Grant Partners

Mass. PPD Fund

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

Funding to develop, launch, and grow its new website, a critical tool to raise awareness of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders and better serve new parent mental health needs during COVID and beyond.

African Bridge Network

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

Funding to partner with health and community-based organizations to increase access to the COVID-19 vaccine for African immigrants in Greater Boston, Lowell, and Worcester through messaging designed to increase vaccine confidence.

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

Old Colony Habitat for Humanity

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

Funding to update its website and technology to better serve an increased number of clients seeking affordable housing as a result of the pandemic and to hire a public relations firm to announce new CEO and help the organization to identify buildable land and homes to rehabilitate.

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

Volunteers in Medicine

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

Funding to hire a consultant to conduct an assessment of its clinic space to determine its current and future space requirements, including the potential for growth in the longer term.

West Boylston Elder Services, Inc.

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

Funding to address senior isolation by providing wellness/service visits, accessing and advocating for their technology needs, and providing a conference line for seniors to participate in social activities.

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

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.

Dismas House

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To meet increased needs resulting from the pandemic, including for grocery, sanitation, and personal protective equipment.

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

Community Farms Outreach, d/b/a Waltham Fields Community Farm

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Waltham
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To ensure safe food growing, harvesting, packing and delivery procedures during the pandemic, enabling them to continue their healthy food access programs, including donations to food banks and emergency nutrition services, a weekly low-income mobile market, half-price farm shares, and a Produce Prescription Rx Pilot with Charles River Community Health Center.

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

Rebel Cause

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Springfield
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To customize the exterior, obtain permits, train volunteers, and purchase equipment for a food truck to provide nutritious smoothies for people experiencing food insecurity and homelessness in Boston.

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

Found In Translation

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Cambridge
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To cover implementation costs of transitioning the organization to Jitasa bookkeeping and accounting software.

Metro Housing Boston

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Boston
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

For an Emergency Assistance Fund to patients at Boston Medical Center including food, furniture, move in costs, diapers in response to COVID-19.

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

Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Jamaica Plain
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To hire a marketing consultant to help launch an online curriculum and training center.

Hospitality Homes

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Boston
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To hire a trainer and bookkeeper to maximize donor software and integrate it with financial management tools to better manage relationships with donors and hosts remotely in the pandemic.

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

Treehouse Foundation

Year: 2020
Amount:$5,000
Easthampton
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To support the organization's COVID-19 Safe Thrive Together initiative with the purchase of food and essentials, staff training as well as programmatic activities for the multi-generational, supportive community to succeed while social distancing.

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

Backyard Growers

Year: 2020
Amount:$2,040
Gloucester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To purchase equipment and accessories to create high-quality and engaging virtual content and to safely and effectively deliver programs and food resources to children and families during the pandemic.

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