The Sudbury Foundation Awards over $112,000 in Racial Equity & Inclusion Grants

The Sudbury Foundation this week announced that it has awarded $152,220 to 25 local nonprofits. In addition to awarding 23 Racial Equity & Inclusion Grants totaling $112,220, the Foundation also awarded two Sudbury Program Grants totaling $40,000.

“Over the past three years, we have granted $300,000 to local nonprofits through our Racial Equity & Inclusion grant program. The Sudbury Foundation is proud to continue providing these grants to a variety of local nonprofits to assist them in their equity work both within their organizations and throughout their communities,” said Sudbury Foundation Executive Director, Sonia Shah.

Racial Equity & Inclusion Grant Program

• 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

• 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

The Sudbury Program Grants

• Sudbury Extended Day, Inc.: $25,000
  To hire a consultant for capacity/continuity planning.

• Sudbury Valley Trustees: $15,000
  To upgrade their financial system.

The Sudbury Foundation is a private foundation working to transform lives and strengthen communities through grantmaking and scholarship programs in Sudbury, MA and surrounding communities. In 2021, the Foundation distributed $1.6 million in grants and scholarships to students and organizations in Sudbury, to organizations in communities surrounding Sudbury focused on Children, Youth and Families, and to organizations throughout the state of MA engaged in Farm and Local Food initiatives.