racial equity & Inclusion

• Acton-Boxborough United Way: $5,000 - Training for new Acton-Boxborough Resource Center

• Advocates, Inc.: $5,000 - Creating Equity Change Agents through Courageous Conversations

• Amazing Things Arts Center, Inc. (atac): $5,000 - Explora: Free and Lowkey Drop-in Creative Space

• Assabet Valley Collaborative: $5,000 - Advancing Commitments to Equity through Restorative Justice

• Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA): $5,000 - Language Justice for Farmers and Consumers in Western Massachusetts

• Discovery Museum: $5,000 - Black Women in Science Program Series

• Framingham History Center: $5,000 - Staff Training – “Collective Journeys” Initiative

• Framingham State University Foundation: $5,000 - Visual Native American Land Acknowledgements

• Town of Sudbury / Goodnow Library: $5,000 - Goodnow Library Collections Diversity Audit

• Gratis Healthcare: $5,000 - Expansion of Interpreter services

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $2,500 - Celebrations for Juneteenth and Indigenous Days

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $2,500 - To further the work of Framingham Together.

• Jewish Family Service of Metrowest: $5,000 - Hate Prevention Through Awareness and Action Initiative

• Leadership Metrowest: $5,000 - Leadership Academy Equity Scholarship Fund

• Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School: $5,000 - LSRHS Family Engagement Initiative

• Massachusetts Audubon Society: $5,000 - Metro West Culturally Responsive Sanctuaries Program

• Metrowest Nonprofit Network: $5,000 - Nonprofits as Agents of Change: A Workshop on Social Justice Strategies and Our Role in Community

• Mill City Grows: $5,000 - Consulting for Cultural Humility

• Natick is United: $5,000 - Racial Justice Series

• Natick Service Council: $5,000 - DEI Training Modules

• Open Table: $5,000 - DEI Strategic Planning Work

• REACH Beyond Domestic Violence: $5,000 - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (BJEDI) Training

• South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5,000 - Active Bystander Training for Human Services Staff

• Sudbury Valley Trustees: $5,000 - Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusivity through Multilingual Engagement

• The Carrot Project: $5,000 - Professional Development and Mentorship for BIPOC Farm and Food Business Advisors

• The Food Project: $5,000 - Racial Equity & Diversity Training for Youth, Staff, and Board

• The Natick Community Organic Farm: $5,000 - DEI Training

• ThinkGive, Inc.: $5,000 - Development of a DEIB Strategic Plan and Action Plan

• Town of Wayland / Human Rights, DEI Committee: $5,000 - Trainings for the Committee and Community

• Voices of Reentry: $5,000 Community Conversations with Formerly Incarcerated People

• Wildflower, Inc.: $5,000 - DEI Consultant and Facilitator Services

• 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 via Public Art

• Gaining Ground: $3,720 - Goals Into Action: Building Plans to Increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Gratis Healthcare: $5,000 - Brazilian/Central American Communities-Training for Medical Interpretation

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000 - Anti-Racism Educational Forum & 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 & Community Engagement in Program Planning

• OUT MetroWest: $5,000 - Racial Equity Plan

• SOAR Managing Consulting Group: $5,000 - Professional Development for Consultants and Clients

• SPARK Kindness, Inc.: $5,000 - Multilingual Programming

• Sudbury Valley Trustees: $5,000 - Staff and Board Training

• ThinkGive, Inc.: $5,000 - Creating a Culture of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging

• Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc.: $5,000 - Examining Pay Equity for LGBTQ+ Staff

• Wildflower, Inc.: $5,000 - Enhancing Wildflower’s REI Infrastructure

2021 Grants

• A Place to Turn: $5,000 - To fund a series of activities to advance the agency’s cultural competency.

• Advocates, Inc.: $5,000 - Send staff to local workshops, to develop a “Train the Trainer” program.

• Bethany Hill Place: $4,300 - To work with the Wayside Equity Training Center

• Boston Area Gleaners: $4,500 - To fund racial equity training for board members.

• Camp Casco: $1,500 - To fund three racial equity trainings for staff and volunteers.

• Charles River Center: $5,000 - To fund the development of a new website that is inclusive.

• Discovery Museum: $4,800 - To work with the Wayside Equity Training Center.

• Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc.: $5,000 - For translation services.

• Family Promise Metrowest: $5,000 - To work with a consultant o design and develop trainings on DEI/Unconscious Bias.

• Framingham History Center: $5,000 - For continued work to develop a Community Engagement Plan.

• Framingham Police Department: $5,000 - For equity training for the Framingham Police Department.

• Framingham State University Foundation: $3,000 - To engage students in the creation of artwork that will decorate FSU’s Center for Inclusive Excellence.

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000 - To fund a series of eight events to bring residents and leadership together around the challenges of anti-racism. (In partnership with Community VIBES Framingham.)

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $5,000 - To help fund a day-long anti-racist training program for the 35 leaders of Framingham organizations and non-profits.

• Hoops and Homework: $2,500 - To fund a consultation with Raymond Porch, M.Ed., for a series of equity workshops, trainings.

• Jewish Family Service of Metrowest: $4,500 - To contract with the Wayside Equity Training Center.

• Massachusetts Audubon Society: $5,000 - To fund the continuation of the speaker series, “On Belonging in Outdoor Space”.

• Metro Community Development Corporation: $4,000 - To partner with Montachusett MLK Coalition to produce the 21st Annual MLK Day Celebration.

• Natick Service Council: $5,000 - To hire a DEI consultant.

• Neighbor Brigade: $5,000 - Continued DEI training for board, staff and chapter leaders.

• South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5,000 - To contract with the Wayside Equity Training Center.

• SPARK Kindness: $5,000 - To fund a Racial Equity training series and community event with consultant Roxy Manning, PhD.

• The Learning Center for the Deaf: $5,000 - To create four outdoor Social Justice Little Free Libraries.

• Thrive Support and Advocacy, Inc.: $4,500 - To fund a Diversity Leadership Development Program and a Diversity Advisory Group.

• Wayside Youth & Family Support Network: $5,000 - To develop a policy around the use of language within the workplace.

2020 Grants

• A Place to Turn: $2,500 - To work with Jane’s Way, LLC. 

• Acton-Boxborough United Way: $2,500 - To work with Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham of Promoting Good LLC.

• Advocates, Inc.: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected) to complete their Racial Equity Plan.

• atac (formerly Amazing Things Arts Center): $2,500 - To work with Consultants Kara Wright and Heidi Massey.

• Bethany Hill Place: $2,500 - To work with YW Boston .

• Discovering Hidden Gems: $2,500 - For a “community education through art” initiative.

• Discovery Museum: $2,500 - To support an Antiracist Study Group .

• Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc.: $2,500 - For facilitated racial equity conversations led by The Melanated Social Workers.

• Edwards Church/Open Spirit: $2,500 - To support “Mindful Anti-racism: A Radical Exploration of Race and Resilience.”

• Foundation for MetroWest: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected).

• Framingham History Center: $2,500 - To work with Ph.D. Candidate Mary McNeil for a proposed “People of Color” series of workshops and exhibitions.

• Framingham State University: $2,500 - To hire outside expert(s) to conduct trainings on racism and racial trauma.

• Friends of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected).

• Greater Framingham Community Church: $2,500 - To support a virtual Youth Town Hall conversation on racism.

• Jewish Family Service of Metrowest: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected).

• Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee: $2,500 - To fund a Racial Equity and Inclusion project.

• Metro Community Development Corporation: $2,500 - To provide technical and other assistance to help Montachusett MLK Coalition run their Wrestling with Racism series.

• MetroWest Mediation Services: $2,500 - To host a four-session virtual workshop series on “Compassionate Communication.”

• Metrowest Nonprofit Network: $2,500 - To host a four-session, virtual workshop series on “Conversations about Race and Identity.”

• Metrowest YMCA: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected).

• Neighbor Brigade: $2,500 - To work with Consultant Shadida Solutions.

• OUT MetroWest: $1,500 - To work with Visions Inc.

• REACH Beyond Domestic Violence: $2,500 - To work with a consultant (to be selected).

• South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $2,500 - To support DEI trainings for managers.

• SPARK Kindness: $2,500 - To work with Consultant Regina Marshall.

• Sudbury Public Schools: $2,500 - To hire an appropriate speaker (to be selected) to educate the Sudbury Public Schools community.

• The Learning Center for the Deaf: $2,500 - For continued work with Consultant Amber Clark.