Grant Partners

The Salem Pantry's (TSP) mission is to work collaboratively to empower Salem’s diverse local and regional communities by ensuring the essential right to convenient and reliable access to healthy food. Funding will help sustain and strengthen TSP's ability to deliver food equitably and efficiently across all programs. It will support staffing, transportation, food procurement, logistics, community engagement, and facilities, ensuring the organization remains responsive, adaptable, and centered on the voices and needs of the communities it serves.

Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc. received a general operating grant to continue its mission of advancing mental health and well-being by promoting prevention, early intervention, effective treatment, and research to address social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It also works to eliminate stigma and discrimination and ensure full social, economic, and political inclusion in all aspects of community life. 

The mission of the Brazilian Women's Group (BWG) is to promote the empowerment of Brazilian women and the Brazilian community in the Boston area. BWG will offer a wide range of virtual and in-person services that address social determinants of health, including vaccination clinics, MassHealth enrollment, Instagram Live information sessions, support with medical appointments, and mental health resources.

Ecu-Health Care is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to help the uninsured and underinsured residents in Northern Berkshire County access affordable health care. Ecu-Health Care will address access to health and health care for immigrant communities by providing extensive outreach and education, with a focus on upcoming changes to MassHealth and the Massachusetts Health Connector.

True Alliance Center Inc.'s (TAC) mission is to advocate for just and fair policies related to immigration, education, housing, health, and economic development. TAC will continue to integrate wellness clinics with food security and health care navigation. It will host weekly wellness clinics in Mattapan in partnership with the Mass General Hospital Mobile Health Van and provide one-on-one health insurance enrollment assistance at each clinic, ensuring that attendees can complete new enrollments or renewals on-site.

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) received a general operating grant to convene, serve, and organize, together with its members, community leaders, and allies for the advancement of all immigrants across the Commonwealth. The MIRA Coalition places immigrant and refugee voices at the forefront to advocate for the well-being of their constituent communities.

Metrowest Worker Center – Casa is an immigrant worker-led organization based in the Metrowest area of Greater Boston, which organizes to defend and expand the labor, civil, and human rights of all workers. Metrowest Worker Center – Casa will provide culturally appropriate food to families, reducing hunger and improving health and well-being. This assistance will reach families who face barriers to traditional food bank programs, ensuring that the most vulnerable have reliable access to nutritious meals.

Health Imperatives' mission is to improve the health and well-being of low-income or vulnerable families and individuals in Southeastern Massachusetts. This grant will expand Health Imperatives’ Partnering for Progress work with immigrant families - assessing their needs, connecting them with resources, providing care, and supporting their integration into their new community.

Project Bread connects people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food while advocating for policies that make food more accessible—so that no one goes hungry. Project Bread will advocate for state policies and procedures that mitigate the negative impacts on families resulting from federal-level changes. Grant funds will support changing the narrative on hunger, broadening and deepening coalition membership, and developing a member engagement platform.

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute received a general operating grant to continue to provide statewide advocacy and leadership in advancing laws, policies, and practices that secure economic, racial, and social justice for low-income people and communities.

Neighbor to Neighbor builds community well-being by connecting people across race, class, and origin to improve the conditions that shape the quality of life. Its mission is to make democracy work for their communities, instead of just the wealthy few. Neighbor to Neighbor will expand its community-based healing and emotional wellness work across its four-chapter cities in Worcester, Lynn, Springfield, and Holyoke. These funds will strengthen practices that promote behavioral health, emotional support, and collective healing among immigrant communities.

The Boston Center for Independent Living received a general operating grant to continue its mission as a frontline civil rights organization led by people with disabilities that advocates for eliminating discrimination, isolation, and segregation by providing advocacy, information and referral, peer support, skills training, personal care attendant services, and transitional services to enhance the independence of people with disabilities. 

Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires' (VIM) mission is to provide free health care to those in the region who are income-qualified and ineligible for health insurance. VIM will expand the reach and depth of its behavioral health offerings to immigrant communities. Funds will also support training staff and volunteers in a newly designed trauma-informed care approach specifically tailored to the needs of the organization’s immigrant population.

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center's (BCNC) mission is to ensure that the children, youth, and families it serves have the resources and supports they need to achieve greater economic success and social well-being. BCNC will address the behavioral health needs of immigrant communities through short-term counseling and case management. Services will address the complex, interconnected challenges faced by BCNC communities. Counseling includes traditional talk therapy and may also incorporate modalities such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, music therapy, dance/movement therapy, narrative therapy, and other expressive arts interventions tailored to clients' cultural and clinical needs.

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers received a general operating grant to promote population health equity for all through leadership and programs supporting community health centers and members in achieving their goals of accessible, quality, comprehensive, and community-responsive health care.