Northbridge, MA
Amount granted: $40,000
Grant year: 2024
Grant category: Human Services
$40,000 to support the increased distribution of its Launch Boxes Program.
Rise Above Foundation was established in 2009 to provide youth in foster care with enriching activities, opportunities, and experiences. Rise Above gives youth in foster care access to opportunities that boost their physical, mental, social, and academic wellbeing. Since it began, the organization has provided over 13,000 Massachusetts youth with additional funding that allowed them to participate in extra curricula activities like summer camp, being a part of the football team, joining the school band, taking driver’s education classes or studying abroad in college. Rise Above also support young adults who grew up in foster care and are aging out of the system, as they transition to the next phase of their lives without DCF support. Its Launch Boxes support youth at a critical moment of transition, providing them with the basic household items and resources they need to live independently, “launching” them into adulthood set up for success.
