Recent CY&F Grants
Grants Awarded in 2023
Capacity Building
- Danny’s Place Youth Services: $20,000
Individual Donor Strategy Program - MetroWest Legal Services: $20,000
Sharepoint Migration Project - SPARK Kindness: $20,000
Accessibility-Centered Website Redesign Project - ThinkGive, Inc: $20,000
Improving Communications with Stakeholders - Wayside Youth & Family Support Network: $14,322
Enhancing Electronic Health Records Reporting Capabilities
Youth Emotional Well-Being
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW: $20,000
60 Men (of color) to Mentors in MetroWest - Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley: $20,000
Summer Field Trips - Camp Casco: $20,000
Overnight Camp for Childhood Cancer Patients and Survivors - Chica Project: $20,000
Mental Health of Young Women of Color Program Expansion - Concord Prison Outreach: $10,000
Program Implementation and Expansion - First Connections/JRI: $20,000
ParentChild+ Program - Framingham State University Foundation/The Chris Walsh Center for Educators and Families of MetroWest: $18,367
Family Educational Programming and Support Group - Literations: $20,000
Framingham Sustained Tutoring Program - Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program: $10,640
Klarman Eating Disorders Center Pilot Program - Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc.: $20,000
Weekend Family Connections - SMILE Mass, Inc.: $20,000
Club SMILE Mass
Invitation (Multi-year General Operating Support)
- Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest: $200,000
- Discovering Hidden Gems: $50,000
- Hoops and Homework: $50,000
- MetroWest College Planning Collaborative: $150,000
Grants Awarded in 2022
Youth Emotional Well-Being Grants
Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To support youth programming for low-income youth facing homelessness.
Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley, Maynard, MA $20,000
To support summer programming and the Beyond the Bell after-school programming.
Chica Project, Quincy, MA, $20,000
To expand youth development programming in Framingham.
Danny’s Place, Acton, MA, $16,140
To expand the Sparks & Me program.
Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, $11,500
To expand the Nature Passport Program.
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To provide wrap-around assistance to families of immigrant children.
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA, $20,000
To fund another year of an environmental and social literacy program at three Framingham after-school programs run by the school department.
MetroWest Mediation Services, Natick, MA, $15,000
To develop a Peer Mediation program at Natick and Wayland High School.
One Love Foundation, Boston, MA, $7,000
To expand the relational health program into Framingham High School and Framingham State University.
OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To provide mental health services to youth participants.
The NAN Project, Lexington, MA, $18,000
To expand peer-to-peer mental health programming in Framingham, Sudbury, and Acton-Boxborough.
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To expand services to youth identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community in their Framingham residential programs.
Wildflower, Inc., Lexington, MA, $10,000
To expand supportive services and camp scholarships in MetroWest community in collaboration with Jeff’s Place.
Capacity Building Grants
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/MetroWest, Worcester, MA, $25,000
For a donor database conversion.
Family Promise Metrowest, Natick, MA, $10,000
For online case management software.
The Food Project, Lincoln, MA, $15,000
For a website design consultation.
The Guild for Human Services, Concord, MA, $25,000
For staff training.
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $16,000
For staff training and development tools upgrade.
Jeff’s Place, Framingham, MA, $25,000
For a communications plan consultation.
Metrowest YMCA, Framingham, MA, $19,500
To hire consultants for group mental health meetings for staff.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $25,000
For a communications planning consultation.
ThinkGive, Inc., Concord, MA, $22,000
For a leadership training consultation.
Discretionary Grants
Discovering Hidden Gems, Hudson, MA, $5,000
For general operating support.
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $5,000
For general operating support.
Grants Awarded in 2021
For General Operating Support during the COVID-19 crisis,
as part of the Foundation’s special 2021 Proactive Grantmaking Initiative.
Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/MetroWest, Worcester, MA, $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley, Maynard, MA, $25,000
Employment Options, Inc., Marlborough, MA, $25,000
Family Promise Metrowest, Natick, MA, $25,000
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $15,000
Jeff’s Place, Framingham, MA, $25,000
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $25,000
Metrowest YMCA, Framingham, MA, $25,000
One Can Help, Inc., Newton, MA, $10,000
Thrive Support and Advocacy, Inc., Marlborough, MA, $25,000
Invitation and Discretionary Grants
Discovering Hidden Gems, Hudson, MA, $20,000
A two-year grant for general operating support.
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest, Marlborough, MA, $200,000
A two-year grant for general operating support.
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $150,000
A three-year grant for general operating support.
CY&F Emotional-Well Being Grants
Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $20,000
For a teen Emerging Leaders Program.
Chica Project, Quincy, MA, $20,000
For a leadership/mentoring program at the Fuller Middle School in Framingham.
Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, $18,000
For a Nature Passport Program.
Framingham State University Foundation, Framingham, MA, $18,360
For a high school STEM Mentorship program in Framingham, Marlborough and Milford schools.
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $17,920
For emotional wellness-related enrichment programs.
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA, $20,000
For an environmental and social literacy program at three Framingham after-school programs.
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, Waltham, MA, $20,000
Training and support for Wayland public school staff on teen trauma, healthy relationships, and well-being.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $15,930
For prevention programs that target parents and caregivers experiencing homelessness and other inequities.
The Guild for Human Services, Concord, MA, $19,130
For an expressive arts therapy program.
The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, $14,300
For DEI training for guidance counselors and mental health clinicians.
ThinkGive, Inc., Concord, MA, $15,000
For a Social Emotional Learning program expansion.
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To expand a substance use intervention initiative in Framingham.
Wildflower, Inc., Lexington, MA, $10,000
For a program to provide additional family supports to clients.
Grants Awarded in 2020
For general operating support during the COVID-19 crisis,
as part of the Foundation’s special 2020 Proactive Grantmaking Initiative.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW, Worcester, MA, $20,000
Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, $20,000
Employment Options, Inc., Marlborough, MA, $20,000
Family Promise Metrowest, Natick, MA, $10,000
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $5,000
Jeff’s Place, Framingham, MA, $20,000
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $15,000
Metrowest YMCA, Framingham, MA, $10,000
One Can Help, Inc., Newton, MA, $5,000
Thrive Support and Advocacy, Inc., Marlborough, MA, $20,000
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $10,000
Invitation and Discretionary Grants
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest, Marlborough, MA, $100,000
For general operating support.
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $150,000
For a two-year grant to develop and pilot a therapeutic mentoring program.
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation, Worcester, MA, $50,000
For a two-year grant for general operating support for the new Mazie Mentoring Program at Marlborough High School.
OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $150,000
For a three-year grant to support the agency’s move to a new office/drop-in space.
Jeff’s Place, Framingham, MA, $20,000
For capital support for costs related to handicapped accessibility at their new property.
MetroWest Legal Services, Framingham, MA, $25,000
For the Juvenile Immigrant Relief Program.
One Can Help, Inc., Newton, MA, $2,500
For general operating support.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $1,000
For general operating support.
CY&F Emotional Well-Being Grants
Advocates, Inc., Framingham, MA, $20,000
For technology to support virtual therapy sessions.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW, Worcester, MA, $20,000
For a Diversity in Action training program for board, staff and volunteers.
Camp Casco, Sudbury, MA, $16,700
For a resource database to connect childhood cancer survivors to emotional support services.
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $20,000
To update activities-based curriculum for a virtual platform.
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $15,300
To upgrade technology for remote learning and other programming.
The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To expand culturally-responsive education.
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, MA, $9,060
For a Dialectic Behavior Therapy program for families.
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, MA, $8,500
For a Dialectic Behavior Therapy staff training program.
SMILE Mass, Inc., Sudbury, MA, $19,400
For outdoor recreation area activities for children and young adults with disabilities.
South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Framingham, MA, $12,000
For a pre-K mentoring program at the Framingham Community and Cultural Center.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $8,035
For an Emotional Well Being and Resilience program/support group for Portuguese-speaking families.
ThinkGive, Inc., Concord, MA, $18,000
To revise the grades 4-8 curriculum to deepen the examination of social justice and racial equity.
CY&F Capacity Building Grants
The Guild for Human Services, Concord, MA, $20,000
For a training program for immigrant workers integrating English instruction with career coaching.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $24,000
For strategic and business planning, and marketing materials development.
Grants Awarded in 2019
CY&F Capacity Building Grants

Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $5,000
For a website update.
Discovery Museum, Acton MA, $15,000
For a fundraising consultation.
Employment Options, Marlborough, MA, $20,000
For a marketing consultation.
Family Promise Metrowest, Natick, MA, $14,500
For staff training.
Jeff’s Place, Framingham, MA, $19,500
For a strategic planning consultation.
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program, Lincoln, MA, $15,560
To develop an internship program.
Minute Man Arc, Concord, MA, S10,000
For a strategic planning consultation.
SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $24,310
For a communications consultation.
The Food Project, Lincoln, MA, $25,000
For a strategic planning consultation.
The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, $19,360
For a series of consultations and activities to improve the visitor experience at TLC.
Thrive Support and Advocacy, Marlborough, MA, $25,000
For a fundraising consultation.
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $24,900
For a data management consultation.
Wildflower, Inc., Lexington, MA, $20,500
For a board development and succession planning consultation.
CY&F Invitation Grants
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Framingham, MA, $150,000
Over two years, to develop and pilot a Therapeutic Mentoring program.
OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $150,000
Over three years, to locate, renovate and move to a new headquarters.
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest Marlborough, MA, $100,000
For general operating support.
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation, Worcester, MA, $50,000
Over two years, to support the new Mazie Mentoring Program at Marlborough High School.
CY&F Discretionary Grants
Metrowest YMCA, Framingham, MA, $30,000
To support the Heart of the CommUNITY Capital Campaign at the Framingham location.
One Can Help, Newton, MA, $5,000
A gift to recognize Sudbury Foundation Trustee Susan Iuliano upon her retirement.
Grants Awarded in 2018

Capacity Building Grants
Assabet Valley Collaborative, Marlborough, MA $25,000
For staff training on “Service Design Thinking.”
Daniel James McCarthy Memorial Fund, Acton, MA $11,000
For a strategic planning consultation.
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $25,000
To continue a program evaluation consultation.
Employment Options, Inc., Marlborough, MA $16,000
For an IT consultation and related staff training.
Jeff’s Place Children’s Bereavement Center, Framingham, MA, $21,000
For a fundraising consultation.
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $20,000
To continue a board development consultation.
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $24,000
For staff training on new mobile technology.
Advocates, Inc/Autism Alliance of MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $24,500
To develop an outreach program that identifies and trains students and adults to provide respite services to caregivers responsible for family members with autism.
Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $6,000
For a combination training and consultation to enhance staff’s use of the agency’s donor management and fundraising software.
Birthday Wishes, Newton, MA, $8,000
For a strategic planning consultation.
Communities for Restorative Justice, Concord, MA, $24,500
For a communications/coaching consultation.
Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, $14,000
For a strategic review of the Museum’s educational, programmatic and operational philosophy.
Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $16,280
For a fundraising consultation.
Invitation & Discretionary Grants
Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW, Worcester/Framingham, MA, $25,000
For general support.
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest, Marlborough, MA, $100,000
For general support.
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation, Worcester/Framingham, MA $25,000
For general support.
Nashoba Learning Group, Bedford, MA, $11,250
A special grant for staff development.
MetroWest Legal Services, Framingham, MA $50,000 over 2 years
Continued support for the Juvenile Immigration Relief Project.
Small Capital Grants
Grants for equipment, furnishings or repairs totaling $64,625, to the following CY&F grant partners:
- Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley
- Doc Wayne Youth Services
- Family Promise Metrowest
- MetroWest College Planning Center
- Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
- OUT MetroWest
- REACH Beyond Domestic Violence
- SPARK Kindness
- Thrive Support and Advocacy