Grant Partners

CocoTree Kids

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Natick
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested for donor management software to increase the organization’s fundraising capacity and raise awareness about the organization’s role in serving Massachusetts youth. 

De Novo

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Cambridge
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested for technology to improve the capacity of the organization’s
counseling program. The investment will allow staff to provide virtual services and spend more time with clients. 

Ellie Fund, Inc.

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Needham
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to support a pilot project to increase outreach to those who many need their services by educating workplaces about the Ellie Fund and their 
services. The organization will develop messaging and materials and conduct outreach to employers and Employer Assistance Programs.

Hyde Square Task Force

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Boston
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to help the organization meet the needs of their community by setting up a food pantry for those using their services. 

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem

Year: 2025
Amount:$5,900
Salem
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to enhance capacity to serve children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental needs. Grant funds will directly strengthen communication, inclusion, and emotional regulation by creating sensory-friendly environments and providing assistive technologies for staff and Club members.

The Legacy Project, Inc.

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Canton
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to develop a 3 to 5 year strategic plan that will guide the 
governance of the organization – including reviewing and updating organization by-laws. 

Lower Cape Outreach Council

Year: 2025
Amount:$5,000
Cape Cod
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to help increase the organization’s digital marketing and 
communications capacity to reach new and existing donors, clients and volunteers as the Council anticipates an increased demand for food pantry services. 

The Voice, Inc.

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Brockton
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to implement training for caregivers and volunteers on how to support individuals with special needs and their caregivers with a focus on behavior management, stress reduction, and family resilience. 

Brighter Beginnings Children’s Mental Health Initiative

Year: 2025
Amount:$7,500
Cape Cod
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funds requested to help increase the organization’s evaluation capacity through the implementation of data management platforms, staff training, and support to 
design outcome measures and reporting tools. 

Sankofa Institute for Collective Well-Being

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to develop program materials to help pilot the Peer-Based Mental Wellness Coaching Program, a transformative approach to mental wellness that leverages lived experience, cultural wisdom, and community support. 

Resilient Sisterhood Project

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Middlesex, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for the organization to work with UpMetrics to build better programmatic outcomes by collecting and using data to measure, improve, and report on their impact.

MEDA, Inc.

Year: 2024
Amount:$5,150
Statewide
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to increase organizational capacity to better serve the LGBTQIA+ community by training MEDA staff to better serve this community and to develop materials that addresses LGBTQIA+ eating disorders and mental health.

It Takes a Village

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Berkshire County
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to translate digital and print resources to languages spoken by their clients: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Ukrainian, Pashto, Urdu, and Arabic. This investment will strengthen capacity to provide culturally respectful care and create a more welcoming environment.

Gardner CAC (Community Action Committee)

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,298
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for two Instant Language Assistant (ILA) devices as well as software to allow more electronic communications in multiple languages to meet the surge of non-English speaking clients. These devices will provide real-time translation support to serve and provide resources to multilingual clients.

Wakefield Alliance Against Violence

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Middlesex County
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to create a strategic plan to help prepare the organization to grow and expand their capacity to meet the needs of their clients.