The Anna B. Stearns Foundation is pleased to announce grants totaling $835,460 were awarded to 55 organizations in the 2025 grant cycles. Each awardee received between $5,000 – $25,000.
Many of the grants given this cycle were multi-year awards, reflecting the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening key community organizations that support women and girls+.
The Foundation supports women and girls+, prioritizing projects designed to strengthen the education, independence, and/or socioeconomic stability of women, children, and youth, especially girls+. The Foundation also supports efforts to protect and preserve the natural environment.
Summer Awardees include:
Association for Autism and Neurodiversity, The
Artists For Humanity
Brazilian Women’s Group
Brookview House
Casa Myrna Vasquez
Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County
Communities for People
Community Art Center
Girls Incorporated of Lynn
HarborCOV
Hope and Comfort
Julie’s Family Learning Program
Justice Resource Institute f/b/o My Life My Choice
La Alianza Hispana
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice
Maverick Landing Community Services
Mothers for Justice and Equality
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund
Philanthropy MA f/b/o GMA Funder Community
Resilient Sisterhood Project
RESPOND
Science Club for Girls
Sociedad Latina
Urbanity Dance
West End House
Women’s Money Matters
YWCA Boston
Winter Awardees include:
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston Debate League
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Chelsea Education Foundation f/b/o Intergenerational Literacy Program
Chica Project
Circle of Hope
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing
Dignity Matters
Friends of the Hernández
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Girls’ LEAP
Justice Resource Institute f/b/o YouthHarbors
La Colaborativa
More Than Words
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando
The Nature Conservancy
Philanthropy Massachusetts (The Summer Fund)
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Project HOPE Boston
Rosie’s Place
Sisters Unchained
Soccer Without Borders
Stone House, Inc.
The Wily Network
Women’s Lunch Place