Grant Partners

Asian Women for Health

Year: 2023 *Multi-year Grant: 2021, 2022
Amount:$72,250
Somerville
Program Area: Racial Justice in Health

Asian Women for Health (AWFH) is a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellbeing through education, advocacy, and support. Asian Women for Health will work to strengthen its internal capacity to promote and sustain systematic solutions towards accessible, affordable, and equitable healthcare practice. The organization will work to implement the new Data Equity law by organizing community events and working with stakeholders. In addition, AWFH will advocate for language access and inclusion policies that address language barriers for residents with limited English proficiency from accessing state services, programs and information.   

Littleton Community Farm

Year: 2023
Amount:$6,750
Middlesex, Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to improve the fundraising platform and expand future programs, including the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).

Agencia Alpha

Year: 2023
Amount:$60,000
Suffolk County

Agencia ALPHA, an immigrant-led, grassroots organization in Boston, plans to add Certified Application Counselors to its team and expand its member outreach around MassHealth redeterminations and enrollment in health coverage.

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee

Year: 2023 *Multi-year Grant: 2022
Amount:$150,000
Cambridge

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee’s (CEOC) mission is to empower people and mobilize resources to fight the impact and causes of poverty through education and organizing. CEOC envisions an inclusive and diverse Cambridge without poverty, where everyone has affordable housing, quality health care, education, food security, and economic stability. CEOC will provide the Journey to the Hope program (the organization’s PM+ intervention program); increase staff members' knowledge, comfort, and confidence in discussing mental health and delivering Journey to Hope to community members.

Judge Baker Children’s Center

Year: 2023
Amount:$50,000
Greater Boston
Program Area: Special Initiatives

The Baker Center for Children and Families (BCCF) and the Morning Star Baptist Church (MSBC) will co-create a community-based, community-leader-led support program called Caregiver Conversations. The pilot program will help address the lack of access to effective mental health care for children and their caregivers living in Boston's Roxbury, Mattapan, and Dorchester neighborhoods.