Grant Partners

Friends of Hampshire County Homeless Individuals

Year: 2024
Amount:$2,250
Hampshire County
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to launch the EmpowerRide Health Initiative, a program designed to empower and support unhoused individuals on their journey toward healthier, better lives. The initiative provides individuals in need with bicycles and safety equipment, thereby granting them equitable access to transportation to meet their needs for a healthy life. 

Resilient Sisterhood Project

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Middlesex, Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for the organization to work with UpMetrics to build better programmatic outcomes by collecting and using data to measure, improve, and report on their impact.

MEDA, Inc.

Year: 2024
Amount:$5,150
Statewide
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to increase organizational capacity to better serve the LGBTQIA+ community by training MEDA staff to better serve this community and to develop materials that addresses LGBTQIA+ eating disorders and mental health.

Gardner CAC (Community Action Committee)

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,298
Worcester
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding for two Instant Language Assistant (ILA) devices as well as software to allow more electronic communications in multiple languages to meet the surge of non-English speaking clients. These devices will provide real-time translation support to serve and provide resources to multilingual clients.

Wakefield Alliance Against Violence

Year: 2024
Amount:$7,500
Middlesex County
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to create a strategic plan to help prepare the organization to grow and expand their capacity to meet the needs of their clients.