Please join us in welcoming Sonia Shah to the Foundation as our next Executive Director. Sonia will assume the post in January. Most recently she served as the Director of Development and Outreach at the Natick Service Council, where she was responsible for spearheading all development efforts, including marketing and public relations, fundraising events and campaigns, […]
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Sudbury Grants Program Re-Opens
We are pleased to announce that our Sudbury Grants Program will be accepting proposals according to its regular grant schedule in 2022. The Sudbury Program supports projects designed to benefit the people of Sudbury, with a focus on youth development, historic and environmental preservation, community building, and populations in need. Proposals are due:January 1 for […]
Shining a Light on Domestic Violence
We love seeing Sudbury Town Center (and The Grange Hall) lit up in purple (which signifies courage and compassion) to literally shine a light on the issues related to domestic and breakup violence during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. Purple lights will illuminate religious and civic buildings in Sudbury, Wayland, and Framingham at various times throughout October thanks to […]
Oct. is Disability Awareness Month
October is National Disability Awareness Month and Sudbury’s rejuvenated Commission on Disability (COD) is working hard to shine a light on the issues impacting people with physical and intellectual disabilities. This month, to call attention to the cause, they are distributing lapel pins that depict the disability flag. The flag was designed in 2017 by Eros […]
Aurelia’s Garden
We had a nice site visit recently to Aurelia’s Garden in Wayland, one of our newest grant partners. They are an all-volunteer, nonprofit micro-farm founded in 2020 to address food insecurity by providing fresh, nutritious organic produce to local food pantries. They farm on two local sites which have been loaned to them. The first […]
Sudbury Municipal Minute: DEI
In May 2021, the Sudbury Select Board created a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Commission to support diversity, achieve equity, and foster inclusion for every member of the Sudbury community. The Commission will hear testimony from towns people, deliberate on those discussions and submit a report to the Select Board within a year that includes an […]
Anti-racist Learning
Our board and staff are in the middle of anti-racist training and we wanted to share this powerful video our consultants used to kick off yesterday’s session. In the video entitled ‘How We Can Win” (which went viral in June 2020 and was later turned into a book), political activist Kimberly Jones spoke off the […]
Foundation Seeks Executive Director
Interested in the opportunity to take on a leadership role at the Sudbury Foundation? We are seeking a new executive director following the retirement of our long-time executive at the end of the year. Our next leader will build upon the strategic framework that the staff and Trustees have created and will work in partnership to continue […]
Executive Director to Retire at Year-End
The Sudbury Foundation trustees today announced the upcoming retirement of Executive Director Marilyn Martino who will complete her 28-year tenure with the Foundation at the end of the year. Under Martino’s leadership, the organization has re-designed its funding priorities to include positive youth development and a resilient local food system, shifted from project grants to […]
Racial Equity & Inclusion Mini Grants – Round 2
Proposals due August 20, 2021To continue to advance equity and inclusion work in our communities, the Foundation’s 2021 Racial Equity & Inclusion (RE&I) mini-grant program is open to nonprofits in our catchment area* who wish to focus on anti-racism learning and action. Grants are available to 2020 RE&I recipients to advance their work as well as […]
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