Grant Partners

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.

Shattuck Partners, Inc.

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

Funding to update its seven-year-old strategic plan to better serve the complex medical and socioeconomic needs of its clients in a changing public health landscape.

The Open Door / Cape Ann Food Pantry, Inc.

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

Funding for an online food delivery system and fulfillment center that will enhance capacity to meet increased need due to the pandemic. This effort will connect more people to healthy foods of their choosing through safe, socially distanced curbside pick-up or home delivery.

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

Africano Cultural Services

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

Funding for a consultant to create a program for 30 youth to discuss mental health issues and to reduce mental health stigma in the community.

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

St. Anthony Shrine

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

Funding for an electric examination table for the health clinic, which serves women experiencing homelessness.

MetroWest Legal Services

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

To purchase laptops, printers, scanners and licenses for remote video conferencing for use by attorneys and intake staff to work remotely while providing legal assistance to clients.

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

Boston Cancer Support

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

To hire a strategic planning consultant to help Boston Cancer Support develop a three-year strategic plan.

The Forsyth Institute

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

To fund a tele-dentistry tool to reach youth who, due to the pandemic, have not had access to dental treatment.

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

Exceptional Lives Inc.

Year: 2020
Amount:$4,000
Brookline
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To translate, critical information related to the coronavirus into other languages for parents of children with disabilities.This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paine Senior Services

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

To redesign the organization's website.

Families for Depression Awareness

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

To hire a public health consultant to rapidly assess and modify the organization's teen depression program for the current environment with a focus on serving low-income teens from underserved sectors of Greater Boston disproportionately affected by the COVID.

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

Adolescent Consultation Services

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

To obtain the services of the Institute for Community Health to develop and implement an organization-wide evaluation matrix.

The Joint Committee for Children's Health Care in Everett

Year: 2020
Amount:$2,700
Everett
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

To support communications enhancements for the website, social media, newsletters, text, and Zoom, supporting staff to better meet increased demand remotely.

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

De Novo

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

To purchase teleworking equipment, a credit card processing system to capture remote co-pays, and a HIPAA-compliant software to support their teletherapy expansion during COVID-19.

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