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WGBH Educational Foundation

To support the launch of an Equity and Justice Unit and to enable deeper relationships with grassroots media leaders

  • Award Date: 11/29/2023
  • Amount: $750,000
  • Term: 36 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc.

To provide core support for its Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway program.

  • Award Date: 10/31/2023
  • Amount: $200,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

City of Boston

To provide core support to its Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion to grow its impact.

  • Award Date: 8/30/2023
  • Amount: $700,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

United Way of Central Massachusetts, Inc.

To support the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund.

  • Award Date: 8/16/2023
  • Amount: $250,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Inc.

To support the Massachusetts Migrant Families Relief Fund.

  • Award Date: 8/16/2023
  • Amount: $250,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

To provide a one-time general operating support during an inflection point for organization.

  • Award Date: 6/30/2023
  • Amount: $500,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Boston Harbor Now, Inc.

To provide support for the ground-truthing phase of its Special Initiatives Data Project.

  • Award Date: 6/30/2023
  • Amount: $100,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Piers Park Sailing Center

To provide general operating support.

  • Award Date: 6/30/2023
  • Amount: $200,000
  • Term: 24 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Native Americans in Philanthropy

For 2023 Barr membership dues.

  • Award Date: 6/28/2023
  • Amount: $10,000
  • Term: 12 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives

Flourish Agenda, Inc.

To build and design a Four Pivots learning toolkit for the philanthropic field.

  • Award Date: 6/7/2023
  • Amount: $350,000
  • Term: 18 months
  • Program: Special Initiatives