2016 Grants

The Boston Education Development Foundation
f/b/o Boston Public Schools

$35,000 in support of expanding the Parent-Child Approaches to Learning Initiative to engage families and build parenting skills

Breakthrough Greater Boston
$20,000 to expand the Breakthrough program to serve middle and high school students at the Dorchester Campus, and implement two new programs for early high school students

Care Dimensions
$50,000 in support of the organization’s Complementary Therapies Program to provide non-invasive, holistic care to nurture the body, mind, and spirit of patients and family members

Children’s Trust, Inc.
$25,000 in support of parenting education programs, including Parenting Education and Support Programs, Nurturing Fathers groups, and the Father and Family Network

The Conversation Project
$100,000 in support of the Conversation Project and its citywide public media campaign in Boston to encourage family discussions regarding end-of-life preferences for aging family members

Courageous Parents Network
$29,000 to support parents of children facing life-threatening illnesses, pediatricians in training who care for those families, and to demystify difficult conversations to promote communication between parents of seriously ill children and pediatricians through videos and an interactive guide

Crossroads for Kids, Inc.
$25,000 in support of the “Grow-Build-Lead” long-term empowerment program to empower youth to think independently, make informed and healthy choices, set challenging goals, and engage in services of others

EMPath
$40,000 in support of the expansion of the Intergenerational Mobility Project to improve low-income child and family outcomes through this intergenerational intervention

Families First Parenting Programs
$35,000 in support of the Neighborhood Bases program, focused on continuing to build the program in the high-need communities of East Boston and Roxbury, and carry out and evaluate new parenting programs at partner sites in Roxbury

The Food Project
$15,000 in support of the organization’s food donations and Seed Crew program for hunger relief agencies in Greater Boston and on the North Shore

Friends of the Children- Boston
$25,000 in support of the organization’s long-term, professional mentoring for Boston’s highest-risk children and youth

Julie’s Family Learning Program
$35,000 in support of the organization’s adult and children’s services, including family support and education programs committed to the development of strong, stable, healthy family functioning

Nurtury
$20,000 in support of a family engagement program based at the organizations Learning Lab in Boston and serving 800 families annually

Parent-Child Home Program
$25,000 to bridge the preparation and achievement gap for children and families in need in Greater Boston and the surrounding gateway cities

Parenting Journey
$26,000 in support of Parenting Journey Groups designed to create resilient families by supporting over 300 parents in developing life skills and networks of resources

President and Fellows of Harvard College
f/b/o The Family Van

$25,000 in support of the Family Van’s general operation to bring mobile healthcare, wellness initiatives, and workshops to Boston’s most underserved communities

Raising a Reader
$15,000 to support the delivery of early literacy services to children and families in metro Boston

Raw Art Works
$25,000 to support the Family Focused Creative Youth Development program, providing free arts programming for over 560 underserved youth

Roca, Inc. $25,000 in support of the High-Risk Young Mothers Program, which provides intensive case management, parenting education, life skills, alternative education, and workforce development for young mothers

South Boston Neighborhood House
$35,000 in support of expanding the Welcome Baby program, a home visitation program for families in South Boston

Year Up, Inc.
$10,000 in support of an expansion effort designed to increase the organization’s work placement and college access program for young adults in Boston