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Recent CY&F Grants

Recent CY&F Grants

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

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