The Sudbury Foundation Awards Over $887,000 in Grants

The Sudbury Foundation awarded $887,829 in grants to 42 organizations in its second round of granting for 2023.

“The Sudbury Foundation is delighted to support a such wide range of organizations and projects with our most recent round of funding. This year, in addition to our Children Youth & Family Capacity Building and Youth Emotional Well-Being grants, we also awarded three Children Youth & Family multi-year invitation grants. We are excited to see all of our grantees strengthen their programming over the coming years.” said Sudbury Foundation Executive Director, Sonia Shah. 

Sudbury Program Grants

  • Gifts of Hope Unlimited (Sudbury): $15,000

Gift Cards to Support Sudbury Families

  • Guild for Human Services (Concord): $17,000

Sudbury House Emergency Generator

  • MetroWest Free Medical Program (Marlborough): $10,000

General Operating Support

Children Youth & Family Grants

Capacity Building

  • Danny’s Place Youth Services (Acton): $20,000

Individual Donor Strategy Program

  • MetroWest Legal Services (Framingham): $20,000

Sharepoint Migration Project

  • SPARK Kindness (Natick): $20,000

Accessibility-Centered Website Redesign Project

  • ThinkGive, Inc (Concord): $20,000

Improving Communications with Stakeholders

  • Wayside Youth & Family Support Network (Framingham): $14,322

Enhancing Electronic Health Records Reporting Capabilities

Youth Emotional Well-Being

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW (Worcester): $20,000

60 Men (of color) to Mentors in MetroWest

  • Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley (Maynard): $20,000

Summer Field Trips

  • Camp Casco (Sudbury): $20,000

Overnight Camp for Childhood Cancer Patients and Survivors

  • Chica Project (Quincy): $20,000

Mental Health of Young Women of Color Program Expansion

  • Concord Prison Outreach (Concord): $10,000

Program Implementation and Expansion

  • First Connections/JRI (Acton): $20,000

ParentChild+ Program

  • Framingham State University Foundation/The Chris Walsh Center for Educators and Families of MetroWest (Framingham): $18,367

Family Educational Programming and Support Group

  • Literations (Boston): $20,000

Framingham Sustained Tutoring Program

  • Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program (Lincoln): $10,640

Klarman Eating Disorders Center Pilot Program

  • Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. (Newton): $20,000

Weekend Family Connections

  • SMILE Mass, Inc. (Sudbury): $20,000

Club SMILE Mass

Invitation (Multi-year General Operating Support)

  • Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest (Marlborough): $200,000
  • Discovering Hidden Gems (Framingham): $50,000
  • Hoops and Homework (Framingham): $50,000
  • MetroWest College Planning Collaborative (Framingham): $150,000

Community Grants

  • MetroWest Nonprofit Network (Framingham): $5,000 

 

Hunger Relief Grants

  • A Place to Turn (Natick): $11,000 
  • Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry (Acton): $5,500 
  • Daniel’s Table (Framingham): $5,500 
  • Framingham Food Pantry – Hope Worldwide (Framingham): $2,000 
  • Greater Framingham Community Church (Framingham): $5,500 
  • Hudson Community Food Pantry (Hudson): $5,500 
  • Lucy and Joe Press Food Pantry/Jewish Fam. Service of MA (Framingham): $2,000 
  • Marlborough Community Cupboard/UWTC (Marlborough): $5,500 
  • Maynard Food Pantry (Maynard): $5,500 
  • Mt Calvary Community Supper (Acton): $3,000 
  • My Brother’s Table – Good Shepherd’s Parish (Wayland): $3,000 
  • Natick Service Council Food Pantry (Natick): $5,500 
  • Open Table (Maynard): $11,000 
  • Pearl Street Cupboard and Café/UWTC (Framingham): $5,500 
  • Salvation Army Food Pantry (Framingham): $5,500 
  • St. Vincent de Paul – Lincoln Food Pantry (Lincoln): $3,000 
  • Stow Food Pantry (Stow): $3,000 
  • Sudbury Community Food Pantry (Sudbury): $10,000

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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 2022, the Foundation distributed $1.78 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. 

A BIG Thank You to The Hubert School – Chaps!

Many thanks for supporting the HudsonCommunity Food Pantry!

TMF New England Chapter MLK Day of Service 2023 Hudson Food Ruck & Social

Please join Travis Manion Foundation Spartans nationwide by honoring Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. with our Operation Service Project in Hudson, Massachusetts.

As MLK once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Every action makes a difference, and our Operation Legacy project brings veterans, families of fallen heroes, and motivated civilians together to deliver food items to the Hudson Community Food Pantry so that they can continue their mission to “find a permanent solution to end poverty and hunger for as long as our society struggles.”

TMF New England Chapter MLK Day of Service 2023 Hudson Food Ruck & Social

Bob Gregorie

HCFP shares the passing of a longtime volunteer and dear friend

Bob GregorieIt is with deep sadness that HCFP shares the passing of one of our longtime volunteer and dearest friend, Bob Gregorie.
Bob was a fixture at HCFP for many years and his favorite spot on Saturday mornings was perched on the chest freezer handing out eggs and cheese to the clients and not so secretly slipping candy and popsicles to the children.
And if Saturday mornings weren’t enough, Bob volunteered on Tuesday mornings, joined by his lovely wife Kathy. Bob and Kathy made it a point to stop and visit when they could these past few years and Bob always asked about the volunteers and clients who regularly visit HCFP and kept up on all the activity going on at the pantry.
We will be forever thankful we had the opportunity to serve alongside Bob. Rest in peace Bob.

The Sudbury Foundation Grants Over $400,000 to to 31 Nonprofits and the Town of Sudbury

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sonia Shah, shah@sudburyfoundation.org
978-443-0849

The Sudbury Foundation Grants over $400,000 to 31 Nonprofits and the Town of Sudbury

 

June 22, 2022 (SUDBURY, Massachusetts) – The Sudbury Foundation this week announced that it has awarded $374,595 to 31 local nonprofits and $37,720 to the Town of Sudbury in its most recent round of granting for 2022.

“The Sudbury Foundation is delighted to support a wide range of organizations and projects with our most recent round of funding. The Capacity Building grants were paused during the pandemic, and we are thrilled to see so many organizations taking advantage of this opportunity to strengthen their organizations,” said Sudbury Foundation Executive Director, Sonia Shah.

Children, Youth & Family Capacity Building Grant Program

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of CM/MW: $25,000

To convert the current donor database to the National platform.

  • Family Promise Metrowest: $10,000

To implement a customized case management software platform.

  • Hoops and Homework: $16,000

For staff training and development tools upgrade.

  • Jeff’s Place: $25,000

To hire a consultant(s) to do a complete communications assessment.

  • Metrowest YMCA: $19,500

To provide resources and mental health support for full and part time staff impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • SPARK Kindness: $25,000

To hire a consultant to develop a Communications Strategy and Plan.

  • The Food Project, Inc.: $15,000

To redesign the website.

  • The Guild for Human Services: $25,000

To hire The Center for START Services to provide specialized training and consultation to reduce the use of emergency services.

  • ThinkGive, Inc.: $22,000

To hire a consultant for leadership training.

Farm and Local Food Initiative

  • Mass Food System Collaborative: $50,000 Multi-year grant

For general operating support.

The Sudbury Program Grants

  • Metrowest Free Medical Program: $25,000

For general operating support.

  • Town of Sudbury Summer Concert & Block Party: $7,720

To fund a Sudbury summer concert and block party in August 2022.

  • Town of Sudbury Bruce Freeman Rail Trail: $30,000

To hire a consultant to assist in public art and signage project along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.

  • Wayside Inn Foundation: $23,000

To fund the Mishoon Project, an opportunity to learn about Indigenous history and culture by making a dugout canoe using traditional methods.

Hunger Relief Grants

  • A Place to Turn, Natick: $11,000
  • Open Table, Maynard: $11,000
  • Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry: $5,500
  • Daniel’s Table, Framingham: $5,500
  • Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,500
  • Hudson Community Food Pantry: $5,500
  • Marlborough Community Cupboard/UWTC: $5,500
  • Maynard Food Pantry: $5,500
  • Natick Service Council Food Pantry: $5,500
  • Pearl Street Cupboard and Café, Framingham/UWTC: $5,500
  • Salvation Army Food Pantry, Framingham: $5,500
  • Mt Calvary Community Supper, Acton: $3,000
  • My Brother’s Table-Good Shephard Parish: $3,000
  • Vincent de Paul-Lincoln Food Pantry: $3,000
  • Stow Food Pantry: $3,000
  • Framingham Food Pantry, Hope Worldwide: $2,000
  • Lucy and Joe Press Food Pantry/Jewish Fam. Service of MA: $2,000

Community Grants

  • Leadership MetroWest: $1,595
  • MetroWest Nonprofit Network: $5,000

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.