Our Philanthropy
Letter from the CEO At Liberty Mutual Insurance, our philanthropy is ambitious, and our aspiration is nothing less than to change lives and transform communities, particularly for our most vulnerable neighbors. In 2015, Liberty Mutual and our employees contributed nearly $50 million to our community through our philanthropic efforts. In the pages that follow, you’ll see examples of some of our proudest philanthropic partnerships from within each of our three program priorities: accessibility for people with disabilities; security for men, women and children who are homeless; and educational opportunity for children who are living in poverty. From Boston’s first universally accessible playground to summer camps for children who are homeless to a higher education resource center for low-income Latino youth, this good work is inspiring and vital.
Contents 2015 Overview 2 Accessibility 4 Security 18 Opportunity 28 100 Ways Campaign 44 Give with Liberty 46 Serve with Liberty 50 2015 Grants
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In addition, you’ll see our employees celebrating giving and rolling up their sleeves to serve. Through Give with Liberty, our employee-giving program, an astounding 71 percent of employees donated to 7,646 charities. Combined with Liberty’s match, these donations total more than $18 million. Through our employee service program, Serve with Liberty, 28,238 employees served on 2,548 projects at 936 charities around the world last year. These numbers are unparalleled and speak to the very core and character of Liberty employees. On behalf of all of us at Liberty Mutual, I am thrilled to share a snapshot of some of the life-changing work in which we so proudly invest. Sincerely,
David H. Long Cover Image / Horizons for Homeless Children
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Our Philanthropy Through our philanthropic efforts, we fund nonprofits that are changing the lives of some of our most vulnerable neighbors. To that end, we invest in accessibility for individuals of all abilities; we increase security for homeless men, women, and children; and we promote academic opportunity for underprivileged youth. We strive to give nonprofit organizations the flexibility they need. Grants by Strategy
Corporate Philanthropy
Accessibility
Opportunity
Employee Giving
Security
Employee Service
Grants by Funding Principle
2015 Total Giving
Civic/Community Arts
Liberty Mutual Foundation
$17,680,000
Other Corporate Contributions and Sponsorships
$20,859,126
Total Corporate Giving
$38,539,126
Employee Giving Through Payroll Deductions
$11,278,153
Total Corporate + Employee Giving
$49,817,279
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Education
Health & Human Services
Our Philanthropy /
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650
747
children with autism spectrum disorder enjoying access to sensory-friendly theatre with their families
people with disabilities benefiting from job training and coaching
11,439 children benefiting from access to educational, outdoor and enrichment services
8,340 people with vision/hearing impairments enjoying access to outdoor performing arts
1,450
3,662
adults with disabilities participating in physical activities
250
4 / Accessibility
Asian immigrants and their children receiving help to navigate the educational system
teens benefiting from indoor/outdoor enrichment programs
Camp Shriver We proudly contribute to yearround programming and a summer camp where children with disabilities play and learn alongside their peers, half of whom have a disability and half of whom do not.
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Boston Children’s Museum As lead funder, we invest in the museum’s Morningstar Program, which offers low-stimulation visits for families with children who may not be able to withstand crowds due to a disability or frail health.
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Monkey Helpers With a decade of support from Liberty, Monkey Helpers has trained capuchin monkeys and gifted them free of charge as companions to adults living with paralysis and other disabilities. Happily, this national program has restored independence to many.
8 / Accessibility
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Franciscan Hospital for Children We proudly support Franciscan Hospital for Children, one of the largest pediatric rehabilitation hospitals in the country. Most recently, we are underwriting an intensive adaptive sports program for children to help increase their muscular development and self-esteem.
10 / Accessibility
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Pacific Science Center We’ve been a prominent donor to the Pacific Science Center, which welcomes over 770,000 visitors a year. The Autism Early Open program allows access for children with disabilities.
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Pacific Science Center / 13
Community Rowing We are deeply proud to support the Military and Para Rowing Program for veterans, as well as the Youth Para Program for teens; all are benefiting from a sense of independence and belonging.
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Community Rowing / 15
Liberty Mutual Insurance Universally Accessible Playground With our $1 million gift, we made Boston’s first universally accessible playground possible. Located at the Thomas M. Menino Park next to the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, our playground was recently named one of the top ten playgrounds in Massachusetts.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Universally Accessible Playground / 17
2,715
748,596 meals provided
articles of clothing provided
382
bus tickets provided
402
young adults making gains in employment
3,478
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Our longtime partner has received gifts for its Life Essential Funds, street outreach and, most recently, Compassionate Care for Teens, which offers medical checkups and treatment for youth who are homeless or living in shelters.
19,327
people accessing healthcare
bed-nights of emergency shelter provided
709
clients with positive gains in health indicators
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1,005 individuals gaining stable housing
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless / 19
Summer Camp Fund (Associated Grantmakers) Our lead grant of $570,000 will allow more than 800 homeless children to attend summer camps. Families are referred by over 30 shelters and agencies.
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Summer Camp Fund (Associated Grantmakers) / 21
Pine Street Inn A recipient of charitable gifts for countless years, including a $1 million gift to its shelter-to-housing programs, Pine Street is the largest resource for homeless men and women in New England.
22 / Security
Pine Street Inn / 23
Rosie’s Place A longtime grant recipient and the first woman-only shelter in the country, Rosie’s provides a special environment for thousands of poor and homeless women each year — a place of dignity and respect.
24 / Security
Rosie’s Place / 25
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Our giving underwrites services to thousands of homeless teens and young adults including medical and dental care, emergency shelter, counseling, GED programs, and street outreach. Our most recent gift will expand transitional housing.
26 / Security
Bridge Over Troubled Waters / 27
492
teens and young adults obtaining employment
1,241
3,767
Boston Collegiate Charter School Our giving will increase access to a quality education for children from low-income families and students with disabilities on their path to higher education, ensuring that 100 percent of graduating seniors are accepted to four-year colleges.
students engaged in arts-driven learning
young children increasing kindergarten readiness
157
349
youth obtaining GED
college graduates
955 college enrollments
250
youth achieving English-language proficiency
404
youth re-engaging in education
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3,837
youth in positive mentoring relationships
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Artists For Humanity Our $1 million gift will establish the Liberty Mutual Career Center at Artists For Humanity, providing a new pre-apprenticeship training program to prepare young adults for success in the creative arts and the trades.
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Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Our neighbors BCNC are a pillar of the community, offering services to 2,000 families annually. With programs ranging from day care, music classes, youth leadership, English-language learning and elder services, BCNC holistically nurtures the community.
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Higher Education Resource Center (HERC) Our significant investment in HERC is changing the lives of 1,100 mostly first-generation black and Latino students, helping them beat the odds with nearly 90 percent admission to college. Our gift is transforming HERC into a citywide franchise.
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YMCA of Greater Seattle Our gift is underwriting Powerful Schools, which brings resources to needy schools, empowering children and families with effective, early academic support programs.
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YMCA of Greater Seattle / 37
Nativity Preparatory With its insistence on educational excellence, family involvement and rigorous standards, this free education model is unique. Nativity Preparatory improves college readiness and attendance for its male students, bucking national trends.
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Nurtury Our gift makes it possible for neighborhood children ages 5-8 to attend an enriched, exploratory, art-focused after-school program in this awesome new facility.
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100 Ways Recipients 826 Boston Asian American Civic Association Atlantic Street Center Beacon Academy Beacon Communities/Youth STEAM After-School Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Boston After School & Beyond Boston Arts Academy Foundation Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Boston Collegiate Charter School Boston Higher Education Resource Center Boston PIC Re-Engagement Center Boston Preparatory Charter Public School Boston Public Schools – Reading Recovery Bottom Line – Boston Growth Initiative Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Boys & Girls Clubs of King County Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County BPE Bridge Over Troubled Waters BUILD – Youth Entrepreneurship Caribbean Youth Club Cathedral High School Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program
#opportunityhere
Catholic Schools Foundation
With a deep commitment to the long-term power of education, we invested in 100 inspiring organizations for their groundbreaking work with children, teens and young adults. Our community partners are offering early reading instruction, tutoring for high school students, English-language learning, assistance with college completion, vocational training and more. Their individual and collective impact is staggering.
Citizens Schools City Year Boston City Year Seattle/King County Codman Academy Foundation College Access Now Communities in Schools of Auburn Communities in Schools of Lakewood Communities in Schools of Peninsula
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Communities in Schools of Puyallup
Northwest School for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children
Communities in Schools of Seattle
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Communities In Schools of Tacoma
Nurtury Learning Lab After-School
Community Day Care
OSA Academy
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Rainier Scholars
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – STEM After-School
Refugee Women’s Alliance Youth Tutoring Program
Esperanza Academy
Roca
Fenway High School – Extended Learning Program
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School
Freedom House
Science from Scientists – Boston STEM Enrichment
Friends of the Children – Seattle
Seattle Education Access
Future Chefs – Culinary Pathways
Seattle Urban Academy
Generations Incorporated
Sociedad Latina – Education Pathway
Goodwill Education Access Program
South Seattle College 13th Year Program
Greater Lawrence Family Health – Latino Nursing Program
Steppingstone Foundation – College Success Academy
Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas
Summer Search Boston
Hull Lifesaving Museum – Boston Home Waters Program
Summer Search Seattle
Hyde Square Task Force
Team Read
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción – After School & Summer Learning
The Boston Debate League
Julie’s Family Learning Program
The Match Foundation – Match Beyond
Juma Ventures
The Posse Boston
Jumpstart
Treehouse
Kent Youth and Family Services
uAspire
KIPP Academy Boston
UMass Boston – Urban Scholars
Lawrence CommunityWorks – Movement City Youth Network
University of Washington Dream Project
Let’s Get Ready Greater Boston MathPOWER Summer Academy Merrimack Valley YMCA – Adelante Education Center Metropolitan Development Council More Than Words Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center Nativity Preparatory Boston
The Learning Project – August Scholars
VietAID Leadership Alliance Washington Alliance for Better Schools West End House Boys & Girls Club Work Force Development Center WriteBoston Year Up, Boston YMCA of Greater Seattle
Neighborhood House North Seattle College HS Degree Completion Northeastern University – Foundation Year 44 / 100 Ways Campaign
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123M
$
9-year giving total
7,646 charities receiving pledges
$
442
average employee gift
71%
50%
participation
match with no upper limit
100%
admin costs covered by Liberty Mutual
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Give with Liberty Our 2015 nationwide employee-giving program, Give with Liberty, has once again illustrated the incredible generosity of employees. An astounding 71 percent of Liberty employees donated to 7,646 charities. With Liberty’s 50% match, these pledges total more than $18 million. Equally inspiring is the celebration of giving that takes place during the pledge weeks.
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2,548 projects completed worldwide
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129,693
countries participated
hours served
28,238 employees served
54% global employee participation
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Employee Service / 51
Serve with Liberty Through our employee service program, Serve with Liberty, 28,238 employees served on 2,548 projects at 936 charities around the world last year. By participating in this global, annual event, our employees have the chance to share their passion for service while helping some awesome nonprofit organizations.
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2015 Grants ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
ACCESSIBILITY Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
$20,000
To support the WorkSMART prevocational program at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Bay Cove Human Services, Inc.
$55,000
To support the Small Wonders Early Intervention Program that ensures children under age 3 from low-income families achieve optimal assessment and development. To support the Professional Employment Initiative, which provides comprehensive education, training and support to adults with cognitive and psychiatric disabilities.
Best Buddies Massachusetts Boston Children’s Museum Boston Collegiate Charter School Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Boston Landmarks Orchestra
$50,000
To support the Jobs program, which assists young adults with intellectual and development disabilities in finding competitive, integrated employment.
ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Federation for Children with Special Needs
$10,000
To support the Community Outreach and Empowerment Project, which provides assistance to multi-lingual families of children with special needs.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc.
$44,000
To support the Include All Girls Initiative, which provides programming so that all girls, regardless of ability or disability, can fully participate in activities.
Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center
$10,000
To empower children and adults with hearing loss and speech-language challenges to reach their full potential, regardless of income.
Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled, Inc.
$30,000
To provide no-cost, in-home assistance and companionship by trained capuchin monkeys to adults living with paralysis as a result of injury or illness.
Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
$25,000
To launch the Morningstar Program, which makes low-stimulation museum visits available to families with children who are frail and/or have disabilities. (Multi-Year Grant)
To expand access for theater patrons with vision and hearing impairments through audio descriptions, ASL interpretations and assistive listening devices.
Jewish Vocational Service
$20,000
$10,000
To enhance the Student Support Staff Development Program that aids students with disabilities as they pursue acceptance at four-year colleges.
To support Transitions to Work, a program designed to serve 18- to 22-year-old students with disabilities who lack opportunities to enter competitive employment.
KIPP Massachusetts
$20,000
$5,000
To support the efforts of the Gay Men’s Chorus to make performances available to the LGBT deaf and hard of hearing community.
To support the Full Inclusion Program that integrates special education students into all classes and activities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Misericordia Home
To increase access to music and inclusion through the Breaking Down Barriers program which provides ASL interpretation and other accommodations to people with disabilities.
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc.
$25,000
To support Project SEARCH, which helps young adults with disabilities transition from school to the workplace.
$150,000
$30,000
$5,000
To provide operating support to maximize the potential of more than 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities who live in a dedicated residential facility.
Boston Youth Service Network
$25,000
To help improve the quality and diversity of services for youth at risk that will allow them to develop the skills and support structure to become productive adults.
Morningside
$10,000
To help high school seniors learn workplace skills through the High School Transition Program for Students with Disabilities.
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
$10,000
To provide weekly string-instrument lessons to kindergarteners and first graders with a range of abilities and disabilities.
Outdoors for All Foundation
$20,000
To enrich the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities through outdoor recreation.
To enhance interdisciplinary early intervention services for young children with special needs and their families. (Multi-Year Grant)
Pacific Science Center
$75,000
To enhance the Exploration for All: Autism Early Open program, which provides families of children on the autism spectrum a chance to experience the science center.
Boyer Children’s Clinic
$150,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester
$25,000
To support Project Boston Inclusion Network for Disabilities (B.I.N.D.), which is designed to connect youth with disabilities to their peers through educational and social activities.
Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.
$75,000
Carroll Center for the Blind, Inc.
$51,000
To promote vocational programming and job readiness training for blind and visually impaired job seekers. To ensure that Roxbury Community College online content is accessible to all students who are blind or deaf, or who have physical or cognitive challenges, in preparation for careers.
To support Pathways to Inclusion (P2I), a web-based technical assistance program for groups engaging youth with disabilities. To support the Youth Empowerment Program, an inclusive career development experience that addresses barriers to employment by giving teens and young adults the tools, resources and skills they need to succeed.
Seattle Children’s Theatre Association
$25,000
To expand theater access to children in Washington with autism spectrum disorders so they can experience the developmental benefits of live theater.
Cincinnati Museum Association
$5,000
To support the development of accessibility programs for museum visitors with memory loss, sight impairment, hearing impairment and developmental disabilities.
Seattle Public Library Foundation
$60,000
To purchase accessibility kits for all library branch locations, giving patrons who need additional support the ability to use library resources. (Multi-Year Grant)
Citizens Schools, Inc.
$20,000
To expand the learning day for middle school students of all abilities in low-income communities to help them develop the skills, attitudes and aspirations to succeed.
Special Olympics Massachusetts
$30,000
Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI)
$55,000
To support the expansion of the Military and Para Rowing Program, which improves the quality of life for military veterans and people with disabilities. To support the Youth Para and Inclusion Rowing program, which provides youth with disabilities the opportunity participate in the sport of rowing.
To support Project Unify, which brings students with and without intellectual disabilities together through education and sports initiatives to create more inclusive school communities.
Stepping Stones, Inc.
Community Service Care, Inc.
$7,500
To support Families Creating Together, an inclusive, intergenerational creative arts program for children with and without disabilities and their families.
To support the Adult Day Services program, which helps more than 150 adults with disabilities develop healthy, active lifestyles and increase independence and confidence.
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Inc.
$12,500
To improve access for all to at Shakespeare on the Common performances by providing open captioning, audio descriptions, ASL interpretation, and Braille and large-print programs.
$50,000
To support Camp Shriver’s year-round programming for children with and without disabilities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Crossroads for Kids, Inc.
$10,000
To support Camp Mitton, a residential summer camp program for 200 youth with disabilities, ages 7-13.
University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.
Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities, Inc.
$15,000
To support Project HOPE, which provides accessible, culturally appropriate health support services and education in ASL to improve self-management skills for chronic health conditions in deaf adults.
VSA Massachusetts
Disability Policy Consortium
$10,000
To support the Emergency Preparedness Project, which is designed to help people with disabilities be more prepared when faced with an emergency or natural disaster.
Wheelock College
Easter Seals Massachusetts
$13,000
To support job-readiness and youth development services to help individuals with disabilities gain the skills necessary to obtain employment and/or higher education.
Youth Challenge
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$5,000
$8,900
To support the COOL Schools program, which provides teaching artists, classroom coaching and support to meet the needs of students with a range of abilities and disabilities.
$15,000
To support the Wheelock Family Theatre’s drama education classes in partnership with the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
$5,000
To support adaptive sports and recreational programs for children with physical disabilities, promoting self-discovery, new skills and self-esteem.
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2015 Grants ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
SECURITY
ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Cambridge Family and Children’s Service
$15,000
To support the Pathways Advisor Program, which prepares state-involved adolescents in residential programs to live on their own.
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc.
$20,000
To enable the Nazareth Residence to offer additional emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless mothers and children living with HIV/AIDS. (Multi-Year Grant)
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
$25,000
To support the development of trauma-informed youth services by providing training for 60 staff members and implementation of practices to serve 1,300 youth annually.
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
$50,000
To support the renovation of a new facility in Harvard Square staffed by Youth on Fire (of AAC) and Phillips Brook House Volunteers; Y2Y will be an emergency shelter and a drop-in center for homeless young adults and at-risk youth.
Center for Respite Care
Alternatives to Hunger
$15,000
To provide fresh, local food to hungry families through the Bellingham Food Bank’s Healthy Food Program.
Centerstone of Seattle
$5,000
To support efforts to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through research and to provide care and support for those affected by the disease.
Children’s Hospital Boston
$25,000
To support the Service to the Armed Forces program, which helps family members cope with challenges while their loved one is deployed and eases the transition back home.
Christian Layman Corps
To provide disaster relief and compassionate care to those in need by delivering shelter, food, mental health services and financial assistance.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
$10,000
To provide relief to those affected by disasters and empower residents to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies in one of the most disaster-prone areas of the country.
To support the Mayerson Center in its efforts to provide child abuse victims with a recorded forensic interview that can be used in court proceedings, and ultimately help the child feel safe.
Clark County Food Bank
$20,000
To support the Fresh Alliance program, which delivers over 5 million pounds of food to hungry families through its network of food pantries and meal-serving sites across Clark County.
Coastal Harvest
$15,000
To purchase healthy, nutritious food and distribute it to hunger-relief agencies in Grays Harbor, Pacific, Mason, Lewis, Thurston, Jefferson and Wahkiakum counties.
Cocoon House
$15,000
To provide emergency services, supplies, food and shelter to homeless youth in Snohomish County through Cocoon House’s Street Outreach program.
Community Outreach, Inc.
$15,000
To provide emergency services, including crisis intervention, food and temporary shelter, to Linn and Benton County community members.
Community Servings
$35,000
To support the Nutrition Program for Homeless Individuals and Families Affected by Critical Illness, which provides 30,000 medically tailored meals annually.
Community Youth Services
$15,000
To support Rosie’s Place Drop-In Center and the Young Adult Shelter as they provide safe environments for high-risk homeless youth in Thurston County.
Compass Housing Alliance
$25,000
To deliver shelter, access to health care, mail services and meals to 1,000 homeless men and women daily.
Crittenton Women’s Union
$40,000
To make emergency, transitional and supportive housing possible for more than 420 families each year who are seeking self-sufficiency. (Multi-Year Grant)
DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center)
$25,000
To provide basic needs services, including food, shelter, clothing and medical care, to those who are homeless and struggling to survive on the streets.
Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle & King County
$25,000
To provide emergency food assistance to individuals and families in need through 214 partner agencies across King County.
$15,000
To support the Co-op Food Purchase program, which provides hunger and nutrition assistance to low-income families in Pierce County, WA.
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. American Red Cross
American Red Cross of Massachusetts American Red Cross serving Dallas Fort Worth
$30,000 $5,000
Associated Grantmakers, Inc.
$670,000
Attain Housing (formerly KITH)
$20,000
To provide transitional housing and case management services to King County homeless families with children.
Auburn Youth Resources
$15,000
To provide basic needs, including shelter, meals and practical support for homeless youth at the Arcadia Drop-In Center in South King County.
Bethlehem Inn
$10,000
To provide emergency housing, nutritious meals and clothing to more than 1,600 adults and children in central and eastern Oregon.
Birthday Wishes Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
$5,000 $70,000
To support the Summer Fund, which provides access to summer programs for more than 800 homeless youth. (Multi-Year Grant)
To provide monthly birthday parties to homeless children at shelters, including cake, games, goody bags and gifts. To support the organization’s response to the Long Island Bridge closure by funding health care teams to offer treatment within temporary shelters and other sites. To make health care accessible and responsive to homeless youths by providing preventive care, screenings and treatment for medical and behavioral health conditions.
$5,000
To support residential, medical respite care for up to 150 sick homeless individuals in Cincinnati each year, as well as to help them transition to suitable housing after recovery to break the cycle of homelessness.
$10,000
To expand the number of hungry people reached in Seattle’s Central Area neighborhood and to distribute nutritious food through the Centerstone Food Bank.
$150,000
$7,500
To support the Injury Prevention Program, which seeks to increase access to vital education, training and safety resources to improve the health of at-risk youth. (Multi-Year Grant) To provide needy families in southwestern Pennsylvania with food, clothing, household items and furniture.
Boston Medical Center Corporation
$750,000
Boston Rescue Mission
$30,000
To provide daily and overnight shelter 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as well as meals, community referrals and recovery services to homeless individuals. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Youth Service Network
$40,000
To improve the quality and diversity of services for at-risk youth that support the development of academic, work-readiness and life skills to become productive adults.
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma-Pierce County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County
$15,000
To provide healthy, satisfying meals outside of school to low-income youth of Snohomish County through the Kid’s Café program.
End 68 Hours of Hunger
$5,000
To provide elementary school children in need with a backpack of food every weekend containing two breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners.
Bread of Life Mission
$10,000
To provide basic shelter services, including food, clothing and supportive relationships, to chronically homeless individuals.
Family Promise of Northern New Castle County, Inc.
$5,000
To support the Hospitality Shelter Network, which provides food and temporary shelter for up to four families/14 individuals at a time on a rotating basis.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
$75,000
To provide new furnishings as part of a residential rehab and expansion that will enhance program outcomes for homeless and at-risk youth. To support emergency services for homeless youth, including a transitional day program drop-in center, an emergency residence transitional living shelter and a warming center for winter nights.
Family Service of Greater Boston, Inc. (FSGB)
$35,000
To support the Family Independence Teen Living Program, a residential program for homeless teen mothers.
FamilyAid Boston
$50,000
To support and enhance programs that provide emergency shelter, transitional housing and affordable permanent housing to homeless families. (Multi-Year Grant)
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To strengthen existing hospital-based programs for children and families who experience traumatic events, including violence, domestic violence and maltreatment. (Multi-Year Grant)
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2015 Grants ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
ORGANIZATION
FareStart
$150,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse
$20,000
To support the Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless, which provides free legal service to homeless and near-homeless individuals.
Lift Urban Portland
$10,000
To help ensure more than 750 low-income Portland residents have access to healthy food each month, as well as a connection to a community support network.
Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly
$15,000
To improve the lives of poor and isolated elderly neighbors by providing physical and emotional support.
Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, Inc.
$15,000
To provide interventions, support and services designed to meet the needs of runaway and homeless youth ages 11- 21 in Lane County.
Low Income Housing Institute
$20,000
To provide hygiene, health, information and referral services to 6,070 homeless men, women and children annually at Urban Rest Stop locations.
To double the number of youth participants in FareStart’s Youth Barista Program, providing homeless youth with life skills, job training and employment opportunities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Food for Free Committee
$10,000
To improve access to healthy foods for more than 25,000 people by rescuing fresh food (food that might otherwise be discarded) and distributing it to those in need.
Food Lifeline
$25,000
To distribute 36 million pounds of food to hundreds of local food banks and meal programs serving 82,000 meals a day to hungry people throughout western Washington state.
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Friends of Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, Inc. (JCHE)
$25,000
Friends of the Homeless, Inc.
$40,000
To provide 24-hour access for individuals seeking meals, emergency shelter services and care, and to offer assistance in moving to low-income housing. (Multi-Year Grant)
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio
$5,000
To support a system of food pantries in Ohio that provide 2.2 million meals to 80,000 individuals in 13 counties annually.
Friends of Youth
$15,000
To support The Landing, the only emergency overnight shelter in east King County for homeless youth.
Make-A-Wish of Nebraska
$2,500
To support efforts to grant the wishes of children in Nebraska diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions.
FriendshipWorks
$45,000
To enhance the dignity, quality of life and social networks of isolated elders and senior citizens with disabilities by providing friendship, assistance and emotional support. (Multi-Year Grant)
Maple Valley Food Bank and Emergency Services
$10,000
To deliver nearly one million pounds of food and other emergency services to low-income residents in Maple Valley.
Gavin Foundation
$20,000
To support a new, school-based program connecting public school students ages 14-22 to extended alcohol and drug use/abuse education, counseling and treatment services.
Mary’s Place Seattle
$20,000
To empower homeless women and children to reclaim their lives by providing shelter, nourishment, resources, healing and hope in a safe community.
Heading Home, Inc.
$20,000
To support the Dorchester Family Congregate Shelters in their efforts to help more than 100 formerly homeless people each year obtain and maintain a home. (Multi-Year Grant)
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
$40,000
To support the Teen Care Initiative as it partners with area high schools to distribute warm clothes and toiletries to homeless students and those from low-income families. (Multi-Year Grant)
Hopelink
$30,000
To support the Client Services Food Program, which provides access to nutritious food for low-income families, seniors and individuals in east King County through five local food banks.
Horizons for Homeless Children
$55,000
To support the Community Children’s Centers, which provide early education and important nurturing for homeless children ages 2 months to 5 years old.
Human Solutions
$15,000
To increase capacity in the Emergency Shelter Services for Homeless Families Program, which provides safe shelter and intensive case management to 750 individuals.
Impact NW
$15,000
To reach 1,500 families with the resources necessary to secure financial independence by providing housing and case management services through Impact NW’s Homeless Families Program. To provide disaster relief following the earthquake in Nepal.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the United Nations, Inc. Interseminarian Project Place
$176,000
$20,000
Irish International Immigrant Center, Inc.
$30,000
Jubilee Women’s Center
$20,000
Justice Resource Institute, Inc.
KeySteps, Inc.
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$105,000
$20,000
To support the Falls Prevention Initiative, which enables a diverse group of lowincome older adults to avoid hospitalizations, costly nursing home care and serious disabilities.
To support the Homeless Resource Center, which aims to meet the basic needs of individuals experiencing homelessness, including helping them clear barriers to employment and housing. To provide legal services for homeless immigrant students, including work authorization, access to college and greater stability in their lives. To support the Jubilee Women’s Center, which helps women in Seattle experiencing poverty and homelessness build stable and fulfilling futures. To support YouthHarbors, which helps homeless high school students by providing the support system, work experience, and life skills necessary to graduate and succeed as adults. (Multi-Year Grant) To support the Health Youth Housing Solutions Program, which provides rental stipends and support for young homeless individuals. To support the work of staff dedicated to ameliorating the root causes of long-term homelessness for young adults.
Massachusetts General Hospital
$500,000
To support the Visiting Moms Program, which provides home visitors to new, high-risk immigrant and refugee mothers to promote healthy, long-term outcomes for families. (Multi-Year Grant) To enhance the Center for Global Health Disaster Response Program’s ability to react immediately and effectively to natural or man-made humanitarian emergencies worldwide. (Multi-Year Grant)
Millionair Club, Inc.
$10,000
To provide meals, access to hygiene services and daily job placements to over 400 homeless adults in King County.
More Than Words
$20,000
To help prevent youth homelessness by increasing training and curriculum on homelessness and housing stability for youth and staff.
Neighborcare Health
$15,000
To provide Seattle’s homeless and at-risk youth with easier access to primary medical, dental and mental health services through the Homeless Youth Clinic.
Neighborhood House
$15,000
To help homeless and at-risk clients obtain and retain safe, permanent housing through the Housing Stability Program.
New Avenues for Youth
$10,000
To support a drop-in day services center, where youth have their basic needs met and are connected to professional staff to begin addressing barriers to exiting street life.
New England Center for Homeless Veterans
$50,000
To provide supportive services, shelter, medical care, meals and clothing for homeless and at-risk veterans to help them achieve independence. (Multi-Year Grant)
New Phoebe House Association
$7,500
To provide 40- 45 Pierce County families experiencing homelessness, trauma, addictions and health issues with comprehensive services and support.
North Helpline
$10,000
To provide multiple basic-needs services to those in need in Seattle communities.
Northwest Harvest EMM
$20,000
To distribute more than 30 million pounds of nutritious food every year to over 360 food banks, meal programs and high-need schools.
Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA)
$15,000
To help over 200 families every year transition from or avoid homelessness by providing shelter, case management, rapid rehousing and homeless prevention programs.
Northwest Youth Services
$30,000
To support the Positive Adolescent Development Emergency Housing program, which provides shelter, food and support services for homeless teens in Whatcom County.
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One Way Farm of Fairfeld, Inc.
GRANT DESCRIPTION
$5,000
To provide shelter, food and clothing to children and youth ages 6-18 who have been abused, abandoned or neglected, or who are victims of human trafficking.
Open Pantry Community Services, Inc.
$30,000
To support Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, which provides prepared meals to individuals and families in need in Springfield. (Multi-Year Grant)
Operation Nightwatch
$15,000
To provide basic shelter, food, support and safety to homeless adults.
Oregon Food Bank
$15,000
To provide emergency food to low-income children and their families through the School Pantry Program.
Our Daily Bread
$10,000
To provide warm lunchtime meals, an after-school program and social services in a welcoming community space to the homeless and poor in Cincinnati.
Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank
$20,000
Pine Street Inn
$110,000
$30,000
To support the involvement of 30 homeless youth, ages 11- 21, in the Pathways to Success programs, which are designed to increase academic performance and build work readiness skills.
Solid Ground Washington
$20,000
To help over 1,600 homeless children and their parents obtain safe, stable housing and connect them with supportive services.
Springfield Rescue Mission, Inc.
$30,000
To support emergency service programs for the poor and homeless, which provides shelter and services to homeless men and low-income seniors, individuals and families. (Multi-Year Grant)
Square One
$14,000
To support the Hotel Families Assistance Project, which seeks to provide for the winter emergency and basic needs of more than 400 homeless families living in hotels in the Springfield area. (Multi-Year Grant)
To provide meals, case management and healthy activities for low-income and homeless older adults.
St. Francis House
$70,000
To increase capacity at the high-demand Shattuck Shelter during the cold winter months. (Multi-Year Grant) To replace the outdated life safety and fire alarm system at the Men’s Inn emergency shelter with a new one as part of the Five-Year Capital Improvements Plan.
To expand services provided to homeless adults by offering meals, clothing, access to medical care, counseling, vocational rehabilitation and housing needed to rebuild their lives. (Multi-Year Grant)
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children
$40,000
To create and staff the sensory room at the Bridge Home for children up to 12 years old to receive occupational therapy and other residential services.
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore
$15,000
To support Camp St. Vincent, a free, all-inclusive, eight-week day camp for homeless children ages 5-13 in the Baltimore area.
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.
$15,000
To provide emergency services to homeless and low-income people in Lane County and help create opportunities for their future self-sufficiency through jobs, retraining and affordable housing.
Street Youth Ministries
$10,000
To provide resources and a safe environment where homeless youth can experience healing and hope for the future.
Teen Feed
$40,000
To connect street-involved, service-resistant and newly homeless youth with vital services and resources. To support the Meal Program, which provides homeless youth, ages 13-25, with nutritious food and connections to support services at three locations in King County.
The Elizabeth Stone House, Inc.
$13,000
To provide food, clothing, medication and other basics to homeless and at-risk individuals and families, especially survivors of domestic violence and related trauma.
The Giving Plate, Inc.
$10,000
To provide monthly boxes of nutritious food for persons who experience homelessness and live with low incomes or unemployment.
$10,000
To deliver critical, supportive housing services to over 1,000 formerly homeless residents of Plymouth Housing Group.
Project Bread – The Walk for Hunger, Inc.
$10,000
To support and enhance services for Boston’s growing homeless population.
Project Hope
$40,000
To stabilize and support homeless and at-risk families in a friendly environment, where mothers and children can find and maintain an affordable home. (Multi-Year Grant)
Rising out of the Shadows (ROOTS)
$15,000
To provide shelter and other essential services to homeless young adults in the Seattle University District through the ROOTS Young Adult Shelter.
Roca, Inc.
$30,000
To support case management and supportive services for high-risk young men aged 17- 24 who face homelessness or housing instability.
Room to Grow National, Inc.
$15,000
To provide low-income parents with guidance and equipment to support their children’s physical, social and cognitive health during the first three years of life.
Rosie’s Place
$40,000
To provide a safe and secure environment for poor and homeless women to maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.
Rotary First Harvest
$15,000
To connect a statewide network of food producers, distributors and food banks and to distribute millions of pounds of food throughout Washington state.
Salvation Army of Palm Beach County
$2,500
To provide general operating support for the organization’s programs and services.
Samaritans, Inc.
$5,000
$2,500
The Greater Boston Food Bank, Inc.
$140,000
To support the End Hunger Here campaign by providing 150,000 meals to those in need across eastern Massachusetts. (Multi-Year Grant) To support the Child Hunger Initiative by purchasing 200,000 pounds of fresh produce for Boston children in need.
The Home for Little Wanderers
$30,000
To support Greater Boston Youth Suicide Prevention Services, including a new state-specific crisis text line, youth community education and workshops, and online emotional support.
To support and enhance two programs that address the needs of youth, ages 18-22 who have aged out, or are about to age out, of the foster care system: YARN and Roxbury Village.
The Rescue Mission
$30,000
To provide an average of 700 meals every day to people who are homeless, poor and hungry through the Good Neighbor Café.
To meet the emergency and ongoing needs of low-income families and individuals by providing food, personal care products and education for healthy living.
The Salvation Army
$12,885
To support and enhance services for Boston’s growing homeless population.
The Sophia Way
$15,000
To support the Sophia’s Place Shelter Program, which offers shelter for women at night for up to six months and a pathway to housing and a better future.
Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane
$10,000
To provide food, shelter, clothing and urgent medical care to over 1,500 homeless women and children in the Spokane area.
Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
$30,000
To support Renewal House, which provides emergency shelter and services to individuals and families fleeing domestic violence. (Multi-Year Grant)
Seattle Indian Center
$15,000
To increase the capacity to provide Native Americans and their families with their unmet needs, including meals, shelter, transportation, food bags and supportive services.
Second Harvest Inland Northwest
$25,000
To provide 26 million pounds of free food, including 12 million pounds of fresh produce, to fill nutritional gaps for low-income families and seniors.
Senior Services
$25,000
To provide 12,000 meals to seniors and disabled adults in King County through the Meals on Wheels program.
Senior Services of Snohomish County
$20,000
To create a community where seniors and people with disabilities are valued and their physical, emotional and social needs are met.
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
Sociedad Latina, Inc.
Plymouth Housing Group
Seacoast Family Food Pantry
ORGANIZATION
University District Service League
$100,000
To support the Fight Hunger, Build Hope capital campaign, which will provide a new food bank location to respond to the needs of low-income households in Northeast Seattle. (Multi-Year Grant)
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Victory Programs, Inc.
GRANT DESCRIPTION
$80,000
To provide 36,000 meals and support for more than 1,100 individuals living with HIV/ AIDS, many of whom are homeless or living in poverty. (Multi-Year Grant) To support the Home Soon Initiative, which provides dedicated staff, short-term rental assistance and trained shelter case managers to help homeless families.
Vine Maple Place
$25,000
To help low-income families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness by providing housing assistance and other services to help stabilize parents and their children.
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, Inc.
$30,000
To support the Family Stabilization Initiative, which provides pro bono civil legal services to low-income families in the areas of family law, housing and bankruptcy.
Volunteers of America Inc.
$15,000
To purchase and distribute 2.5 million pounds of emergency food each year through the Everett Food Bank and Snohomish County Distribution Centers.
Wheeler Mission Ministries
$5,000
To provide operating support for services that provide housing, clothing and bed nights to homeless men and women in Indianapolis.
Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen
$15,000
To help hungry women and children by providing nutritious, homemade meals in a welcoming restaurant setting and at multiple partner sites across Spokane.
Women’s Lunch Place
$50,000
To provide women in need with meals six days a week, job readiness skills, supportive counseling and other human services during the day when overnight shelters are closed. (Multi-Year Grant)
YMCA of Greater Boston
$1,000,000
To help renovate the first “Y” in the USA — the Huntington Avenue YMCA — and to ensure a wonderful, accessible building for individuals and families. (Multi-Year Grant)
Youthcare
$20,000
To provide Seattle’s homeless youth with over 24,000 meals annually at the James W. Ray Orion Center.
YWCA of Seattle King County – Snohomish County
$15,000
To deliver emergency and transitional housing to families in King County and Snohomish County.
OPPORTUNITY 826 Boston
$60,000
To replicate the Writers’ Room project in a new partner school and expand academic opportunities for 1,200 low-income students. (Multi-Year Grant)
Academy of the Pacific Rim
$15,000
To support summer programming for fifth- to eighth-grade students that provides academic support and social skills development.
African Community Education Development of New England
$20,000
To enhance the Youth in Charge program, which helps immigrant high school students achieve individual success in education and employment.
American Red Cross of Massachusetts
$50,000
To increase the number of young adults from low-income areas in the Nurse Assistant Training Program who will be qualified to take and pass the Certified Nurse Assistant exam.
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Artists for Humanity, Inc. (AFH)
$5,000
$1,000,000
To support the Community Education Department’s after-school program, which offers economically disadvantaged children in grades 3-12 the opportunity for art and cultural education. To establish the Liberty Mutual Career Center, which will provide pre-apprenticeship, vocational training and special certification in artistic and work-related fields to young adults annually. (Multi-Year Grant)
ORGANIZATION
BalletRox, Inc.
GRANT DESCRIPTION
$7,500
To promote dance education in under-resourced public schools as an integrated part of the school day.
Beacon Academy
$40,000
To support the Alumni Program, which provides support for ongoing success in high school and college. (Multi-Year Grant)
Beacon Communities Charitable Fund, Inc.
$20,000
To expand science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics after-school programming for low-income students in grades K-12. (Multi-Year Grant)
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
$140,000
To support the Dual Enrollment Program designed to support development of collegelevel study skills and paths to automotive and electrical jobs and to provide life skills crucial to academic success. (Multi-Year Grant)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County, Inc.
$5,000
To support a community-based mentoring program geared toward introducing strong, healthy adult friendships into the lives of at-risk children.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
$35,000
To support coaching and enrichment for children and youth living in housing developments to help place them on a path for college.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Inc.
$25,000
To support the Getting Girls to Great program, a community-based mentoring initiative designed to provide girls with tools to combat risk and make healthy decisions.
Blessed Stephen Bellesini, OSA Academy, Inc.
$20,000
To enhance the Alumni Support Program, which provides assistance with the high school admission process, developing plans for college and life beyond school. (MultiYear Grant)
Boston After School & Beyond
$50,000
To support citywide programming for high-need students to prevent summer learning loss and to improve skills associated with success in school, college and careers. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Arts Academy Foundation
$45,000
To support the Building Reading Bridges program that supports high school students reading below grade level due to learning disabilities, language barriers or social issues. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Ballet
$75,000
To support the Education and Community Initiatives that seek to enhance access to dance excellence in public schools and neighborhood sites. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Center for the Arts
$25,000
To support the Performing Arts Residency Program that provides technical support and space for small local theater and dance companies so they can reach out to underserved communities.
Boston Children’s Chorus
$20,000
To provide children, aged 7-18, from diverse backgrounds with intensive choral training and performing experience. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc.
$60,000
To support the Chinese Immigrant Student Leadership program, which equips Chinese immigrant youth with the skills to achieve postsecondary success. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Collegiate Charter School Foundation, Inc.
$40,000
To support Project PEAR, which improves the social and emotional wellness of fifth and sixth graders experiencing behavioral challenges, resulting in stronger academic performance. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Educational Development Foundation, Inc.
$120,000
To support the Reading Recovery program, which helps increase the reading proficiency of at-risk first-graders in two elementary schools. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boston Private Industry Council
$60,000
To support the Re-Engagement Center, which seeks to provide the resources and counseling needed to get dropouts and students who are behind in credits back on track to graduation. (Multi-Year Grant)
ArtsBoston
$20,000
To support the development of a web-based, comprehensive resource guide to free and low-cost cultural events for families.
Boston Youth Sanctuary, Inc.
$10,000
Asian American Civic Association
$30,000
To support the Next Step Transitional English Program, which addresses English language barriers and helps immigrant young adults pursue college, job training and employment. (Multi-Year Grant)
To support an integrative after-school program whose facilities and services address the needs of low-income youth who have experienced trauma.
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
$30,000
To support the Intensive Community Program, which offers string-instrument training for inner-city children ages 5 through high school. (Multi-Year Grant)
Atlantic Street Center
$60,000
To support the Summer Academy, which offers academic summer instruction and social skill-building activities to 100 pre-K through fifth grade low-income students. (Multi-Year Grant)
Bottom Line, Inc.
$115,000
To support the Boston Growth Initiative, which provides low-income and firstgeneration students with guidance to help them get into and graduate from college. (Multi-Year Grant)
B.E.L.L. Foundation, Inc.
$75,000
To expand BELL Smarter Summers instruction in English-language arts, math, arts and physical fitness for students in grades 4-8.
Boys & Girls Club of Hamilton, Inc.
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$5,000
To support the Homework Help and Accelerated Reader programs that serve diverse youth living in poverty.
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue
$115,000
Catholic Schools Foundation
$140,000
To support Project Learn programming at three newly remodeled clubhouses, promoting graduation aspiration, good character and healthy lifestyles. (Multi-Year Grant) To improve academic success through BE GREAT: Graduate, a dropout prevention program that connects at-risk youth with educational mentors and resources. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
$150,000
To enable youth in need to enjoy membership in the Boys & Girls Clubs’ summer camp and the Mattapan Teen Center. (Multi-Year Grant)
Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc.
$25,000
To support Families First Head Start, which provides low-income, at-risk children up to age 5 with early learning, social and emotional development, and cognitive and language skills.
Chinese Information and Service Center
$30,000
To support the Parent-Child Home Program, which serves low-income Chinese and Vietnamese families in Seattle, to help prepare their 2- and 3-year-old children for success at school. (Multi-Year Grant)
$12,000
To support CincyDance!, which bring arts education to over 30 third grade classrooms in the form of in-school residencies.
$50,000
To support the Education Program that provides a variety of activities to help youth in grades K-12 reach educational milestones. (Multi-Year Grant)
Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
$30,000
To improve academic outcomes and prevent high-school dropout among low-income students through an after-school tutoring and mentoring program, BE GREAT: Graduate. (Multi-Year Grant)
Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
To support the Summer Boost program, which aims to counteract summer learning loss by giving 300 low-income third graders a pathway to success.
Cincinnati Museum Center
To support Project Learn, which provides at-risk youth with affordable after-school and summer programming that increases academic achievement and personal development.
Citizens Schools, Inc.
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County
$40,000
BPE
$100,000
To increase academic success for sixth- to ninth-graders through a graduation promotion initiative, BE GREAT: PREP, that provides year-round support for students at the highest risk of dropout. (Multi-Year Grant)
City on a Hill Charter Public School Circuit Street City Year Boston
$8,000
To support the Youth Programs, which promote workforce and life skills, leadership, high school completion and college prep for 167 teens from diverse backgrounds.
$100,000
To provide hands-on, project-based learning, targeted academic support and college and career preparation for middle school students. (Multi-Year Grant)
$20,000
To expand academic and student-centered services that reduce high school attrition.
$180,000
To engage students and families of the Dearborn STEM Academy through home visits, individual learning plans and involvement on the Student Leadership Council. (Multi-Year Grant)
To support the Whole School, Whole Child program, which brings 265 City Year corps members to work with 11,000 public school students on attendance, engagement and tutoring. (Multi-Year Grant) To help fund participation of Corps Members at the Acceleration Academies, which provide opportunities to school children for continued learning during vacation weeks. (Multi-Year Grant)
Breakthrough Greater Boston
$30,000
To support the expansion of a program that provides year-round academic services to highly motivated and traditionally underserved middle and high school students.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
$60,000
To support the Education and Career Development Program, which provides a career pathway continuum to help homeless youth develop the skills necessary to obtain a living wage. (Multi-Year Grant)
Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
$35,000
To provide over 6,500 at-risk and low-income K-12 students in Pierce County with arts-driven educational programs. (Multi-Year Grant)
Brookview House, Inc.
$20,000
To support year-round academic and social-emotional development programs for youth ages 16-19 who may be homeless or at risk of being disengaged from society.
College Access Now
Businesses United in Investing, Lending and Development (BUILD)
$40,000
To support the Youth Entrepreneurship Program, which seeks to motivate ninth-grade students at drop-out prone high schools to pursue graduation and college. (Multi-Year Grant)
Camp Joy Foundation
$10,000
To help youth from foster care agencies in southwest Ohio participate in outdoor learning experiences that teach life skills.
Caribbean Youth Club
$30,000
Cathedral High School, Inc.
$40,000
City Year Seattle/King County
$80,000
To engage young adults with service, leadership and civic engagement serving as tutors and mentors in high-poverty urban schools through the Whole School, Whole Child program. (Multi-Year Grant)
Codman Academy Foundation
$30,000
To provide small-group academic support, English language learner (ELL) services, advanced coursework, mental health counseling and college and career advising beyond the typical school day. (Multi-Year Grant)
$100,000
To empower students from low-income families to access, enroll in and graduate from college. (Multi-Year Grant)
College Bound Dorchester (CBD)
$40,000
To support the College Connections program, which provides proven-risk youth with academic and social-emotional support to get to and through college.
Communities In Schools of Auburn
$30,000
To provide integrated support and tutoring programs to help at-risk students at four elementary schools in Auburn succeed in school and achieve in life. (Multi-Year Grant)
To support the Haitian Girls Initiative, which provides academic support and social development training for immigrant girls aged 15-18. (Multi-Year Grant)
Communities In Schools of Lakewood
$30,000
To support the Extended Learning Time Program, which provides learning and instruction for seventh- to ninth-grade students requiring additional academic support. (Multi-Year Grant)
To empower 690 at-risk students in grades 2-12 to thrive in school through after-school math and reading programs, mentoring and field trips to colleges. (Multi-Year Grant)
Communities In Schools of Peninsula
$20,000
To connect at-risk elementary students in the Peninsula School District to critical educational and community resources and academic mentoring. (Multi-Year Grant)
Communities In Schools of Puyallup
$30,000
To prevent at-risk elementary students from dropping out by providing integrated services that focus on academic and nonacademic interventions, as well as tutoring services. (Multi-Year Grant)
Communities In Schools of Seattle
$20,000
To place case managers inside Seattle schools to assess students’ needs and provide academic support and resources to youth at the highest risk of dropping out. (Multi-Year Grant)
Communities In Schools of Tacoma
$30,000
To prevent at-risk high-school students in Tacoma from dropping out by providing the resources they need to graduate and reach their full potential. (Multi-Year Grant)
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc.
$35,000
To support the Youth Tutoring Youth program that connects school and community resources for a strong after-school program serving students in grades 3-5. To support the Teen Center at St. Peter’s, which serves over 500 youth annually in after-school programming.
Catholic Community Services of King County
$80,000
To support the Youth Tutoring Program, which provides tutors who inspire students living in public housing communities to achieve success in school. (Multi-Year Grant)
Catholic Inner-City Schools Education Fund
$20,000
To support eight inner-city Catholic elementary schools where children in need receive an excellent and affordable education.
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To support partnerships with community organizations and local artists to expand opportunities for underserved residents to attend live performing arts events.
Children’s Home Society of Washington
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound (BGCSPS)
$5,000
To support the Inner-City Scholarship Fund which offers partial academic scholarships to thousands of urban children. (Multi-Year Grant)
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Community Boat Building
$10,000
To support an experiential learning program for underserved fourth- and fifth-graders focused on boat building and other maritime learning activities.
Generations, Inc.
$70,000
To support the Reading Coaches program, which builds vocabulary and provides support for more than 400 children of color in grades 1-3. (Multi-Year Grant)
Community Day Care, Inc.
$20,000
To support the Expanded Learning Opportunities Project, which prepares low-income students in grades 6-8 to be academically successful in high school. (Multi-Year Grant)
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc.
$25,000
To support FaB Factor, a research-based, STEM out-of-school time program for girls K-12 designed to build self-esteem and leadership skills.
Community Music Center of Boston (CMCB)
$10,000
To support access to music education across income levels via community outreach and subsidized student fees at this venerable cultural institution.
Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region
$40,000
To support the Goodwill Education Access Program, which helps 16- to 21-year-olds obtain their GED and transition to a solid employment or postsecondary educational path. (Multi-Year Grant)
Great Miami Valley YMCA
$10,000
To support underserved communities in Hamilton through after-school activities, leadership classes, and summer programs.
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc.
$40,000
To develop a path for youth to become bilingual, bicultural healthcare workers and increase nursing opportunities for Latinos. (Multi-Year Grant)
Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas
$30,000
To improve educational achievement for low-income, minority children of immigrants with limited English proficiency who are one step behind their peers. (Multi-Year Grant)
Health Resources in Action, Inc.
$10,000
To support the Leaders Through Education, Action and Hope (LEAH) project, which employs low-income high school students as teachers and mentors in elementary after-school programs with STEM projects.
Congregacion Leon de Juda – Boston HERC
$215,000
To expand the Passport to College program making educational tutoring and counseling services available to as many as 1,100 first-generation students by fall 2017. (Multi-Year Grant)
Conservatory Lab Charter School
$30,000
To help integrate more than 275 new students and teachers into the school with a focus on project-based collaborative learning. (Multi-Year Grant)
Crispus Attucks Children’s Center
$25,000
To support early-education programming for nearly 200 children from 4-weeks to 6-years-old on a well-designed campus.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
$50,000
To strengthen after-school robotics and academic STEM programs for 60 English language learners and 60 non-English language learners in grades 4-8. (Multi-Year Grant)
Hull Lifesaving Museum
$20,000
Ecumenical Social Action Committee
$30,000
To expand and improve homelessness prevention services by providing time and training to dedicated case managers and direct financial assistance to enhance housing stability for at-risk students.
To support Home Waters, a harbor-based experiential learning program serving low-income youth ages 16-24. (Multi-Year Grant)
Humanities Washington
$30,000
To support Prime Time Family Reading, a family-based literacy curriculum that engages low-income and low-literacy families in exploration of the humanities.
Education Development Center, Inc.
$40,000
To support the MassCAN Initiative, which provides STEM professional development for 20 public high school teachers.
Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
$20,000
To provide support during a period of planning and possible relocation to a new performance facility.
El Centro de la Raza
$40,000
To support the Parent-Child Home Program, which serves low-income Latino families to help prepare their 2- and 3-year-old children for success at school. (Multi-Year Grant)
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
$250,000
To support the 66 Berkeley Street renovation and to create a safe, accessible, attractive and cost-effective program serving up to 100 children with early education and after-school programs. (Multi-Year Grant)
Ellis Memorial
To support the Afterschool and Summer Learning Program, which provides programming for English language learners (ELL) using research-based practices to increase English proficiency. (Multi-Year Grant)
“I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon
$20,000
To support the Dreamer School program, which prepares low-income, at-risk eighth graders for the transition to high school and sets them up for success in college.
Imagine Children’s Museum
$35,000
To support the Discovery Club 2015 Program, which provides a reading skills and intensive early intervention reading program for low-income students entering first and second grades.
Julie’s Family Learning Program
$30,000
To provide early learning and Montessori instruction for children ages 6-weeks to 6-years-old from low-income female-headed families. (Multi-Year Grant)
Juma Ventures
$30,000
To empower Seattle’s low-income youth to become the first in their families to complete a four-year college education by providing employment, financial capability and academic support. (Multi-Year Grant)
Jumpstart
$60,000
To recruit and train adult volunteers to be paired with low-income preschool children and help them develop early learning skills to succeed in kindergarten. (Multi-Year Grant)
To empower youth to achieve their greatest potential through long-term mentoring relationships from kindergarten through high school. (Multi-Year Grant)
Junior Achievement of Northern New England, Inc.
$15,000
To provide age-appropriate financial literacy and workforce readiness education programs to more than 1,500 at-risk students in grades K-12.
To create a new culinary credential for Future Chefs and develop an expanded apprenticeship program with an enterprise component for its graduates. (Multi-Year Grant)
Kent Youth and Family Services
$30,000
To support the After School Program, which helps low-income youth in South King County by providing resources and services that increase education and positive youth development. (Multi-Year Grant)
To support Culinary Pathways, a hybrid program of college and career readiness that provides training and career preparation for urban, low-income high school juniors and seniors. (Multi-Year Grant)
KIPP Massachusetts
$30,000
To increase college matriculation and graduation rates by focusing on more time with students, academic outcomes, and resilience in challenging situations. (Multi-Year Grant)
To support the Extended Day Program, which provides two additional hours of in-school time composed of guided study hall, tutoring, choir, art workshops and athletics. (Multi-Year Grant)
Family Service of Greater Boston, Inc. (FSGB)
$15,000
To support the Men in the Making program which provides gender-sensitive educational programs designed to help boys of color excel academically and emotionally.
Fenway High School
$30,000
Freedom House, Inc. Freedom Trail Foundation Friends of the Children Seattle Future Chefs
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To support the Extended Learning Program, which provides exposure to varied professionals, and creative opportunities for high school students to prepare themselves for college and careers. (Multi-Year Grant) To support Preparing Urban Students for Higher Education, which provides coaching for ninth- through 12th-graders that connects college completion to economic competitiveness. (Multi-Year Grant) To support the capital campaign.
$5,000 $30,000 $310,000
To help support the Youth Community Development Center capital campaign.
$60,000
$20,000
$140,000
To support the Jóvenes en Acción Youth Leadership & College Success Initiative, which engages high school students in a range of college and career exploration activities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA)
Esperanza Academy, Inc.
Freedom House, Inc.
$290,000
To support the Freedom Trail Scholars Program, which provides public school students with interactive history programs and private tours led by interpretive specialists.
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
ORGANIZATION
GRANT DESCRIPTION
Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc.
$30,000
To support the Movement City Youth Network, which engages youth ages 10-18 with creative activities, homework assistance and college prep programming. (Multi-Year Grant)
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
$20,000
To support the Center for Academic Support and Assistance, which provides an after-school program of tutoring, homework help and study skills coaching for a largely Latino student body. (Multi-Year Grant)
Lena Park Community Development Corporation
$15,000
To support the Kids Connect Afterschool Program, which serves more than 70 low-income, minority children ages 5-13.
Nurtury, Inc.
$80,000
Let’s Get Ready
$50,000
To provide low-income high school students with free SAT preparation, admissions counseling and other support services. (Multi-Year Grant)
To provide an after-school program focused on exploration, learning and inquiry through a STEM- and art-focused curriculum for low-income children ages 5-8. (Multi-Year Grant)
One Hen, Inc.
Mass Mentoring Partnership
$25,000
To strengthen academic outcomes through the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative. To support the KELLY awards, which provide educational support to youth who have overcome adversity.
Peace Community Center
$20,000
To support Hilltop Scholars, a program that encourages underrepresented youth from the sixth grade through college to cultivate their academic and leadership talents.
Project STEP, Inc.
$10,000
To nurture and support Black and Latino students with string instrument training.
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation: American Student Assistance
$15,000
To support the College Planning Team, which helps students living in public housing navigate the process of applying to, paying for, and successfully completing higher education.
MathPOWER
$60,000
To provide urban youth in grades 6-10 with five weeks of summer math instruction and STEM activities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Rainier Scholars
$7,500
To support a social entrepreneurship camp serving 60 middle school students who brainstorm business ideas, develop product plans, and select charities to support with their profits.
$100,000
To provide a comprehensive educational program for low-income students from sixth grade through college graduation to help create college graduates and career professionals. (Multi-Year Grant)
Maverick Landing Community Services, Inc.
$5,000
To provide support for a combination of after-school arts and youth development programs for urban teens.
Raising A Reader Massachusetts
$20,000
To expand a family engagement program providing access to books and supporting the development of early literacy and school readiness skills.
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.
$7,500
To support the Home Care Aide Training program by preparing at-risk individuals to enter the workforce and decrease the shortage of home care aides.
Reading Results
$20,000
To expand a reading tutoring program for low-income students of color in five Portland schools.
Refugee Women’s Alliance
$60,000
To support the Out of School Youth Program, which provides tutoring and educational support to 550 low-income, immigrant and refugee students in grades 1-12. (Multi-Year Grant)
Roca, Inc.
$60,000
To support the Alternative Education and Pre-vocational Training for Young Mothers Program, which serves low-income single mothers aged 14-24. (Multi-Year Grant)
Merrimack Valley YMCA
$30,000
To help low-income students apply to selective high schools and colleges through help with financial aid, exam preparation and academic enrichment. (Multi-Year Grant)
Metropolitan Development Council
$40,000
To help low-income high school students graduate and become the first generation in their families to attend college. (Multi-Year Grant)
More Than Words
$60,000
To empower disconnected youth with business tools that result in concrete plans for education, personal life and employment. (Multi-Year Grant)
Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center
$40,000
To support the Mentor Program, which helps students and graduates as they adapt to high school, undertake college selection and complete the application process. (Multi-Year Grant)
Mothers for Justice and Equality
$15,000
To support the Teen Mothers Program and the Youth Peer Leadership Program.
Museum of History & Industry
$15,000
To increase the accessibility of the museum’s educational programs for schools that serve a high percentage of low-income students.
Nativity Boston, Inc.
$40,000
To support the Start-to-Finish Graduate Support Program, which provides academic support to improve college readiness. (Multi-Year Grant)
$5,000
To support the Academic Support Program, which provides academic and extendedday programming for middle school boys from low-income families.
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington
To provide college placement and college completion support to ensure that all graduates earn a college degree. (Multi-Year Grant)
$30,000
To support the in-school, hands-on STEM Enrichment Program, which places high-level volunteer scientists for selected lessons in grades five through seven. (Multi-Year Grant)
SE Works, Inc.
$20,000
To help 90 court-involved and at-risk youth in Portland earn a GED and transition to college or vocational training.
Seattle Education Access
$40,000
To provide higher education navigation and support services to low-income young people through the College Success Program. (Multi-Year Grant)
Seattle Opera
$15,000
To broaden and deepen access to arts experiences and arts education for students in pre-K to 12th grade through the Seattle Opera Youth Education Program.
Seattle Urban Academy
$30,000
To support college and career readiness of high-risk students at an urban, alternative high school in Seattle. (Multi-Year Grant)
Silver Lining Mentoring
$45,000
To enhance the Learn & Earn program, which helps prevent homelessness by offering life skills, mentorship, case management and asset-building opportunities to young people aging out of foster care.
To support music education during extended-day hours for grades 3-8 at the Eliot BPS Innovation School.
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today)
$10,000
To expand a reading tutoring program in Multnomah County, that pairs adult volunteers with pre-K to third grade students to increase their reading proficiency.
$60,000
To support the Youth Tutoring Program which serves diverse, low-income K-12 students in South King County public housing communities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Neighborhood House Charter School
$15,000
To reduce the high school dropout rate and increase youth college completion rates by ensuring graduating eighth-graders select rigorous high schools.
$5,000
$120,000
Science from Scientists, Inc.
Neighborhood House
NEMPAC
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School
North Seattle College Education Fund
$40,000
To expand high school completion opportunities for older youth, young adults and others to open the door to living-wage employment and post-secondary training opportunities. (Multi-Year Grant)
Sociedad Latina, Inc.
Northeastern University
$60,000
To support Foundation Year, which provides an alternative first-year college program for underperforming and disadvantaged students. (Multi-Year Grant)
South End Technology Center @ Tent City
$20,000
To support learning by youth, giving them the tools, training and opportunity to teach peers and younger children in health science, engineering and technology.
Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
$60,000
To help deaf and hard-of-hearing students develop academic competence and prepare for the same higher education and employment choices as their hearing peers. (Multi-Year Grant)
South Seattle College Foundation
$40,000
To support over 300 first-generation college students to enroll and succeed in college through the 13th Year Promise Scholarships & Readiness Academy Program. (Multi-Year Grant)
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$100,000
To support the Education Pathway program, which provides academic support for Latino and English language learner youth from middle school through college. (Multi-Year Grant)
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
ORGANIZATION
Southwest Youth and Family Services
$25,000
To support New Futures, the after-school academic support program that provides 180 culturally diverse, at-risk students with after-school programming and academic enrichment services.
The Museum of African American History
St. Stephen’s Youth Programs
$20,000
To support the B-READY After-School Program, which provides more than 300 students in grades K-12 with long-term, year-round support that helps keep them on the path to successful adulthood.
The Posse Foundation, Inc.
Steppingstone Foundation, Inc.
$100,000
To improve college graduation rates by providing after-school and summer academic programs for middle grade students at the College Success Academy. (Multi-Year Grant)
Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc.
$7,500
To help shape the next generation of female leaders by helping girls from low-income families cultivate the skills and self-esteem they need to overcome barriers and pursue greater opportunities.
Summer Ink
$5,000
To support a writing day camp for students in grades 5-10.
Summer Search
$50,000
To provide low-income high-school students comprehensive educational support so that they develop the skills to succeed in college through the College Access and College Success Programs. (Multi-Year Grant)
Summer Search Boston
$90,000
To provide mentoring, summer experiential education and college and financial aid advising to 205 public high school students through the Impact Social Strategy program. (Multi-Year Grant)
Tacoma Art Museum
$10,000
To build community through art by offering interactive programs for schools, community groups and the public.
Team Read
$70,000
To train teenage students to tutor and mentor second- and third-grade students in reading and help bring struggling readers up to grade level. (Multi-Year Grant)
TechMission, Inc.
$10,000
To support the City Vision Internship program, which trains volunteers to be tech aides at schools and community-based organizations and provides them with a free college education.
Technology Access Foundation
$800,000
To support the construction of the Bethaday Community Learning Space which will provide STEM education to 1,500 low-income students in Seattle. (Multi-Year Grant)
Tenacity, Inc.
$40,000
To support the Post-Secondary Success program, which connects students with campus resources and assists with transitioning to and staying in college.
The 5th Avenue Theatre
$20,000
To support the Rising Star Project, which enables students to learn from theater professionals and train in a real work environment.
The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.
$25,000
To support the Victory Generation program, which is a multisite, out-of-school-time program that serves more than 500 youth ages 3-22 from low-income families.
The Boston Debate League, Inc.
$70,000
To support the After-School Debate League, which serves at-risk students in public middle and high schools, leading to improved grades and higher graduation rates. (Multi-Year Grant) To support the After-School Debate League, Spanish Division, which aims to bring the positive impacts of debating to more public school students, including English language learners.
GRANT DESCRIPTION
$75,000
$100,000
To support the museum’s History Happens Here! Series, which bring lessons of history and civic engagement to a diverse audience of 7,500 students and teachers annually. (Multi-Year Grant) To prepare young leaders from urban high schools to succeed in top colleges and provide full tuition merit-based scholarships. (Multi-Year Grant)
The Preparatory Foundation, Inc. (c/o Boston Preparatory Charter Public School)
$40,000
To support the Persistence Project, which provides college preparation and financial aid counseling for middle and high school students. (Multi-Year Grant)
The Young People’s Project, Inc.
$10,000
To support the Math Literacy Work program, which engages local teens in supporting elementary and middle school students during after-school hours.
$100,000
To provide comprehensive support for the educational needs of King County youth in grades 6-12 in foster care through the Graduation Success program. (Multi-Year Grant)
Treehouse Trinity Boston Foundation uAspire
$15,000 $150,000
To support the Trinity Education for Excellence Program, which offers year-round and summer programs to low-income middle and high school students. To support uAspire College Affordability Advising, which helps guide students in more than 30 public high schools through the college financial aid process. (Multi-Year Grant)
University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.
$50,000
To support the Urban Scholars Program, which provides after-school classes and academic support for gifted and talented but underrepresented middle and high school students. (Multi-Year Grant)
University of New Hampshire Foundation
$15,000
To enable high-achieving, low-income high school students to attend the four-week Project SMART Summer Institute designed to challenge and motivate them for careers in STEM fields.
University of Washington Foundation
$50,000
To support the Dream Project Mentoring Program, which partners college students with 14,000 low-income students in grades 6-12. (Multi-Year Grant)
Vietnamese American Initiative for Development
$40,000
To enhance the college-readiness preparation work of the VietAID Leadership Alliance, which provides volunteer, leadership and academic support to high school students. (Multi-Year Grant)
Vietnamese Friendship Association
$20,000
To support the Youth Academic and Job Readiness Program that provides low-income, immigrant and refugee students with academic and leadership development.
VSA Massachusetts
$20,000
To support the COOL Schools program, which promotes access to learning in and through the arts for more than 1,600 students in pre-K to 12th grade.
Washington Alliance for Better Schools
$40,000
To provide after-school and summer-school tutoring to low-income students at the Marysville School District 21st Century Community Learning Center. (Multi-Year Grant)
West End House Boys & Girls Club
$80,000
To increase high school graduation and college enrollment rates for teenage students by providing support during an out-of-school-time academic program. (Multi-Year Grant)
Work Force Development Center
$60,000
To support the Aerospace Assembly Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Program, which helps low-income and at-risk students stay in school and develop vocational and employment skills. (Multi-Year Grant)
WriteBoston
$40,000
To provide trained tutors for one-on-one writing support and mentoring to high school students, including those with limited English and special needs at a specialized in-school resource center. (Multi-Year Grant)
The City School, Inc.
$20,000
To provide a community-based support system for homeless, court-involved and LGBTQ teens through education, employment and empowerment.
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Inc.
$17,500
To support the company’s annual, multi-week staging of Free Shakespeare on the Common, which provides access to live theatrical productions to over 100,000 people from diverse communities.
The Learning Project, Inc.
$60,000
To support August Scholars, a summer academic and enrichment program for 80 children from low-income families who perform below grade level. (Multi-Year Grant)
X-Cel, Inc.
$25,000
To support the Connection Center, which recruits youth who are disengaged from school or careers and pairs them with a success coach.
The Match Foundation, Inc.
$80,000
To provide personal coaching, study support and job placement services to high school graduates and GED recipients. (Multi-Year Grant)
Year Up Boston
$80,000
To help move young adults from poverty to professional careers through learning, internships, college credits and educational stipends. (Multi-Year Grant)
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GRANT DESCRIPTION
Year Up, Inc.
$100,000
To support a training program that provides urban, low-income young adults with technical and professional skills, college credits, educational stipends and corporate internships. (Multi-Year Grant)
$90,000
To expand summer academic enrichment opportunities for low-income students in grades 1-5 through the High Point Scholars Program and the YES Program. (Multi-Year Grant)
YMCA of Greater Seattle
To support the Powerful Schools program, which empowers children and families with effective, early academic support programs that help young students with social and emotional development.
YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
$25,000
YMCA Safe Place Services
$5,000
To support YMCA Community Schools, which supports underperforming middle schools with enrichment opportunities to close the achievement gap. To enhance a mentoring program for youth with one or both parents within the prison system.
Youth Design
$25,000
To support the Youth Design Studio, a year-round lab for young designers to hone their skills, complete homework and connect in real time with professional, volunteer design mentors.
YouthBuild Boston, Inc.
$50,000
To support prevocational and workforce training in the building trades and related industries for urban teens and young adults.
ZUMIX, Inc.
$15,000
To foster a holistic approach to music education for children and teens by offering instruction in songwriting, instruments, performances and new technologies.
Other Investments Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC): As part of our commitment to community development and homelessness relief efforts, Liberty Mutual Investments has committed approximately $610 million in equity to low-income housing tax credits over the past five years. These investments have contributed to the development of 40,760 affordable housing units in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Property Casualty Initiative Fund, LLC (PCI): Liberty Mutual is the majority participant in the Massachusetts PCI Fund, a statewide community loan fund that has created or preserved 5,199 units of affordable housing, funded 103 small businesses and 14 economic development projects, and created or retained more than 2,500 jobs.
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