2007 CFNCM Grants

Grants from CFNCM General Endowment

Investing in our children

The Summer Up 2007 program helped 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 fifty children from Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner received academic, job readiness and recreational support through the program this past summer. The results included:

150 youth employed through Summer Up
Daily attendance at the sites averaged 371 elementary students
110 students were provided with Summer Up summer school vouchers to help them get credits to advance to the next grade level
54% of the youth thought they contributed to their community because of the program (an increase of 3% over last year)
71% reported a reduction in risky behaviors compared to last summer

Creating safe and affordable housing

United Neighbors of Cleghorn will use their $19,810 Community Foundation grant to identify and help prioritize unsafe housing in Fitchburg. The goal is to work with property owners to preserve quality and affordable housing for the city’s low-income population.

The Community Health Center of Franklin County received $19,000 from the Community Foundation, which will provide transportation for hospital and doctor visits to 300 residents in the North Quabbin region. The program goal is to reduce rehospitalization rates by half.

Promoting volunteerism

North Quabbin Time Bank, a program in the greater Athol region, will encourage people to volunteer. In return, they will earn volunteer credits, which can be used to secure services that they otherwise might not be able to afford or have the ability to perform themselves.

Creating public access to open space

A $7,750 grant to the Leominster Land Trust will create comprehensive trail maps for all the natural space in Leominster. The map in both English and Spanish will improve the health of the watershed areas by encouraging proper use and reducing illegal activities. In addition, it will detail public access to a vast network of hiking trails, encouraging greater and safer use of the trail system.

End of life care for the most venerable

The Foundation’s $2500 grant will fund the program. Matson Community Services was awarded $5,000 to develop an End of Life Care training program for staff and families of people with developmental disabilities. Matson Community Services in collaboration with its sister agency ARC Community Services and the Gardner VNA will develop a training program for staff and families dealing with end of life care. Although geared to people with developmental disabilities, the core foundation of this training could be used by any agency in the community dealing with end of life care.

Bringing Fitchburg’s history to life

The Fitchburg Historical Society also received $7,750 to expand its program that is providing public school students the opportunity to see, touch and hear about the city’s history, which is not available through the school’s curriculum.

Donor Advised Distributions

Agati, Inc. - $41,870
American Heart Association - $1,000
Applewild School - $15,000
Arc of North Central Inc. - $2,000
Ashburnham Little League - $500
Battered Women’s Resources Inc. - $690
Bentley College - $1,000
Boys & Girls Club of North Central MA - $379,680
Camp Lowe Scholarship Fund - $570
Children’s Community Fund - $250
Cleghorn Neighborhood Center - $284,842
Clinton First Partnership and Foundation LTD - $500
Clinton YMCA - $350
Colby College Annual Fund - $5,000
Community Foundation of North Central MA - $148,097
Community Health Connections/Family Health Center - $17,100
Community Healthlink - $54,012
Creative Library Concepts - $46,780
Creative Pavillion - $33,624
Crocker Field Restoration Fund - $2,500
D & G Auto Body - $525
Dell Maketing, L.P. - $19,419
DS Graphics - $6,233
Easter Seals Massachusetts - $2,000
Equipment Envirnments, Inc. - $5,297
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - $100
First Parish Church - $450
Fitchburg Art Museum - $14,250
Fitchburg Cycling Club - $10,000
Fitchburg Historical Society -$34,516
Fitchburg State College Foundation - $3,000
Friends of Groton Elders - $250
Friends of the Ashby Free Public Library - $200
Friends of Townsend Library - $2,000
Friends of Townsend Seniors - $800
Fruitlands Museums Inc. - $750
Gaylord Bros. Inc. - $926
Greater Worcester Community Foundation - Paul J. Gramling - $500
Groton Community Foundation Fund - $1,000
Groton Conservation Trust - $1,250
Groton Dunstable Alliance for Youth - $250
Groton Dunstable Athletic Booster Club - $250
Groton Dunstable Education Foundation - $5,000
Groton Historical Society - $1,000
Groton Public Library Endowment Trust - $250
Groton Scholarship Committee - $250
Hawthorne Brook Middle School Band Booster - $100
HealthAlliance - $2,500
Huston & Company - $8,168
Indian Hill Music Center - $38,700
JBM Silkscreen - $410
Jimmy Fund Walk - $100
Laurens County Diabetes Center - $300
Lawrence Academy - $4,00
Leominster Public Library - $500
Literacy Volunteers of Montachusett Area - $247
Loaves and Fishes - $2,250
Marcoux Upholstery, Inc. - $3,075
Michael Letarte - $2,000
Morgan Memorial Goodwill - $6,000
Mr Thomas F. DeCarolis - $1,000
Mr. Christopher J. Goody - $500
Ms. Chelsey Cormier - $1,000
Ms. Deb Spratt - $33
Ms. Mary Chapin Durling - $6,000
Ms. Vicky Smith - $4,162
Mt. Wachusett Community College - $57,000
Multi-Service Center - $1,000
Nashua River Watershed Association Inc. - $155,296
Nashua Valley Council Boy Scouts of America - $55,928
National Fire Safety Council, Inc. - $340
NEADS - $2,820
New England Forestry Foundation - $250
Newstamp Lighting Corp. - $7,300
NM All Sports Athletic Boosters - $100
NMRS Scholarship Fund - $5,000
North Central Charter Essential School - $30,000
North Middlesex Pop Warner - $250
North Quabbin Community Coalition - $21,000
Office Environments of N.E. - $1,645
Our Father’s House Inc. - $3,000
P.A.T. Youth Hockey - $1,000
Pan Mass Challenge - $100
Perrylocal School District - $2,000
Pinepoint School - $18,000
Saint Rosa’s Home - $247
Salvation Army - $4,000
School Specialty, Inc. - $1,950
South End Community Health Center - $16,274
Spanish American Center Inc. - $71,390
St Leo’s Parish Building Fund - $2,000
St. Anna’s Church Restoration Fund - $500
St. Bernard’s Central Catholic H.S. Athletic - $400
T.A.P. Youth Basketball - $250
Teddy Bear Land, Inc. - $4,000
Thayer Symphony Orchestra Inc.- $96,934
The Doyle Field Foundation - $2,600
Townsend Cooperative Playschool - $250
Townsend Ecumenical Outreach - $5,000
Townsend Little League - $200
Trust for Public Lands (Surrenden Farm) - $75,000
Tucker Library Interiors, LLC - $17,734
United Way of Central Central Alabama - $47,714
United Way of Greater Ennis - $44,752
United Way of Greater Stark County - $38,622
United Way of Lake Havasu - $38,580
United Way of Laurens County - $47,002
United Way of North Central Massachusetts - $569,198
United Way of Tri-County - $6,000
Unlimited Promotions - $4,743
Village School - $15,000
Vintage Vending, Inc. - $4,491