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Garden in the
Woods
New England Wild Flower Society,
Framingham, MA |
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| Regional Program Grants
awarded in 2002 and 2003 |
| Community
Building Grants |
| Community
Teamwork, Inc., Lowell, MA, $4,600 |
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In
support of an early childhood professional development
conference in collaboration with Sudbury's Early Childhood
Advisory Council that brings together otherwise isolated,
home-based day care providers for training and networking. |
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| Concord
Free Public Library, Concord, MA, $25,000 |
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In support
of a capital campaign for a series of facilities enhancements
to this esteemed community-building institution. |
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| Crossroads
Community Foundation, Natick, MA, $12,500 |
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For operating
support for this regional community foundation serving
27 communities in the Metrowest area. |
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| Jewish
Family Service of MetroWest, Framingham, MA, $20,000 |
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In support
of Healing Partners, a program that encourages
and trains faith communities to support the bereaved,
caregivers and those living with illness. |
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| Organizational
Capacity and Effectiveness Grants |
| Big
Brother/Big Sister of South Middlesex, Inc., Framingham,
MA, $10,000 |
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For
technological enhancements at this agency which matches
adult volunteers with boys and girls who can benefit from
positive guidance and friendship. |
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| Commonwealth
Ballet Company, Acton, MA, $10,000 |
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To increase
the organization’s operational and administrative
capacity by creating the part-time position of Technical
Production Coordinator. |
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| Discovery
Museums, Acton, MA, $15,000 |
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For short-term
operating support during a turnaround period while the
Museums implement the recommendations of a development
audit. |
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| Discovery
Museums, Acton, MA, $20,000 |
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To broaden
the base of financial support by contracting for a “development
audit.” |
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| EDCO
Collaborative, Lincoln, MA, $40,000 |
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Over two
years, to develop and pilot a training program to help
new school committee members perform their jobs effectively. |
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| Friends
for Tomorrow, Inc., Lincoln, MA, $4,000 |
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To purchase
new technology and equipment to enhance the efficiency
of this organization which uses horseback riding therapy
to enhance the lives of children and young adults facing
extraordinary physical and mental challenges. |
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| Greater
Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester, MA, $2,000 |
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In support
of a training workshop for local consultants designed
to enhance their ability to assist nonprofit clients working
on board development issues. |
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| Greater
Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester, MA, $15,000 |
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To plan and
implement an Executive Transition Support System to help
nonprofits in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
tackle the challenges and opportunities presented when
executive directors leave their organizations. |
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| Hudson
Area Arts Alliance, Hudson, MA, $25,000 |
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Over three
years, to enable the Alliance to expand community-building
arts programming in Hudson and Marlboro in response to
local demand. |
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| Indian
Hill Music Center, Littleton, MA, $10,000 |
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To retain
fundraising counsel to help build this regional music
center’s financial capacity through a variety of
fundraising strategies including a capital campaign. |
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| Learning
Center for Deaf Children, Inc., Framingham, MA, $10,000 |
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To help produce
a short documentary on the Learning Center to be used
as a development and public education tool. |
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Massachusetts Audubon Society/Drumlin Farm, Lincoln,
MA, $30,000 |
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Over two
years, to upgrade and expand the visitor experience for
Drumlin Farm visitors of all ages. |
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| Minute
Man Arc for Human Services, Inc., Concord, MA, $6,000 |
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To support
a year-long board development consultation for this agency
which provides services and programs to people with developmental
disabilities. |
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| Minute
Man Arc for Human Services, Concord, MA, $5,000 |
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To retain
a consultant to help the agency conduct a development
audit. |
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| Organization
for the Assabet River, Concord, MA , $75,000 |
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Over three
years, in support of a development program to increase
unrestricted member and business support for this local
watershed group. |
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| Parmenter
VNA & Community Care, Inc., Wayland, MA, $25,000 |
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To support
marketing and other activities designed to insure the
financial stability of a new Adult Day Health Program. |
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| Stearns
Organic Farm, Inc., Framingham, MA, $3,600 |
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To enable
the farm to efficiently increase its productivity through
the installation of an irrigation system. |
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| The
Children’s Room, Arlington, MA, $5,000 |
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To support
the opening of a Framingham, MA site for this organization
which offers ongoing bereavement support to children who
have lost a loved one. |
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| Tides
Foundation/Rockwood Fund, Berkeley, CA, $1,500 |
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To enable
Leadership Metrowest staff to enhance their skills through
participation in an Art of Leadership training
program. |
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| Wayside
Youth & Family Services, Framingham, MA , $25,000 |
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To enable
this human service agency offering counseling programs,
residential group homes, and family-based outreach services
to evaluate a new model of family-based care. |
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| Worcester
Natural History Society/EcoTarium, Worcester, MA, $35,000 |
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To help the
Ecotarium better understand and respond to the needs of
its audience by conducting a marketing study. |
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| Preservation
of Community Character and Assets Grants |
| Charles
River Watershed Association, Waltham, MA, $15,000 |
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To pilot
the use of the SmartStorm rainwater retention
system in Hudson, MA. SmartStorm is designed
to reduce demand on potable water supplies for irrigation,
reduce polluted storm water runoff, and enhance aquifer
storage, thereby helping to sustain public drinking water
supplies and increase river flow. |
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| Friends
of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Marlborough,
MA, $7,500 |
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To
help train a team of volunteers in wildlife tracking techniques
as a first step toward establishing a regional wildlife
monitoring program. |
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| Friends
of the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Bolton, MA, $4,400 |
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For continued
support of the Wildlife Trails Education Project,
which produces an ongoing photographic record of elusive
resident animals available for interpretive use by refuge
staff, teachers and students. |
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| Musicians
of the Old Post Road, Waltham, MA, $10,000 (2 grants) |
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For two area
concerts by this professional chamber ensemble which reunites
the music, instruments and performance styles of earlier
centuries at sites along the historic Boston Post Road. |
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| SuAsCo
Watershed Community Council, Maynard, MA, $15,000 |
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For continued
short-term operating support for this community-based
alliance that promotes the sustainable economic and environmental
well-being of the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord watershed. |
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| Wayland
Historical Society, Wayland, MA, $2,200 |
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To restore
the back hall ell of the Grout-Heard House to its 1840
appearance in preparation of the society’s 50th
anniversary in 2004. |
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| Youth
Development and Opportunity Grants |
| Adolescent
Consultation Services, Inc., Cambridge, MA, $40,000 |
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Over
two years, to help this agency, which provides integrated prevention
and intervention services to low-income, high-risk, court-involved
youth and their families, launch the Child Advocate Pilot
Project in the Framingham Juvenile Court. |
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| Applied
Developmental Science Institute-Tufts University, Medford, MA,
$15,000 |
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To help bring the
concept of positive youth and community development to the towns
of Concord and Carlisle, MA through a series of activities and
events in partnership with the volunteer community group, Alliance
for Teen Safety. |
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| Assabet
Valley Mastersingers, Northboro, MA, $1,000 |
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To enable talented
high school vocalists to perform choral masterworks with this
professional choral group. |
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| Barbieri Parent
Teacher Organization, Framingham, MA,$10,000 |
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For playground
renovations that emphasize handicapped accessibility at this
community playground located at the Barbieri School. |
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| Concord Orchestra,
Concord, MA, $2,000 |
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In support of Young
Artists Concerto Competitions in 2002 and 2003 that offer
promising young musicians an opportunity to compete and perform
with a full orchestra. |
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Crossroads
Community Foundation (as fiscal agent for Resiliency for Life),
Natick, MA, $30,000 (2 grants) |
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Continued support
for an innovative Framingham High School intervention program
designed to enhance academic achievement for at-risk teens. |
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Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc., Boston,
MA, $5,000 |
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To help provide
student scholarships for a summer tour of Central Europe. |
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| Indian
Hill Music Center, Littleton, MA, $10,000 |
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To support the
Integrate Music Program designed to use music and movement
to enhance mastery of traditional elementary school subject
matter. |
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| MetroWest
Latin American Center, Framingham, MA, $10,000 |
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In support of the
Latino Youth Leadership Project, which trains teens
to help their peers avoid sexually transmitted disease, unwanted
pregnancy and substance abuse. |
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| Metrowest
Symphony Orchestra, Marlborough, MA, $1,000 |
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In support of a
children’s concert featuring a puppet theater. |
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