America SCORES New England
Jamaica Plain, MA
$10,000 in support of the Leadership in Action 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.
Artists For Humanity, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 for the 2016 Sylvia Simmons Best Practice Award
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the Asian Shelter and Advocacy Program, 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.
Asian Women for Health, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$10,000 in support of Achieving Whole Health, a community based mental health program that trains Asian American women to be wellness coaches in their communities and to serve as role models for self-case and self-advocacy.
Associated Grant Makers, Inc.
Boston, MA
$16,500 in support of the Summer Fund and 2016 membership dues
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
$20,000 in support of one-to-one and group mentoring for Boston-area girls.
Bikes Not Bombs
Jamaica Plain, MA
$15,000 in support of Girls in Action: Pathways to Leadership, an athletic and academic enrichment program.
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
f/b/o The Resilient Sisterhood Project
Boston, MA
$12,500 in general operating support for the Resilient Sisterhood Project.
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$20,000 in support of the Youth Leadership Corps, an initiative to engage youth in sexual violence prevention work in their communities.
Boston Debate League
Boston, MA
$1,800 to send up to six girls to the annual Women’s Debate Institute (WDI) in Minnesota in August 2016.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000 in support of the Single Parent House and services for homeless mothers.
Brookview House, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$15,000 in support of STEM programs for homeless and at-risk girls
Casa Myrna Vasquez
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of the statewide SafeLink domestic violence hotline.
Chelsea Collaborative, Inc.
Chelsea, MA
$10,000 in support of the Boston Bantu Girls program, a weekly empowerment group for Somali Bantu middle and high school girls to provide a safe and secure social environment for academic, leadership, personal, and community development.
Chelsea Education Foundation
f/b/o Intergenerational Literacy Project
Chelsea, MA
$12,500 in support of providing free English literacy instruction to immigrant parents and free, literacy-focused instruction to their children.
Community Art Center, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000 in support of girls-only groups in the organization’s School Age Child Care and Teen Media programs, which provide leadership opportunities and promote healthy social and emotional development through the arts.
Community Rowing, Inc.
Brighton, MA
$15,000 in support of G-ROW Boston, a rowing leadership and academic support program for girls in the Boston Public School (BPS) system.
Crittenton Women’s Union
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.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Roxbury, MA
$10,000 to expand the Fair Chance for Family Success program, which supports a path out of poverty through leadership development, financial stability and economic mobility.
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
East Boston, MA
$20,000 in support of the Familiar Apoyo 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 Strong Where You Are, a program that helps domestic violence survivors achieve greater stability by promoting safety, self-efficacy, financial independence, stable housing, and strong, nurturing bonds with children
Filmmakers’ Collaborative
f/b/o MEDIAGIRLS
Brookline, MA
$10,000 to support MEDIAGIRLS’s expansion in three low-income Boston schools and its preparations for scaling.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of Fab Factor, a diversity initiative to increase membership recruitment and retention of urban girls.
Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense
Dorchester, MA
$15,000 in support of empowerment and self-defense programming in Dorchester and Roxbury as part of the organization’s Deep Roots Initiative.
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
$20,000 in support of the Court Intervention Project, which promotes housing stability and self-sufficiency for women.
Interseminarian – Project Place, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of Working Opportunities for Women (WOW), a work skills and employment training program for homeless individuals.
Julie’s Family Learning Program
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
f/b/o My Life My Choice
Needham, MA
$15,000 in support of expanding the Survivor Mentoring Program to include educational and career development opportunities.
Justice Resource Institute
f/b/o YouthHarbors
Needham, MA
$15,000 to provide support for unaccompanied and homeless youth age 17 to 21.
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
Boston, MA
$20,000 in support of the Promise Project, which works to ensure that pregnant and parenting teens receive the appropriate support and resources they need to succeed academically, graduate, and pursue further educational and professional goals.
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$15,000 in support of Teens Lead at Work, a leadership development program in which teens lead workplace safety and harassment prevention training.
MetroLacrosse, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$10,000 in support of the organization’s girls’ programming, which includes athletic training, academic support, and enrichment workshops.
Mission Hill Community School Council, Inc.
f/b/o Teen Voices Emerging
Boston, MA
$10,000 in general operating support for Teen Voices Emerging, a program that exposes girls to writing and media technology as a means for social action.
Mothers for Justice and Equality, Inc.
Roxbury, MA
$12,000 in support of the Civic Leadership Initiative, an eight-week training module focused on strategies and techniques in restorative justice and public and civic actions.
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.
Museum of Science
Boston, MA
$12,500 in support of the Young Women Leadership Program, which helps young women build the tools and confidence to succeed in Clubhouse leadership roles at the Museum and later in life.
The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter
Concord, NH
$20,000 to support the organization’s conservation work at the Green Hills, in the Mount Washington Valley, and across northern New Hampshire.
New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Inc.
Newmarket, NH
$15,000 in support of the environmental work of women, children, and youth in greater Boston.
On with Living and Learning Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000 in support of Humanity not Statistics, a 12-week workshop series culminating in a production on the topic of violence and strategies for a safer community.
One Hen
Needham, MA
$10,000 in support of One Hen Academy‘s after-school financial literacy and leadership program.
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$15,000 in general support for the organization’s youth and parent sexual health education programs.
Project Hope
Roxbury, MA
$15,000 in support of Adult Educational Services, which provides basic adult education, ESOL instruction, HiSET preparation, and career counseling to low-income women.
RESPOND Inc.
Somerville, MA
$10,000 for the continued operation of the organization’s domestic violence shelter and self-sufficiency programming in FY 2017.
Silver Lining Mentoring
Boston, MA
$15,000 to launch a Learn & Earn cohort for young women in Youth Villages’ Germaine Lawrence program, which cares for girls 12 to 18 with serious emotional and behavioral issues; and the LifeSet program, which provides intensive support to youth who are aging out of the child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health systems.
Soccer Without Borders Boston
Cambridge, MA
$10,000 in support of the soccer program for middle school girls.
Sociedad Latina, Inc.
Roxbury, MA
$20,000 in support of the Mission Possible! Program, a STEM mentoring program for girls.
South Boston en Accion
South Boston, MA
$12,500 in support of the Leadership Academy program, an expansion of the organization’s ESOL programming, targeting Latinas living in South Boston’s public housing developments.
Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center
Dorchester, MA
$10,000 in support of the HEY Sister tennis and academic enrichment program for girls ages 10-17.
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children
Dorchester, MA
$15,000 in support of GRLZradio.org, a media literacy and youth development program for at-risk girls.
Strong Women, Strong Girls Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000 in support of the organization’s group mentoring program for girls in Boston.
Women’s Lunch Place Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in general operating support of the daytime shelter, which offers meals and essential services for women in need.
YWCA Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000 in support of health and wellness educational programming for girls.