The Massachusetts Legislature unveiled a wide-ranging tax break plan worth over $1 billion; Planned Parenthood workers say yes to a union; a nonprofit helps students of color thrive in college. MORE
July 15, 2022 — An international conservation organization called Rare that specializes in social change for the environment has expanded to Boston. Rare has created a Climate Culture team to launch an initiative to direct and galvanize individual actions around diet, transportation, energy use, and support for nature toward collective impact. Climate Culture, Rare’s first U.S.-based initiative, will be customized to local markets, starting with Climate Culture Boston. MORE
July 14, 2022 — The Foundation for MetroWest announced the timeline for upcoming grant opportunities in the areas of Arts & Culture and Human Services. MORE
July 14, 2022 — The Boston Foundation today announced the appointment of Jane Steinmetz, the Office Managing Principal of Ernst & Young LLP's Boston office, and Raj Sharma, Managing Director/Private Wealth Advisor and Founder of The Sharma Group at Merrill Private Wealth Management, to the Foundation’s Board of Directors for terms beginning July 1, 2022. MORE
July 8, 2022 — The Women's Fund of Essex County
(TWF) recently announced it awarded annual grant funding totaling $250,000 to 34 nonprofit organizations dedicated to transforming the lives of women and girls throughout Essex County. MORE
July 11, 2022 — Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA), the largest girl-serving organization in Massachusetts and 10th largest Girl Scout council in the United States, announced Deb Taft as its new Board Chair and President. Taft was voted into this position at Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts’ annual meeting in May. MORE
This nonprofit leader explains how she transformed tragedy — the loss of a young child — into a mission and innovative nonprofit model to raise funds to combat pediatric cancers.MORE
July 14, 2022 — The Greater Worcester Community Foundation announced the 34 awardees of its 2022 Community Grants — combining for a total of $456,250. Community Grants are made possible by people who have set up discretionary funds with the Foundation. This type of fund provides GWCF with the maximum amount of flexibility to grant resources where community needs are greatest. MORE
July 9, 2022 — Rockland Trust’s affiliated charitable foundations announced that they have provided $460,000 in grants to 54 local area nonprofit organizations in the second quarter. MORE
July 7, 2022 — The Boston Foundation has announced $4,181,000 in grants to 70 organizations in its final round of grantmaking for the 2022 Fiscal Year. In addition to $2,054,000 approved by the Board of Directors as part of the quarterly grants docket, the Board also approved $1,100,000 in Open Door Grants to 22 organizations and an additional $1,027,000 in one-year grants to organizations who work in areas specified by donors who established restricted and field-of-interest funds as part of the Foundation’s grantmaking docket. MORE
July 6, 2022 — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture announced $500,000 in contracted services has been awarded to 12 individuals and organizations to provide technical assistance, professional development, and workforce development services to Boston artists and creative workers. MORE
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley announced eight new members recently elected to serve on the organization’s Board of Directors; Lesley President Steinmayer joins Cambridge Community Foundation board. MORE
July 10, 2022 — Caritas Communities, a nonprofit provider of low-income housing and services with a mission to prevent homelessness, announced the appointment of Michael C. Lee as its new CFO. MORE
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