Awards
Foundation Trust Emerging Artist Fellowship Applications Due October 25
The Foundation Trust is excited to share that applications are currently being accepted for the Foundation Trust 2021 Emerging Artist Fellowship Award at Follow Your Art Community Studios in Melrose, MA. Through this fellowship, The Foundation Trust seeks to advance inclusivity in the arts across cultural, neurological, and gender identities. The fellowship supports a…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Grant Allows for 34 New Trees in Saugus
Originally featured in the July 3, 2020 Saugus Advocate. Story and photos by Tara Vocino; reprinted with permission from the Saugus Advocate Thirty-four trees were planted in 22 locations on 10 different streets, resulting from a $20,000 grant from the Foundation Trust, awarded to Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE). According to Dr.…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Congratulates Recipient of Dante Dieso Scholarship
The Foundation Trust commends Noah Anthony, the recipient of the Dante Dieso Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Noah just finished his freshman year at Questrom, where he is studying for his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management. Noah hails from a family of five in Waterbury,…
Read MoreElevating At-risk Youth and Communities: Recently Funded Initiatives
The Foundation Trust recently announced its inaugural grant and scholarship recipients. In total, $284,813 was awarded in 2019 to over 35 nonprofit organizations in select communities in Greater Boston. Grants were awarded in each of the Foundation Trust’s priority tracks: Overcoming trauma and adversity, Elevating high-risk youth and communities, Restoring dignity and quality of care…
Read MoreOvercoming Trauma and Adversity: Recently Funded Initiatives
The Foundation Trust recently announced its inaugural grant and scholarship recipients. In total in 2019, $284,813 was awarded in grants and scholarships to over 35 nonprofit organizations in select communities in Greater Boston. Contributions were made in each of the Foundation Trust’s priority tracks: Overcoming trauma and adversity, Elevating high-risk youth and communities, Restoring dignity…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Announces Complex Trauma Research Scholarship
The Foundation Trust is excited to announce the launch of the Complex Trauma Research Scholarship, which was established to provide mentorship and financial support to a graduate student doing empirical research in Psychology or related fields. This new scholarship falls under the purview of the Foundation Trust’s Overcoming Trauma and Adversity track. Within this track,…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Announces 2020 Grant Cycle
The Foundation Trust is pleased to announce that its 2020 grant cycle is now open for nonprofits and city-run public benefit programs serving the communities of Chelsea, Everett, and Stoneham. “In 2019, the Foundation Trust provided over $280,000 in grants and scholarships to local communities. We’re thrilled to expand our geographic reach to new…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Parochial School Scholarship Program Expands Regionally
The Foundation Trust, a private operating foundation serving Greater Boston, is pleased to announce the second year of providing financial need and family adversity-based scholarships to offset tuition costs for parochial school students. The trustees of the Foundation Trust established this scholarship to mitigate the financial burden of unanticipated adversity on a family’s ability to…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Announces 2019 Award Recipients
The Foundation Trust is pleased to announce its 2019 charitable funding. In total, more than $280,000 was awarded in grants and scholarships to nonprofit organizations and students in the Greater Boston area. 35 nonprofit organizations representing the 2019 catchment communities of Brockton, Lynn, Medford, Melrose, Revere, and Saugus, in addition to 12 other Massachusetts communities,…
Read MoreAward Archive 2019
We are currently in the process of finalizing review and awards for the current grant cycle. Award recipients will be posted by September 2019.
Read MoreFoundation Trust Announces First Recipient of the Dante Dieso Scholarship
The Foundation Trust is pleased to highlight the first recipient of the Dante Dieso Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Rose Ogrodnik is a senior at the Questrom School, where she is studying for her bachelor’s degree in Business and Finance. Ogrodnik notes that “I chose a business…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Makes Major Gift to Boston Children’s Hospital
The Rooftop Garden The Foundation Trust is pleased to announce its capital gift of $100,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital towards the construction of the Hale Family Clinical Building, a new facility opening in the Fall of 2021. The building will include a comprehensive and integrated five-floor Heart Center, a new state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit,…
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