Racial Equity and Inclusion Grants

2023 Racial Equity & Inclusion Grants are closed. Please check back in the summer of 2024 for information about the next round of grants.

Click here to read the Sudbury Foundation’s Racial Equity Statement.

The Sudbury Foundation Racial Equity & Inclusion Grant Recipients

2023 Grants:

Acton-Boxborough United Way: $5,000
Enhancing DEI training & access for new Acton-Boxborough Resource Center

Advocates, Inc.: $5,000
Creating Advocates’ Own Equity Change Agents through Courageous Conversations

Amazing Things Arts Center, Inc. (atac): $5,000
Explora: Free and Lowkey Drop-in Creative Space

Assabet Valley Collaborative: $5,000
Advancing AVC’s Commitments to Equity through Restorative Justice

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA): $5,000
Implementing Language Justice for Farmers and Consumers in Western Massachusetts

Discovery Museum: $5,000
Black Women in Science program series

Framingham History Center: $5,000
Staff Training – “Collective Journeys” Initiative

Framingham State University Foundation: $5,000
Visual Native American Land Acknowledgements

Town of Sudbury / Goodnow Library: $5,000
Goodnow Library Collections Diversity Audit

Gratis Healthcare: $5,000
Expansion of Interpreter services

Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000
Community wide celebration for Juneteenth and Indigenous Day

Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000
To further the work of Framingham Together.

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest: $5,000
Hate Prevention Through Awareness and Action Initiative

Leadership Metrowest: $5,000
Leadership Academy Equity Scholarship Fund

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School / Family Engagement Initiative: $5,000
LSRHS Family Engagement Initiative

Massachusetts Audubon Society: $5,000
Mass Audubon’s Metro West Culturally Responsive Sanctuaries Program

Metrowest Nonprofit Network: $5,000
Nonprofits as Agents of Change: A Workshop on Social Justice Strategies and Our Role in Community

Mill City Grows: $5,000
Consulting for Cultural Humility

Natick is United: $5,000
Racial Justice Series

Natick Service Council: $5,000
DEI Training Modules

Open Table: $5,000
DEI Strategic Planning Work

REACH Beyond Domestic Violence: $5,000
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (BJEDI) Training

South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5,000
Active Bystander Training for SMOC’s Human Services Staff

Sudbury Valley Trustees: $5,000
Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusivity through Multilingual Engagement

TSNE / The Carrot Project: $5,000
Professional Development and Mentorship for BIPOC Farm and Food Business Advisors

The Food Project: $5,000
Racial Equity & Diversity Training for Youth, Staff, and Board

The Natick Community Organic Farm: $5,000
Staff and Board DEI Training

ThinkGive, Inc.: $5,000
Development of a DEIB Strategic Plan and Action Plan

Community Teamwork Inc. / THRIVE Communities: $5,000
Voices of Reentry: Community Conversations with Formerly Incarcerated People

Town of Wayland / Human Rights, DEI Committee: $5,000
Trainings for the Wayland HRDEI Committee and Community

Wildflower, Inc.: $5,000
DEI Consultant and Facilitator Services

2022 Grants:

Acton-Boxborough United Way: $5,000
DEI workshop for community organizations

Advocates, Inc.: $5,000
Expanding Courageous Conversation Training Series

Amazing Things Arts Center, Inc. (atac): $5,000
Practice: Free and Lowkey Drop-in Creative Space

Boston Area Gleaners: $5,000
Staff Training

Charles River Center: $5,000
DEI Discovery and Kick-off Training Project

Chica Project: $5,000
Growth of SEL Programming in Framingham

Daniel James McCarthy Memorial Fund, Inc. (Danny’s Place): $5,000
DEI Diagnostic Consultation

Discovering Hidden Gems. Inc: $3,500
Community Education & Inclusion

Framingham State University Foundation, Inc.: $5,000
Environmental Justice Education Through Public Art

Gaining Ground: $3,720
Goals Into Action: Building Plans to Increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Gaining Ground

Gratis Healthcare: $5,000
Brazilian/Central American Communities-training for medical interpretation for Gratis Healthcare

Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000
Anti-Racism Educational Forum and Community Celebrations

Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000
DEI Strategic Planning/Anti-racism Training

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest: $5,000
JFS Board/Leadership DEI Training & Consultation

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School: $5,000
Civil Rights Tour 2024

MetroWest Free Medical Program: $5,000
Patient and community engagement in program planning

OUT MetroWest: $5,000
Racial Equity Plan

SOAR Managing Consulting Group: $5,000
Professional Development Training for SOAR Consultants and Clients: Understanding Racial Equity

SPARK Kindness, Inc.: $5,000
SPARK Kindness Multilingual Programming – Language Justice Promoting More Inclusive Services

Sudbury Valley Trustees: $5,000
Staff and Board Training: White People Challenging Racism, Moving from Talk to Action

ThinkGive, Inc.: $5,000
Laying the foundations for creating a culture of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB)

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc.: $5,000
Examining Pay Equity for LGBTQ+ Staff at Wayside

Wildflower, Inc.: $5,000
Enhancing Wildflower’s REI Infrastructure

2021 Grants:

A Place to Turn, Natick, MA, $5,000
To fund a series of activities to advance the agency’s cultural competency.

Advocates, Inc., Framingham, MA, $5,000
To send 2 to 3 staff to local workshops, select the most appropriate session and engage workshop/training leaders as consultants to help us develop a “Train the Trainer” program.

Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $4,300
To work with the Wayside Equity Training Center to provide baseline anti-racist training for all on-site staff who work with Bethany Hill clients.

Boston Area Gleaners, Acton, MA $4,500
To fund racial equity training for board members.

Camp Casco, Sudbury, MA $1,500
To fund three racial equity trainings for staff and volunteers.

Charles River Center, Needham, MA $5,000
To fund the development of a new website that is inclusive to all constituents.

Discovery Museum, Acton, MA $4,800
To work with the Wayside Equity Training Center on an all-staff workshop series on understanding and addressing implicit bias.

Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $5,000
For translation services.

Family Promise Metrowest, Natick, MA, $5,000
To work with a consultant o design and develop trainings on DEI/Unconscious Bias for board members and staff.

Framingham History Center, Framingham, MA, $5,000
For continued work to develop a Community Engagement Plan.

Framingham Police Department, Framingham, MA, $5,000
For equity training for the Framingham Police Department.

Framingham State University Foundation, Framingham, MA, $3,000
To engage students in the creation and discussion of artwork that will decorate FSU’s Center for Inclusive Excellence and prompt conversation about equity and inclusion.

Greater Framingham Community Church, Framingham, MA, $5,000
To fund a series of eight events between January and August 2022 to bring residents and leadership of the Framingham community together around the challenges of anti-racism. (In partnership with Community VIBES Framingham.)

Greater Framingham Community Church, Framingham, MA, $5,000
To help fund a day-long anti-racist training program led by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond for the 35 leaders of Framingham organizations and non-profits who have been meeting on a monthly basis since 2020 to craft organization diversity plans and community engagement initiatives.

Hoops and Homework, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To fund a consultation with Raymond Porch, M.Ed., assistant superintendent for diversity, equity and inclusion at Burlington Public Schools for a series of board, staff and student equity workshops, trainings and presentations that will include community outreach.

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $4,500
To contract with the Wayside Equity Training Center for five in-service equity training sessions for staff, interns, volunteers board members and interested community partners.

Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA $5,000
To fund the continuation of the speaker series, “On Belonging in Outdoor Space,” a free, virtual workshop on access, inclusion and connection in nature, in collaboration with the Farrington Nature Linc.

Metro Community Development Corporation, Marlborough, MA $4,000
To partner with Montachusett MLK Coalition to produce the 21st Annual MLK Day Celebration on January 22, 2022.

Natick Service Council, Natick, MA, $5,000
To hire a DEI consultant to assist in developing DEI policies and frameworks including a review of the Employee Handbook and external communications.

Neighbor Brigade, Maynard, MA, $5,000
Continued DEI training for board, staff and chapter leaders.

South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Framingham, MA, $5,000
To contract with the Wayside Equity Training Center to lead a systems and policy review with a DEI lens.

SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $5,000
To fund a Racial Equity training series and a community event on nonviolent communications and microaggressions with guidance from consultant Roxy Manning, PhD.

The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, $5,000
To help fund the creation of four outdoor Social Justice Little Free Libraries on the TLC campus.

Thrive Support and Advocacy, Inc., Marlborough, MA, $4,500
To fund a Diversity Leadership Development Program and a Diversity Advisory Group.

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham, MA, $5,000
To develop a policy around the use of language within the workplace, in collaboration with Wayside’s Chief Diversity Officer Guimel DeCarvalho and DEI Consultant, Carlton Watson.

2020 Grants:

A Place to Turn, Natick, MA $2,500
To work with Jane’s Way, LLC to learn more about the historical context of racism and oppression, how to be an active ally, and to review/assess the agency’s policies and processes. 

Acton-Boxborough United Way, Acton, MA, $2,500
To work with Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham of Promoting Good LLC to lead two virtual stakeholders’ gatherings in September/October: a two-hour learning session, followed by a facilitated one-hour dialogue to support strategic action planning.

Advocates, Inc., Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) to complete their Racial Equity Plan.

atac (formerly Amazing Things Arts Center), Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with Consultants Kara Wright and Heidi Massey on anti-racist leadership training for the board that includes a review of policies.

Bethany Hill Place, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with YW Boston to enhance board and staff understanding of racial equity and identify potential organizational changes.

Discovering Hidden Gems, Framingham, MA, $2,500
For a “community education through art” initiative in which the DHG teens will create a mural in downtown Framingham that “captures the times and depicts the racial construct.”

Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, $2,500
To support an Antiracist Study Group comprised of senior managers.

Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., Boston, MA, $2,500
For facilitated racial equity conversations with internal staff, leadership team and board led by The Melanated Social Workers.

Edwards Church/Open Spirit, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To support an eight-session community-wide, anti-racism program, entitled “Mindful Anti-racism: A Radical Exploration of Race and Resilience.”

Foundation for MetroWest, Natick, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) who will facilitate a series of workshops and conversations to increase the Foundation staff’s personal and professional understanding of racial equity.

Framingham History Center, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with Ph.D. Candidate Mary McNeil to research and develop resources/relationships and program options for a proposed “People of Color” series of workshops and exhibitions.

Framingham State University, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To hire outside expert(s) to conduct trainings on racism and racial trauma throughout the academic year and/or for faculty stipends for running the Pedagogy Academy and creating departmental anti-racism course transformation plans.

Foundation Friends of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Sudbury, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) to lead a Board discussion on equity and inclusion; conduct a public presentation at the Refuge on equity and inclusion; and, revise the community outreach strategy and related support materials.

Greater Framingham Community Church, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To support a virtual Youth Town Hall conversation on racism as a part of the Greater Framingham Community Church’s annual MLK celebration and commemoration in January 2021.

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) who will facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing to help JFS advance equity and inclusion in their own work as well as in their collaborative work with MetroWest community partners.

Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee, Lincoln, MA, $2,500
To fund a Racial Equity and Inclusion project.

Metro Community Development Corporation, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To enable Metro CDC to provide technical and other assistance to help Montachusett MLK Coalition run their Wrestling with Racism series in a virtual setting.

MetroWest Mediation Services, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To host a four-session virtual workshop series on “Compassionate Communication.”

Metrowest Nonprofit Network, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To host a four-session, virtual workshop series on “Conversations about Race and Identity.”

Metrowest YMCA, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) on DEI board leadership training, relationship building and program development.

Neighbor Brigade, Maynard, MA, $2,500
To work with Consultant Shadida Solutions to develop a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion online training to provide staff and volunteer chapter leaders with the tools and education needed to assure that they are using equitable and inclusive practices in their work.

OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $1,500
To work with Visions Inc. for two listening sessions to gather input on perceptions of the organization and how to best engage the BIPOC community.

REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, Waltham, MA, $2,500
To work with a consultant (to be selected) to review how different people experience REACH culture and systems; to craft a process to design and implement DEI commitments at REACH, and to identify values, norms, and behaviors to reinforce, reset, or rethink in response to what is learned from the process.

South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Framingham, MA, $2,500
To support DEI trainings for managers as well as a series of facilitated discussions and programs for all employees led by a variety of facilitators.

SPARK Kindness, Natick, MA, $2,500
To work with Consultant Regina Marshall for a facilitated discussion with board, staff, advisors and volunteers on internal DEI approaches at SPARK.

Sudbury Public Schools, Sudbury, MA, $2,500
To hire an appropriate speaker (to be selected) to educate the Sudbury Public Schools community and the broader community regarding proactive steps to advance racial equity in the public schools.

The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA, $2,500
For continued work with Consultant Amber Clark to steward the agency’s DEI strategic planning initiative by facilitating weekly leadership meetings specifically focused on racial equity.  

Last updated April 2022