2006 CFNCM Grants

Grants from CFNCM General Endowment

Helping youth succeed

The Summer Up 2006 program is designed to help combat the growing crime rate in our cities while addressing the disparities in access to summer school among the most at-risk youth. One hundred and twenty children from Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner received academic, job readiness and recreational support through the program this past summer.

The results included:

120 students served
9 park/community sites in three communities
51% of the youth thought they contributed to their community because of the program
10% reduction in risk-taking behaviors
102 students were able to advance to the next grade level

Expanding the art experience in the North Quabbin region

Through a grant received from the Foundation, the North Quabbin Community Coalition is working with key community stakeholders to expand and promote the arts and culture experience in the greater Athol and Orange region.

The goal of the grant is to:

Develop collaboration among the arts and culture organizations
Create and distribute marketing materials to promote local events and venues
Determine strategies for sustainability so the outreach effort will have staying power

Improving access to healthcare in the Gardner region

With a grant from the Foundation, Heywood Hospital is expanding access to transportation so newborns, children, adults and the elderly can get to their medical appointments.

Over the past few years, the region has experienced an increase in patients needing transportation for healthcare services. In addition, the hospital will work with area agencies to promote the service throughout North Central Massachusetts.

Promoting the arts in the Nashoba region

Through a grant from the Foundation, the Nashoba region will have a comprehensive directory of arts and cultural organizations, venues and festivals that abound in the nine towns of the Nashoba Valley region.

The project will culminate with the added goal of creating a Nashoba Valley Arts/Cultural Alliance. These types of consortiums have been extremely successful in other communities, allowing for greater collaboration, cross promotion, increased resources and awareness in the community.

Donor Advised Distributions

ARC Community Services, $250,000
Battered Women's Resources, $1,250
Bentley College, $1,000
Boys & Girls Club of NCM, $183,750
Catholic Charities, $1,000
Cedarcrest Foundation, $10,000
Children's Aid & Family Services, $1,250
Children's Community Fund, $250
City of Ennis Fire Department, $340
Cleghorn Neighborhood, $292,768
Clinton YMCA, $1,050
Coalition for Buzzards Bay, $250
Community Health Connections, $5,000
Experience Works, $1,250
Fitchburg Art Museum, $3,000
Fitchburg Cycling Club, $10,000
Fitchburg State College Foundation, $1,400
Friends of Groton Elders, $250
Fruitlands Museum, $250
Gardner Community Action Committee, $1,250
Gardner Visiting Nurses Association, $1,250
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, $20,000
Groton Dunstable Alliance, $250
Groton Dunstable Athletic Booster Club, $250
Groton Dunstable Education Foundation, $3,000
Groton Historical Society, $1,000
Groton Public Library Endowment, $250
Groton Scholarship Committee, $250
Habitat for Humanity, $250
Hawthorne Brook Middle School Band, $100
HealthAlliance Hospital, $500
Henderson FOP Lodge # 105, $450
House for Peace and Education, $1,250
Indian Hill Music, $21,000
Jill Powers, $500
Lawrence Academy, $4,200
Literacy Volunteers, $695
Loaves & Fishes, $1,250
Middlesex County Foundation, $738
Morgan Goodwill, $4,000
Ms. Lori Roach, $2,000
Mount Wachusett Community College, $159,350
Multi Service Center, $2,250
Nashua River Watershed, $70,185
New England Forestry, $250
NH Public TV, $250
NMRS Scholarship Fund, $5,000
No Central Ma Literacy Endowment, $1,000
No Quabbin Community Coalition, $5,000
North Central Essential Charter School, $1,250
Northwest School, $500
Our Father's House, $21,500
Parker Essential Fund, $1,000
Perylocal School District, $2,000
Peter Carpentier, $1,000
PMC - Jimmy Fund, $350
Public Schools District, $150,000
Ritter Memorial Library, $150,000
Spanish American Center, $82,800
St. Anselm College, $1,000
St. Bernard's Catholic Central High School, $1,500
St. Leo's Building Fund, $7,500
St. Rosa's House, $245
The Jimmy Fund, $100
Townsend Little League, $225
Townsend PAL, $100
UMass Memorial Foundation, $600
United Way of Central Alabama, $50,188
United Way of Greater Ennis, $39,783
United Way of Greater Stark County, $35,497
United Way of Laurens County, $45,600
United Way of North Central MA, $290,818
Untied Way of Lake Havasu, $39,477