2019 Grants

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of two evidence-based parenting programs, Parenting Journey and Strengthening Families Program, offered through the BCNC Family Services program in Quincy for 24 families.

Care Dimensions
Danvers, MA
$50,000 for the organization’s Complementary Therapies Program, to provide non-invasive, holistic care to nurture the body, mind, and spirit of patients and family members, including a new acupressure therapy technique.

Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois
Chicago, IL
$50,000 for a collaborative effort with Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child and the Children’s Home Society of America for a request for proposals on innovative strategies for strengthening families.

Children’s Home Society of Washington
Seattle, WA
$50,000 in support of developing a two-generation approach to help families achieve long-term goals through a pilot program at the Lake City Family Center in Seattle.

The Children’s Room
Arlington, MA
$50,000 to support free, peer-based grief support for four families in Arlington through its structured support groups, events, and referrals.

Children’s Trust
Boston, MA
$25,000 for expansion of Parenting Education and Support Program offerings, including the Nurturing Fathers Program and Fathers & Family Network.

Coalition on Temporary Shelter
Detroit, MI
$92,000 for implementation of Economic Mobility Pathways’ (EMPath) Intergenerational Mobility program at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter.

Community Partnership Family Resource Center
Divide, CO
$20,000 for parent education programs to strengthen families and promote healthy parent-child relationships.

Community Services Consortium
Albany, OR
$92,000 for implementation of EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.

Courageous Parents Network
Newton, MA
$32,250 to continue to develop resources to support parents of children facing life-threatening illnesses, and pediatricians in training who care for these families, particularly through the translation of materials to support Spanish-speaking families.

Crossroads
Duxbury, MA
$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
Boston, MA
$250,000 for expansion of the organization’s Intergenerational Mobility Project, a program involving parents and children designed to improve low-income child and family outcomes.

Epiphany School
Boston, MA
$40,000 to  support expanded parent education opportunities at the school.

Families First Parenting Programs
Watertown, MA
$45,000 in support of the growth of the organization’s Power of Parenting Program curriculum and partnerships, serving over 300 parents, training 20 parent leaders, and running 20 programs in partnership with community organizations.

Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn
Lynn, MA
$20,000 to introduce three new Parenting Journey class cycles into the Parenting Education and Family Support Program offerings.

Family Nurturing Center
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of the community-based Family Support Networks which serve 950 families with young children in Boston neighborhoods.

The Family Partnership
Minneapolis, MN
$92,000 in support of implementing EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.

Fathers’ UpLift
Boston, MA
$50,000 in support of ongoing outpatient mental health programming focused on supporting fathers in overcoming barriers preventing them from remaining engaged in their children’s lives.

First Connections, Justice Resource Institute
Needham, MA
$25,000 in support of First Connections’ programming to foster health parenting and guide families through the first years of their parenting journey through support groups, home visiting, and resources and referrals.

Friends of the Children – Boston
Roxbury, MA
$25,000 in support of expanding the organization’s long-term, professional mentoring program for youth facing difficult challenges.

Heading Home
Boston, MA
$92,000 in support of implementing EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, The Conversation Project
Cambridge, MA
$50,000 in support of the Conversation Project and its city-wide public media campaign in Boston to encourage family discussions regarding end-of-life preferences for aging family members.

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

La Alianza Hispana
Boston, MA
$25,000 in support of the organization’s Mothers and Children in the Making program, a comprehensive maternal/child home-visiting program for high-risk Latina immigrant pregnant/parenting mothers and families with children birth to age 5.

The Opportunity Alliance
Portland, ME
$92,000 in support of implementing EMPath’s Intergen Mobility pilot program.

Parent Possible
Denver, CO
$10,000 to incorporate parent empowerment resources into public spaces including libraries, recreation centers, and parks, to foster positive interaction between parents and young children to support the child’s healthy development.

Parenting Journey
Somerville, MA
$40,000 in support of 50 Parenting Journey Groups designed to create resilient families by supporting over 500 parents and caregivers in developing life skills and networks of resources.

Pathways for Children, Inc.
Gloucester, MA
$30,000 in support of the 15-week Nurturing Program to provide a national registered, evidence-based, validated family education curriculum designed to prevent child abuse and neglect in the North Shore community.

Raw Art Works
Lynn, MA
$25,000 to support the Family Focused Creative Youth Development program, providing free arts programming for over 540 underserved youth.

Roca
Chelsea, MA
$50,000 in support of the Young Mother’s Project in Greater Boston and Springfield, providing critical resources to 345 families.

Room to Grow
Boston, MA
$50,000 for the provision of parent education programs to 750 families, including structured coaching, material goods, community connections, and other parenting tools and resources.