Boston, MA
Amount granted: $35,000
Grant year: 2020
Grant category: Education
To support the addition of an Alumni Counselor in its Persistence Project that helps Boston Prep graduates successfully navigate the college experience, as well as to provide support for the Persistence Project’s micro-grant program.
The Preparatory Foundation directly supports the operation of Boston Prep, a Commonwealth charter school, accepting Boston students via a public lottery and serving them in grades six through twelve with a mission to prepare students to succeed in four-year colleges and to embody, in thought and action, lifelong ethical growth.
Over the past year, Boston Prep completed a robust research project to better understand the factors associated with college success. That research revealed several factors associated with success, including active coaching for college students, rapid credit accumulation, deep engagement on campus, and having a “posse” for support. In response to these findings, Boston Prep is launching a pilot of a redesigned Persistence Project, an ongoing program that provides intensive support to students in college.
Germantown, NY
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2020
Grant category: Rural Human Services
To support the increased hours of the Rolling Grocer 19 storefront which provides nutritious local food to underserved communities in the Hudson Valley.
Long Table Harvest is a grassroots organization founded in 2015 with the mission to cultivate social and economic equality in the local food system through dynamic, inclusive and creative collaborations across a diverse rural community. Long Table Harvest focuses on gleaning and distributing fresh fruits, vegetables and meats from local farms to food pantries and through its Mobile Grocer program as a way of alleviating the burden hunger plays on the community.
Syracuse, NY
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2020
Grant categories: Human Services, Rural Human Services
To support mobile food pantries in and around Syracuse.
Helping to feed the hungry since 1985, the Food Bank of Central New York (FBCNY) is a multi-faceted organization, working to eliminate hunger by meeting the complex needs of those in communities who are food insecure. For the past 30 years FBCNY has accomplished this through nutritious food distribution, child nutrition programs, outreach, education, and advocacy. Its mobile food pantry (MFP) program delivers food directly to individuals in need and is designed to reach individuals in underserved areas or areas designated as food deserts.
Matènwa, Haiti
Amount granted: $28,655
Grant year: 2020
Grant categories: Education, Rural Human Services
To support the creation an entrepreneurship program for graduates of its community school through Biznis Kreyol.
The Matènwa Community Learning Center (MCLC) was established as a school that would ban corporal punishment, offer instruction in Creole, incorporate gardening as part of its core curriculum, and put an emphasis on child-centered learning in an environment of mutual respect, investigation and critical thinking. The entrepreneurship program will provide an opportunity for the community’s youth that have graduated from school to earn a living, while giving back to the school community.
Cambridge, MA
Amount granted: $100,000
Grant year: 2020
Grant category: Visual Arts and Music
To support the 25th Anniversary Memorial Concert dedicated to the memory of The Ellis L. Phillips Foundation’s former President, Ellis L. (Larry) Phillips.
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) is widely recognized as the leading orchestra in the United States dedicated exclusively to performing new music, and its signature record label, BMOP/sound, is the nation’s foremost label launched by an orchestra and solely devoted to new music recordings. Founded in 1996, BMOP’s mission is to illuminate the connections that exist naturally between contemporary music and contemporary society by reuniting composers and audiences in a shared concert experience. The concert, scheduled for 2021 will feature new organ music and will be held as a fitting tribute to the service of Larry Phillips to the organization.
Somerville, MA
Amount granted: $28,500
Grant year: 2020
Grant category: Human Services
To create a rebranding initiative for the organization.
Community Cooks, based in Somerville, MA offers free, home-cooked meals to vulnerable populations seeking assistance from direct-service programs. In contributing nutritious and much-needed food, Community Cooks aim to: feed hungry neighbors who might otherwise go without; build a bridge of caring between volunteers and community members in need; and support conditions for program participants to achieve success by alleviating their hunger needs. Community Cooks is a diverse network of 900 volunteers who prepare and deliver 142 home-cooked group meals each month to 43 Greater Boston direct-service organizations, working on a range of social issues including homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse and issues affecting at-risk youth and low-income seniors.
Greenville, ME
Amount granted: $25,000
Grant year: 2019
Grant category: Historic Preservation
To support the roof restoration of the 1889 Depot in Greenville, Maine.
The Depot, located on Route 15, a Maine Scenic Byway, is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. When renovations are complete, it will serve as the western gateway to the Moosehead Lake Region and provide significant cultural enhancement for the community which will help attract visitors and, ultimately, foster population growth and economic prosperity in the region. It will also serve as a multi-use facility, a railroad museum and art gallery and as a community function room for the Moosehead Lake Region.
Boston, MA
Amount granted: $15,000
Grant year: 2019
Grant category: Visual Arts and Music
To disseminate and distribute the recording of the opera, Fantastic Mr. Fox.
In collaboration with the Boston Children’s Chorus, Odyssey Opera and Opera San Antonio, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) produced a concert performance of the acclaimed opera Fantastic Mr. Fox by Tobias Picker.
The 2014 concert production was not only an artistic success, but a remarkably effective outreach event for young listeners. Following the performance, BMOP spent three days recording Fantastic Mr. Fox at the WGBH studios in Boston. Commercial release of this recording on its record label BMOP/sound is scheduled for March of 2019.
The BMOP/sound release will be the only commercially available recording of the full orchestra version of Fantastic Mr. Fox. This CD will make Tobias Picker’s rendering of Roald Dahl’s classic story accessible to a wide, international, all-ages audience. Such accessibility will continue the much-needed work of fostering new, young audiences for opera and contemporary music that began with its 2014 performance.
Germantown, NY
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2018
Grant categories: Environment, Rural Human Services
To support the continuation of its Gleaning Program and to support its innovative Columbia County Mobile Market.
Long Table Harvest is a grassroots organization founded in 2015 with the mission to cultivate social and economic equality in the local food system through dynamic, inclusive and creative collaborations across a diverse rural community. Long Table Harvest focuses on gleaning and distributing fresh fruits, vegetables and meats from local farms to food pantries as a way of alleviating the burden hunger plays on the community. This year, Long Table Harvest will also make wholesome food available to everyone in the county by bringing a market directly to consumers. The CCMM is designed to be a fair and convenient way to purchase food year-round that will offer a range of minimally processed foods to meet the tastes and needs of all people living in the county. The project is a community-centered response to the immediate challenges of a food- and economically-insecure environment that currently exists in the county.
Hudson, NY
Amount granted: $6,500
Grant year: 2018
Grant category: Education
To support the presentation of two concerts in 2018, The Iva Bittova concert, titled The Lively Artist, and Seraph Brass, dynamic brass quintet comprised of America’s top female brass players.
Classics on Hudson’s mission is to enrich the cultural life of the greater Hudson community by presenting concerts that span from the classics to contemporary music, performed by internationally celebrated artists. Its goal is to promote understanding and enjoyment of music through educational and concert experiences for audiences of all ages.
