Project, which provides mentoring, leadership development, and skilled work experience to Latina girls in high school.
Crittenton Women’s Union Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of providing assessment, counseling, and short-term training to low-income women at the Cambridge-based Mobility Mentoring Center.
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
East Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Latina ESOL program, which provides English language instruction, counseling, health education, continuing education assistance, and referrals to pregnant and parenting Latina immigrant women.
The Elizabeth Stone House, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$10,000 in support of the Path to Self-Sufficiency program, which assists clients in becoming more financially literate and completing education and job training milestones on their path to employment.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of Fab Factor, a diversity initiative to increase membership recruitment and retention of urban girls.
Girls Rock Campaign Boston
Jamaica Plain, MA
$5,000 in operating support for the organization, which aims to empower girls through music education and performance.
HarborCOV Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$15,000 in support of HarborCOV’s Self Determination Project, which provides education, healing and self-sufficiency opportunities for women affected by domestic violence.
HomeStart, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of the Court Intervention Project, which promotes housing stability and self-sufficiency for women.
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$15,000 in support of WEPA! (Women Empowered for Progress and Action), which provides dance, fitness and sports instruction to middle and high school girls.
Interseminarian – Project Place, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of a works skills and employment training program for homeless individuals.
Julie’s Family Learning Program, Inc.
South Boston, MA
$15,000 in general operating support of the agency’s core adult and children’s education and supportive services.
Justice Resource Institute Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 for My Life My Choice, which focuses on the prevention of commercial sexual exploitation of girls, to enhance and expand exploitation prevention services for Latinas.
LEAP Self-Defense, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in general operating support of LEAP’s personal safety training program.
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services Inc.
d/b/a Project Hope
Roxbury, MA
$15,000 in second-year support of Adult Educational Services, which provides basic adult education, ESOL instruction, GED preparation and career counseling to low-income women.
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Boston-area Promise Project’s report and policy recommendations to assist schools in better serving pregnant and parenting high school students.
MassCOSH Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH)
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of Teens Lead at Work, a leadership development program in which teens lead workplace safety and harassment prevention training.
Mothers for Justice and Equality
Roxbury, MA
$12,000 in support of You Matter: Personal Development and Leadership Training for Women and Girls.
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando
Dorchester, MA
$10,000 in support of the Reproductive Health Community Leadership Project, which provides comprehensive reproductive health education and leadership development opportunities to Latina immigrant women.
The Nature Conservancy
Concord, NH
$33,000 as the second payment of a $100,000, three-year pledge to support the Nature Conservancy’s expansion of the Green Hills Preserve, through the acquisition of adjacent natural forest land.
New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
$15,000 in support of the environmental work of women, children, and youth in greater Boston
Rediscovery at JRI
Waltham, MA
$10,000 in support of the YouthHarbors program, which provides support for unaccompanied and homeless youth age 17 to 21.
Science Club for Girls, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$15,000 in support of the Career Exploration, Leadership and Life Skills (CELLS) Program, a youth development program for adolescent girls.
Sociedad Latina, Inc.
Roxbury, MA
$15,000 in support of the Mission Possible! Program, a STEM mentoring program
South Boston en Accion Inc.
South Boston, MA
$12,500 in support of the Weekday ESOL Program, which offers English language classes for Latinas in South Boston.
St. Mary’s Women and Children’s Center, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$15,000 in support of GRLZradio.org, a media literacy and youth development program for at-risk girls.
Strong Women, Strong Girls
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of the organization’s civic engagement curriculum for girls in grades three through five.
Upham’s Corner Community Center, Inc.
d/b/a Bird Street Community Center
Dorchester, MA
$12,500 in support of the agency’s gender-specific and gender-sensitive girls’ programs, including arts entrepreneurship and group mentoring.
Web of Benefit, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
$10,000 in support of the Transition to Self-Sufficiency Program, which provides domestic violence survivors with mini-grants designed to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Women’s Lunch Place
Boston, MA
$10,000 in general operating support of the daytime shelter, which offers meals and essential services for women in need.
WriteBoston
Roxbury, MA
$10,000 in support of Teen Voices Rising, an all-girls’ writing program for teens with a focus on feminist and social justice causes.
YWCA Boston of Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of health and wellness educational programming for girls.