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Local Nonprofits Receive $91,000 Boost from Webster Five Foundation

Auburn, MA – The Webster Five Foundation is pleased to announce that 18 Massachusetts nonprofit organizations will benefit from $91,000 in grants during the Foundation’s third cycle of grants this year.

Each quarter, the Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations or programs that support expanding or improving access to education, culture and the arts, social services, charitable activities and community development.

The following organizations were awarded funding from the Webster Five Foundation in this grant cycle:

  • Community Legal Aid — $10,000 to support its Language Access Project, which provides necessary and free legal services to low-income and elderly residents in Worcester County regardless of their primary language.
  • Legendary Legacies — $3,000 and a match of up to $2,000 to support its Reintegration, Food Transport and Employment Preparation programs for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals in Worcester.
  • Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Community Inc. — $2,500 towards its Summer Enrichment Programming for Low-Income Youth. The Mustard Seed Catholic Worker is a house of hospitality inspired by the vision of Dorothy Day.
  • Old Sturbridge Village — $7,000 for its Educational Outreach to grades 3, 4, 5 and 8 Webster Public School students and teachers for the 2024-2025 academic year.
  • Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester — $2,500 to support the Music Matters Financial Aid Program, which provides tuition assistance to program participants from low-and-moderate income families.
  • Pernet Family Health Service — $4,000 for its Youth Program Enrichment Activities, which ensures summer activities are accessible to low-income students and their families by removing the barriers of transportation and fees.
  • Regional Environmental Council, Inc. — $5,000 as the first installment of a $25,000 multi-year grant to support the organization’s capital campaign to develop the Center for Urban Agriculture and Food Security, located in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood.
  • RIA, Inc. — $1,500 towards its SheFund: Supporting Emergency and Basic Needs, Housing, and Education for Survivors, which offers community-based services to adults with experience in the commercial sex trade.
  • Safe Exit Initiative (f/k/a Living In Freedom Together, Inc.) — $5,000 for its HARBOR Drop-In Center, which provides individuals with experience in the sex trade and sex trafficking and individuals at a higher risk of entry into the sex trade with access to health and social services.
  • Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts, Inc. — $5,000 to support its Food Security program, which provides foods and meals meeting the cultural and dietary needs of its food-insecure clients.
  • Tri-Valley, Inc. — $6,000 to support its Money Management Program, which assists low-income elders who are at risk of losing their independence due to an inability to manage their own finances.
  • United Way of Central Massachusetts – Women’s Initiative — $2,500 to support the Dollar $cholar program, which provides girls aged 10-14 with basic financial literacy skills and valuable knowledge to support their college, career and life plans.
  • United Way of South Central Massachusetts — $1,500 and a match of up to $1,000 towards the purchase of capacity building software for its program applications, known as eCimpact.
  • Worcester Area Mission Society, United Church of Christ — $3,000 to support the Pre-K Plus program, which prepares children who do not have access to early education to enter kindergarten successfully.
  • Worcester Earn-a-Bike, Inc. (WEAB) — $1,000 to support its Youth Earn-a-Bike program, a mentoring and skill building program designed to empower Worcester’s youth.
  • Worcester Youth Center, Inc. — $3,500 for its Core Programming, which provides free structured programs and support groups to youth aged 14-24.
  • YWCA Central Massachusetts, Inc. — $15,000 to support the Financial Literacy for Domestic Violence Survivors program, which empowers participants to learn resources and strategies to address the financial and safety challenges when ending an abusive relationship.
  • Friends of the Gladys E. Kelly Library, Inc. — $15,000 as an installment of the ten-year $150,000 gift to the Friends of the Gladys E. Kelly Public Library. Each grant installment has been used for the library’s building enhancements as well as additional services.

 

“At Webster Five, our role as a community bank is to be a supporter of progress in our community,” said Don Doyle, President/CEO, Webster Five. “These grants are our way of acknowledging and amplifying the profound impact these nonprofits have. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to contribute to their essential work and to support their continued success.”

Since its inception in 1996, the Foundation has awarded $4,128,370 to 298 organizations. The next round of grant recipients will be awarded later this fall. To learn more about the Webster Five Foundation, click here.

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