Grant Partners

Life Connection Center, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Lowell
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for six leadership staff, peers and volunteers to attend the International Harm Reduction Coalition to enhance their skills and training.

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for a consultant to work with program nutritionists to source ingredients and develop more culturally competent and medically tailored menus for seniors.

FAMILY Movement

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Norfolk, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding requested for new case management technology to manage and keep files secure and help improve efficiency and organizational capacity.

New England Home for the Deaf

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Essex, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to better showcase the care provided in their rest homes dedicated to the Deaf and Deafblind elders throughout the region.

Cape Verdean Women United

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Bristol, Norfolk, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for a new marketing and communications strategy that will position the organization as a resource to all communities who are marginalized, attract new community partners, and further expand partnerships and opportunities to serve clients.

Sherill House

Year: 2022 *Multi-year Grant:
Amount:$7,370
Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a sensory room and expand the Sherill House Expressive Therapy program to meet the complex healthcare needs of residents and patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Leominster
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to develop a fundraising/sustainability plan and build the organization’s fundraising capacity.

New Hope, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding requested to support website updates to meet needs of more diverse community members – including making the site more accessible for people with disabilities.

The Arc of the South Shore

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,203
Metrowest and Plymouth
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support an online platform that allows staff to complete trainings and certifications to ensure the programs are run safely and in the best interests of residents.

Casa Project, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to be more user-friendly and to communicate more effectively about their programs, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging commitment, as well as their improved fundraising platform.

Harbor Health Services

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Plymouth and Boston
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for the second phase of a pilot Peer Support Program aimed at providing greater access to care and services for individuals living with HIV through a partnership with the Justice Resource Institute.

The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Bristol
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a sensory room and expand the Sherill House Expressive Therapy program to meet the complex healthcare needs of residents and patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Lawyers for Civil Rights

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support a strategic planning process for the Medical-Legal Partnership, specifically focused on how to work with clients via tele-health and tele-lawyering models and to expand community partnerships.

Resilient Sisterhood Project, Inc.

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Middlesex, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding requested for laptops, software, and IT support to improve cyber security and virtual work to increase the capacity of the organization.

Greater Boston Veteran’s Collaborative

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,000
Statewide
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to provide resources to service members, veterans and their families to assist in purchasing food and groceries.