Nonprofit Partners

Alexander Twilight Academy

Alexander Twilight Academy (ATA) is a free, longitudinal high school and college access program that catalyzes educational opportunity for hard-working, high-potential Boston-area students from under-resourced backgrounds.

Issue Area: Education

Bridge over Troubled Waters

The mission of Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Bridge) is to provide effective and innovative services that guide homeless, runaway and at-risk youth, ages 14-24, towards self-sufficiency and enable youth to transform their lives and build fulfilling futures.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

Building Pathways

Building Pathways is a non-profit organization based in Boston. Founded by the Greater Boston Building Trades Unions, they are dedicated to the recruitment, retention and advancement of under-represented groups in the union building trades, including women, people of color, and other under-served communities.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Casa Myrna

Casa Myrna is Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence, providing safety, resources, advocacy and information since 1977. They operate SafeLink, the statewide domestic violence hotline, and promote domestic and dating violence prevention through awareness and education.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Children’s Services of Roxbury (CSR) is one of the largest minority-operated nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts, serving more than 6,000 children and families annually. CSR’s mission is to bring peace of mind to children and families across Massachusetts. When a family is at peace, children are healthier and communities are stronger.

Over 50 years, CSR has grown to meet the needs of diverse populations across the state of Massachusetts by offering children and families an array of programs and services designed to maintain continuity. CSR offers emergency, transitional, and permanent housing and stabilization services for homeless families; supports for children and families struggling with domestic violence and substance abuse including family stabilization, comprehensive foster care and adoption services, and parent mentoring; affordable childcare for Boston’s most vulnerable families, including homeless, abused, and neglected children, and children of teen parents; children’s mental health services, including an extensive partnership in 15 Boston Public Schools; youth development programs, including hip-hop therapy and our Youth & Police in Partnership program.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity and Sustainability

East Boston Social Centers

At East Boston Social Centers, they cultivate community, belonging, and joy for East Boston residents and our neighbors, through services to support children, families, and individuals of all ages.

Issue Area: Education

Enroot’s mission is to empower immigrant students to achieve academic, career and personal success through inspiring out of school experiences. Their programs provide immigrant youth leadership development workshops, internships, workforce readiness guidance, academic tutoring, and matching all students one-to-one with an adult mentor.

Enroot’s program goals are to:

1. Develop a greater sense of belonging, self-confidence, self-advocacy, and a multicultural identity;
2. Accelerate English acquisition and improve academic performance;
3. Build marketable skills through professional internships;
4. Develop a clear and inspiring pathway for higher education and career, and graduate high school prepared to successfully transition to post-secondary education; and
5. Enroll, persist in, and complete a post-secondary education program.

Issue Area: Education

The mission of FamilyAid Boston is to empower parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build strong foundations for their children’s futures. FamilyAid is Greater Boston’s largest organization solely dedicated to children and parents facing homelessness, providing prevention services, emergency shelter, housing placement and support, and comprehensive case management to 3,000 children and parents in FY21.

FamilyAid serves the lowest-income homeless and unstably housed families in the state facing the most complex societal and personal challenges: 93% in communities of color; 75% led by single mothers; and 57% children.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

Healthy Waltham (HW) is a community health organization that promotes healthy eating, active living opportunities, and mental wellness for the most vulnerable residents in Waltham–including recent immigrants, low-income seniors and families with young children. HW’s mission is to remove barriers to access, education and affordability, making healthy living more accessible to those who live and work in the community.

In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Healthy Waltham immediately pivoted to fight the hunger needs of Waltham’s low-income residents. Today, HW is at the center of the emergency food response in Waltham. The organization has more than quadrupled its food emergency pantry service since then (from serving 400 families once a month pre-COVID to 850 – 950 families per pantry nearly 3-4x/month).

Issue Area: Basic Needs

The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of young homeless children in Massachusetts and help their families succeed by providing high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and comprehensive family support services. Horizons for Homeless Children is the Commonwealth’s leading organization devoted exclusively to serving homeless children. They focus their efforts on helping young children mitigate the trauma and stress associated with homelessness and providing them with a solid foundation for school.

Issue Area: Education

Hyde Square Task Force

Hyde Square Task Force amplifies the power, creativity, and voices of youth, connecting them to Afro-Latin culture and heritage so they can create a diverse, vibrant Latin Quarter and build a just, equitable Boston.

Issue Area: Education

Innovators for Purpose

Innovators for Purpose (iFp) is a Cambridge, MA-based, BIPOC-led non-profit design and innovation studio, dedicated to empowering a new generation of diverse, socially conscious innovators. Through a unique blend of social impact initiatives, design, and STEM, they equip our young people with the skills and mindsets to tackle our greatest societal challenges. Our young people don’t just grow into leaders, they become “Innovators for Purpose,” ready to lead transformative change that shapes both their futures and and the communities they serve.

Issue Area: Education

Jeremiah Program (JP)’s mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. JP believes the impacts of generational poverty and structural racism can be disrupted through a two-generation (2Gen) approach that invests simultaneously in a mother’s vision for her future (her post-secondary, career, and leadership goals) and the education of her children.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity and Sustainability

Jewish Vocational Service (JVS Boston)

JVS Boston’s mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Julie's Family Learning Program

Julie’s Family Learning Program is a welcoming, inclusive space that provides free educational programs and supportive services to help develop strong, successful families and adults. Since 1974, Julie’s Family Learning Program has been dedicated to empowering mothers to recognize their strengths and utilize their know-how to stabilize and transform their family life. In 2019, Julie’s expanded its mission to all underserved learners, 16 years and older, who seek flexible opportunities to attain the educational credentials and workplace skills crucial to meeting their life goals.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Justice 4 Housing

Justice 4 Housing is a grassroots organization committed to ending housing discrimination and homelessness for individuals impacted by incarceration, and individuals criminalized for being a victim of domestic violence, as well as ending the incarceration of women and girls.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

The mission of Kids In Tech is to excite, educate, and empower children to use technology, promoting a positive environment and fostering a lifelong interests through innovative afterschool programs in Lowell and Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

Issue Area: Education

New England Culinary Arts Training (NECAT) offers training, support and employment services to prepare adults to secure and retain career-ladder jobs in the Boston area’s diverse and wide-ranging food services industry.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity and Sustainability

Project Place

Project Place promotes a community of hope and opportunity for homeless and low-income individuals by providing the skills, education and resources needed to obtain and sustain employment and housing.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Room to Grow

Room to Grow provides parents and caregivers with essential baby and toddler items, strategies and support to promote their children’s development, and connections to community resources that can meaningfully expand their support network.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

School on Wheels of Massachusetts’ (SOWMA) mission is to support the academic, social and emotional growth of students impacted by homelessness. SOWMA’s vision is for all students to have the support necessary to be successful in school and achieve a productive future that will help end the cycle of homelessness.

Issue Area: Education

Since 1994, Science Club for Girls fosters excitement, confidence, and literacy in STEM for girls and gender-expansive youth from underrepresented communities by providing free, experiential programs and by maximizing meaningful interactions with women-in-STEM mentors. With women making up less than 26 percent of the STEM workforce—and Black and Hispanic women at less than 4 percent—SCFG addresses a critical need, offering a continuum of engaging activities in STEM for K-8 girls, junior mentoring and leadership experiences for high school girls, and adult mentoring and role modeling by committed women with STEM careers. Join Science Club for Girls to transform the face of STEM!

Issue Area: Education

Small House Inc

Through transitional services, Small House partners with young adults to help them build their own pathway out of homelessness and be the creator of the kinds of lives they want to live.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

St. Francis House

St. Francis House rebuilds lives by providing refuge and pathways to stability for adults experiencing homelessness and poverty.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children

St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness. Grounded in social justice, they empower families to achieve emotional stability and economic independence through education, workforce development, behavioral health and family medicine, and permanent housing.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

STEAM Ahead

STEAM Ahead is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about closing the education gap for underrepresented and underserved youth. Through their strategic partnerships, they implement S.T.E.A.M. programs and initiatives that focus on technical skill development, social-emotional learning, and community building.

Issue Area: Education

The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a more just and sustainable food system. They envision a world where youth are active leaders, diverse communities feel connected to the land and each other, and everyone has access to fresh, local, healthy, affordable food.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity and Sustainability

Urban Farming Institute

UFI’s mission is to develop and promote urban farming to engage individuals in growing food and building a healthy community.

Issue Area: Education

Victory Programs is a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families who are homeless and may have substance use disorders, often accompanied by chronic health issues like HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and mental illness. Providing a welcoming environment, their compassionate and inspiring team is committed to helping them regain their health and restore their hope through immediate access to safe and stable housing.

Issue Area: Basic Needs

West End House

West End House’s mission is to inspire and enable youth from all backgrounds to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity

Young Man with a Plan (YMWAP), launched in 2015, creates a new culture of brotherhood, respect, aspiration and achievement for 175 at-risk Black and Latino male teens and young adults in Boston. YMWAP achieves this through research-informed strategies of connecting youth to caring adults; strengthening youth academic, social emotional, critical thinking, and financial literacy skills; engaging students in individualized success planning for college and/or career; and creating a protective community.

Issue Area: Economic Opportunity and Sustainability

Youth Enrichment

The mission of Youth Enrichment Services (YES) is to inspire youth through outdoor experiences and leadership opportunities that build confidence and prepare them to summit life’s challenges. Founded in 1968, YES has been delivering on its mission to inspire and challenge Boston youth through sports-based programs for more than 50 years. YES has grown from its origins as a one-season ski program to a year-round youth development organization that offers a rich menu of outdoor enrichment and leadership programs.

Issue Area: Education