Grant Partners

Mass Farmers Markets

Year: 2021
Amount:$4,500
Waltham
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for fundraising consultant services to better support a network of farmers markets as they meet emerging needs to expand markets and reach underserved populations resulting from the pandemic.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amherst Community Connections

Year: 2021
Amount:$4,984
Amherst
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a robust, comprehensive housing tracker to shorten the wait time for housing vouchers for people experiencing homelessness.

Quincy Asian Resources, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Quincy
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support increased demand for its services due to the pandemic, including for food access and for application assistance for health insurance, unemployment, and low-income housing.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

YWCA Central Massachusetts

Year: 2021
Amount:$3,000
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to conduct focus groups to better understand vaccine acceptance and non-acceptance in the African communities of Worcester.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACT Lawrence, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Lawrence
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a consultant to provide tools and expertise to expand federal housing eligibility counseling capabilities and maximize operations. This enhancement will increase its capacity to meet emergency housing and foreclosure needs for Latinx people with economic hardships that have been intensified by the pandemic.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MetroWest Free Medical Program. Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Sudbury
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a consultant to aid in the reopening of women's health and adult programs for in-person visits, which had been suspended due to COVID-19. The consultant will implement an electronic medical record system within the organization for easier scheduling and to better accommodate telehealth visits.

Brockton Workers Alliance, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Brockton
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to address racial equity in vaccine access through outreach and education in Brockton’s Cape Verdean, Ecuadoran, Haitian, Honduran, and Mexican communities.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Empty Arms Bereavement Support

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Florence
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a clinician to develop a program for its volunteer group facilitators about nervous system responses to trauma. The program will include simple strategies for the facilitators to teach clients to use to regulate their nervous system if activated during and after groups or during times of crisis.

Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest

Year: 2021
Amount:$4,500
Marlborough
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to partially support a 10-week, research-based, daily mental health check-in series. The series teaches positive coping strategies and builds cognitive-behavior skills to support youth in pandemic-related healing.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revitalize Community Development Corporation

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Springfield
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to purchase office equipment and computers for new staff hired to meet increased demand due to the pandemic.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community Nurse Home Care

Year: 2021
Amount:$4,200
Fairhaven
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for training sessions to support home hospice nurses manage pandemic-related stress, which has resulted in compassion fatigue and burn out. The session will help nurses continue to be strong caregivers.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just Roots, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Greenfield
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a consultant to help transform its work culture and service delivery model with an enhanced focus on racial equity, inclusion, and cultural competency to better serve its clients.

DeeDee's Cry Suicide Prevention and Family Support

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Roxbury
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support a 24-week health and wellness initiative for people with low-income. The initiative includes group sessions, nutrition, exercise, and relationship building to address depression, stress, isolation, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in communities of color.

Respond, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Somerville
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging consultant to audit its staff training model, using a racial and gender equity lens, to ensure that staff deliver inclusive, equitable services to victims of domestic violence.

Ellie Fund

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Needham
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to translate outreach materials into languages other than English for women at risk of inequities in access to cancer care, including: women of color, women with language and cultural barriers, older women living alone, and women hesitant to seek help due to immigration status.