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Grants & Awards

Paving the Way to Achievement and Success

The Dynamy John S. Laws Youth Academy creates a path to success for promising, first-generation high school students with strong academic potential and college aspirations. The Youth Academy combines a robust slate of academic services with...

Cultivating Relationships

Just Us Girls

Children and adolescents with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullied than theirnon-disabled peers. Isolation and loneliness compound their vulnerability.Just Us Girlsat Seven Hillsis a unique skills development program for...

Strengthening Mediation Services for the People of Worcester County

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Since 2009, our Mediation Program has provided high-quality, free, or sliding fee-scaledmediation services to clients across Worcester County. We currently serve the Worcester, Milford,Westborough, Dudley, and Uxbridge Small Claims District Courts....

City of Worcester Supports YOU, Inc.

City of Worcester

YOU, Inc. was awarded $108,031 to implement a comprehensiveBi-Lingual System Navigators project which will improve access to critical mental health services within our large Latinx, immigrant and low-income communities. This funding will position...

Addressing Barriers and Increasing Accessibility

ASD NDD

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is grateful to LLC-Healthcare Enterprises, Reliant Medical Group, Shields Health Care Group, and UMass Memorial Medical Center for the recent Determination of Need (DoN) grant award of $65,000....

Encouraging Success

College Access Program

YOU, Inc. is grateful for a generous grant of $17,000 from the United Way’s After School and Out-of-School Time (ASOST) initiative, for our Dynamy Youth Academy college access program. This grant funded vital components of the program’s end of year...

Guidance Through Grief

Guidance through grief

Children who have lost a parent, primary caregiver, or sibling can feel isolated and alone in their grief, and unresolved grief in childhood increases a child’s risk of anxiety, depression, physical illness, and substance abuse as they grow.The...

Nellie Mae Education Foundation Supports Summer Literacy Initiative

Summer Reading Initiative

Family Services is grateful to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation for their $12,472 grant to support the Summer Literacy Initiative's Southbridge Expansion Project. Summer learning loss is the 2-month, or more, loss in reading level from when...

Nourishing Our Community Together

Food Pantry

The Seven Hills Behavioral Health Food Pantries in Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton serve children and families, individuals, and elderly who are experiencing food insecurity; including many who are without stable housing; residents with limited...

United Way Supports the Summer Literacy Initiative

Summer Literacy Initiative

Family Services of Central Massachusetts would like to express our immense gratitude to the United Way of South Central MA for the recent grant of $20,000 for the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI). The SLI in Southern Worcester County will include...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

YOU, Inc. Supports Young Parents

YOU, Inc Young Parent Support

YOU, Inc. has been selected by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Office of Sexual Health and Youth Development to provide vital services to expectant and parenting youth ages 14-24 and their families. The Massachusetts Pregnant and...

The Arts are alive at Seven Hills Rhode Island

RI Trinity Rep

The Integrated Performing and Visual Arts Program teaches performing and visual arts with wonderfully skilled artists from Trinity Repertory Company who are highly experienced in working with people with disabilities. Participants learn verbal and...

Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports Workforce Readiness

BOA Charitable Foundation

Michael H. had been employed part-time in the commercial kitchen at Seven Hills Foundation at Hope Ave. prior to the pandemic. After resuming day programming with his return to onsite services, Michael was not immediately able to return to his prior...

YOU, Inc joins Worcester Public Schools to provide mental health services

Worcester Public Schools

YOU, Inc. was recently awarded a three-year contract to provide mental health services to students enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 across the Worcester Public Schools district. With more than five decades of experience in delivering...

Open Door Arts graciously receives 100k from the Genesis Inspiration Foundation

Genesis Inspiration Foundation

Open Door Arts (ODA), an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is grateful to the Genesis Inspiration Foundation for a $100,000 donation to support our School Programs that provides inclusive arts education to over 800 students, grades Pre K-12, in 8...

YOU, Inc Receives Support for Dialectical Behavior Therapy

YOU, Inc. would like to thank the Hoche-Scofield Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee for their recent generous grant of $6,000 for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is an evidence-based treatment for adolescents, and even for...

Thank You, Greater Lowell Community Foundation

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Taking a multi-sensory approach and utilizing specialized equipment and game adaptations, the Partnered Sports and Game program (PSG) improves the quality of life for the residents at the Seven Hills Pediatric Center by allowing them to experience...

Dynamy's Youth Academy Receives $10k from The Fletcher Foundation and Stoddard Charitable Trust

The Fletcher Foundation and the Stoddard Charitable Trust generous grants of $10,000 each, will fund year-round academic and leadership programming at the John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy. This five year, after-school leadership and college access...

FSCM thanks the District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund

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Family Services of Central Massachusetts (FSCM), an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund for the recent grant of $10,000 for The Project Flourish Child Development Apprenticeship...

Thank You, Amelia Peabody Foundation!

Amelia Peabody Foundation

Family Services of Central Massachusetts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to “SHOUT OUT” the continued support of the Amelia Peabody Foundation with their recent $45,000 grant for the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI). SLI strives...

Berkshire Bank Foundation Supports ASPiRE!

Seven Hills Foundation would like to thank the Berkshire Bank Foundation for their recent grant of $10,000 to support our programs, including our ASPiRE! Workforce Development and Employment Readiness program. The Workforce Readiness & Employment...

Worcester Arts Council Supports Creative Movement Program with Grant

The Worcester Arts Council (WAC) continues to support the cultural vitality of Worcester’s artistic community with their recent generous grant of $4,915 for Seven Hills ASPiRE’s Creative Movement program. Creative Movements is a collaboration with...

Wellington Management Foundation supports the growth of Boston area youth

Wellington Management Foundation grant to ODA

The Wellington Management Foundation has kindheartedly granted $60,000 to support Seven Hills Foundation affiliate, Open Door Arts' COOL (Creative Outlook on Learning) Schools program. Wellington Management Foundation’s impactful support will allow...

Liberty Mutual Foundation generously supports students through COOL Schools

Liberty Mutual Foundation supports Open Door Arts

The Liberty Mutual Foundation has granted Open Door Arts (ODA), an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, an extraordinarily generous grant of $90,000 for their COOL Schools (Creative Outlook on Learning) program. Through their inspirational action,...

TJX Foundation supports the John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy

TJX Foundation to support the John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy

YOU, Inc. is grateful for a recent grant of $7,500 from the TJX Foundation to support the John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy. This program provides a vital range of services, including comprehensive academic supports, community service opportunities,...

Thank You, Haley Cremer Foundation

Grief Support Center

Seven Hills Foundation is grateful to the Haley Cremer Foundation for their ongoing commitment to the children served at the Carriage House Grief Support Center in Worcester. We are grateful to Marc and Ivie Cremer for visiting The Carriage House to...

The Carriage House Grief Support Program Awarded $12,500 Grant From DCU for Kids!

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We would like to express our gratitude to DCU For Kids for their continued support of the Carriage House Grief Support Center with their recent grant of $12,500. The Carriage House, a program of YOU, Inc. is a place for children and teens who have...

Thank You, Diocese of Worcester & St. Vincent's Community Healthcare Fund

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YOU, Inc. would like to thank the Diocese of Worcester and the St. Vincent Community Healthcare Fund for their recent generous grant of $1,500 to support the Carriage House Grief Support Center. Youth who are grieving feel “different” and isolated...

Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Funds Bilingual Capacity Expansion

Seven Hills Behavioral Health

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is grateful for a generous grant in the amount of $25,000 from the Hanover Insurance Group Foundation to support Bilingual Capacity Expansion at the Behavioral Health Center in Worcester. These...

Open Door Arts Thanks Unibank!

Open Door Arts extends a sincere “Thank you!” to Unibank for their continued support of the Connecting and Creating Through the Arts project. Connecting and Creating Through the Arts is a joint venture between Open Door Arts, the Worcester Arts...

You, Inc. Awarded Activation Fund Grant from Health Foundation of Central MA

The Health Foundation of Central MA

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, was the recent recipient of a generous Activation Fund grant in the amount of $56,795 from the Health Foundation of Central MA. In the communities we mutually serve, cultural and linguistic...

Greater Worcester Community Foundation Supports Open Door Arts

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is honored to receive generous support from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for the Connecting and Creating Through the Arts project. This project, a collaboration of Open Door Arts,...

Thank You, Greater Worcester Community Foundation!

We would like to offer a most sincere thank you to the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for continuing their extraordinary support of the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI) with their most recent grant of $25,000. The Summer Literacy Initiative,...

YOU, Inc. Receives $15,000 Grant for Gender Wellness Initiative

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

YOU, Inc would like to thank the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for their grant of $15,000 in support of the Gender Wellness Initiative (GWI). The Gender Wellness Initiative is dedicated to creating programming to support LGBTQIA+ youth and...

United Way of Central MA Supports the Summer Literacy Initiative

United Way of Central MA

Family Services of Central Massachusetts would like to thank the United Way of Central Massachusetts for their continued support of the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI) with their most recent grant of $40,000. Since 2010, the Summer Literacy...

Community Foundation of North Central MA Supports Seven Hills ASPiRE!

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

The collaboration between Growing Places and Seven Hills ASPiRE!, made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, will provide a strengthened regional food supply system that distributes locally grown...

Thank You, The Schwartz Charitable Foundation!

Schwartz Charitable Foundation

You, Inc. would like to extend a most sincere thank you to The Schwartz Charitable Foundation for their recent grant of $1,500 in support of The Carriage House. The Carriage House provides peer support groups for grieving children and teens,...

Rhode Island Foundation Funds Assistive Technology for SHRI

Rhode Island Foundation

Seven Hills Rhode Island would like to thank the Rhode Island Foundation, the state’s community foundation, for their generous $32,000 grant from their Special Medical Fund. This generous funding will supply assistive technology for adults with...

Thank You, Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation!

John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy

YOU, Inc. is grateful for a recent $25,000 grant from the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee to fund our John S. Laws Dynamy Youth Academy. Youth Academy is a five year, after-school leadership and college access program for...

Thank You, United Way of Central Massachusetts

Dynamy John S. Laws Youth Academy

YOU, Inc. is grateful for the strategic, long-time support of the United Way of Central MA for our Dynamy John S. Laws Youth Academy program. Most recently, we were the grateful beneficiary of two generous grants, which will position us to provide...

Rhode Island Foundation Funds Basic Human Needs for SHRI

Rhode Island Foundation

Seven Hills Rhode Island would like to offer a most sincere thanks to the Rhode Island Foundation, the state’s community foundation, for the recent $7,500 Basic Human Needs grant. Seven Hills Rhode Island provides a comprehensive array of supports...

Thank You, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General has awarded Family Services of Central Massachusetts $44,000 for the face-to-face mediation program. With 32 volunteer mediators, the mediation program provides high-quality, free, or...

Creative Minds Receives Grant from MA Rehabilitation Commission

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The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission has granted $30,565 to support the Creative Minds program, a collaboration of Seven Hills Family Services, Open Door Arts, and the Worcester Art Museum. Creative Minds programming supports people with...

Thank You, Amelia Peabody Foundation!

Amelia Peabody Foundation

Family Services of Central Massachusetts is extremely grateful to the Amelia Peabody Foundation for their recent grant of $45,000 to support the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI). Since 2010, SLI has prevented thousands of low-income children from...

Children's Friend Receives $15k Grant from the Mable A. Horne Fund

Children's Friend

Children’s Friend would like to thank the The Mabel A. Horne Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee for their grant of $15,000 to support the Gender Wellness Initiative (GWI). GWI provides clinical mental health supports, resources and consultations,...

YOU, Inc. Receives $20k Grant from the Barr Foundation

Barr Foundation

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, was the recent recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Barr Foundation, in support of our work within the Worcester Zero Fare Coalition. The Worcester Community Connections Coalition (WCCC) of YOU,...

Thank You, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts!

RISCA Integrated Performing Visual Arts Program

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts has provided $5,000 in support to the Seven Hills Rhode Island Integrated Performing and Visual Arts Program (IPVAP). The IPVAP program teaches performing and visual arts programming with wonderfully...

Boston Foundation Equality Fund Supports Children's Friend

The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation

Children’s Friend would like to thank the Boston Foundation Equality Fund for their $5,000 grant in support of the Gender Wellness Initiative. The Gender Wellness Initiative is our response to the inequitable treatment of youth who identify as...

Thank You, UMass Memorial and the United Way of Central MA!

Dynamy Youth Academy

YOU, Inc. is grateful for the support of UMass Memorial and the United Way of Central MA for a $5,000 grant via the Summer Strong program. This funding will assist our Dynamy Youth Academy college access program to provide College Startup Kits for...

Thank You, United Way of Central Massachusetts Women’s Initiative

United Way of Central Massachusetts Women's Initiative

The United Way of Central Massachusetts Women’s Initiative is igniting positive change for girls in central Massachusetts with a grant of $16,570 annually in FY23 and FY24 towards Seven Hills Family Services’ Just Us Girls program. The Just Us Girls...

Stetson School Receives $25k Grant from the Fletcher Foundation

The Fletcher Foundation

The Fletcher Foundation’s benevolent support of $25,000 will help to provide students at the Stetson School with a brand-new playground hosting Kompan Play Institute equipment specially designed to encourage social skills and a range of...

Children's Friend Awarded Grant from the United Way of Central MA

United Way of Central Massachusetts

Children’s Friend would like to thank the United Way of Central Massachusetts for their continued support, and recent grant of $20,000 for the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program. DBT views suicidal behavior as an individual’s attempt to...

Stetson School Receives $50k Grant from Stoddard Charitable Trust

Stetson School, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is thankful to have received a grant of $50,000 from The Stoddard Charitable Trust to support the purchase and installation of a therapeutic playground and fitness area for the younger youth we...

Seven Hills ASPiRE! Receives $10K Grant from TD Bank Charitable Foundation

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Seven Hills ASPiRE!, an Affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, has gratefully received a generous grant of $10,000 from the TD Charitable Foundation to support the Workforce Readiness and Employment program. The ASPiRE! Workforce Readiness &...

Dynamy Youth Academy Receives $10K Grant from Greater Worcester Community Foundation

YOU, Inc. is grateful for our enduring partnership with the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, which recently made a grant of $10,000 to support Dynamy Youth Academy. This intensive program ensures that promising but at-risk high Worcester...

Thank You National Grid Foundation

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National Grid Foundation has generously granted the Seven Hills ASPiRE! Workforce Readiness and Employment program with $25,000 in funding to provide individuals with disabilities paid-internship opportunities. The community-integrated internship...

Thank you Wyman-Gordan Foundation

Community Coalition

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Wyman-Gordon Foundation for their generous $5,000 grant towards facility upgrades at 20 Cedar Street, Worcester. Our location at 20 Cedar Street houses four vital programs...

Partnering to serve children of greater Worcester

Children's Friend

Children’s Friend, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the David L. & Elizabeth O. Dean Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for the grant of $2,430. Since 1849 Children’s Friend has been fulfilling our mission...

Supporting seniors in our community

Home Care program

Family Services of Central Massachusetts would like to thank the David L. & Elizabeth O. Dean Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for the grant of $1,215.00 for our Home Care for Elders program. For over sixty years, our Home Care...

Kimberly Lane Godard Memorial Fund helps improve the lives of children

Adoption services program

Children’s Friend, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Kimberly Lane Godard Memorial Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for their recent grant of $2,170 for the Adoption Services program. Our Adoption...

Thank you Moran-Ventre Charitable Foundation

The Moran-Ventre Charitable Foundation recently granted $500.00 to the Seven Hills Rhode Island Adult Day Habilitation and Residential Programs. The Adult Day Habilitation and Residential Programs provide individualized and person-centered support...

Pediatric Center's Adaptive Technology Library

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The Seven Hills Pediatric Center’s Switch Adaptive Technology Library at Seven Hills Academy is supported by a grant of $7,500 from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. The Pediatric Center and the Academy serve students with medical fragility...

Proud to partner with The John E. Fogarty Foundation

Fogarty grant

Seven Hills Rhode Island is proud to partner with The John E. Fogarty Foundation to implement our proprietary and successful Integrated Performing and Visual Arts Program for children and adults with disabilities living in Rhode Island. The recent...

BayCoast Bank provides food pantry funding

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Seven Hills Behavioral Health’s (SHBH) Food Pantry in New Bedford, is the recipient of a generous donation of $1,000 from BayCoast Bank to provide non-perishable food items and ready-to-eat meals to low-income individuals, and those who utilize...

Summer Literacy Initiative Funding from United Way

Summer Literacy Initiative

Family Services of Central Massachusetts is the grateful recipient of a $35,000 grant from the United Way of Central (UWCM) to fund the Summer Literacy Initiative. At risk children have the greatest chance of lagging academically for significant...

DBT funding keeps vulnerable youth safe

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Children’s Friend would like to thank the Hoche-Scofield Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee for the recent $5,000 grant for our Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program. Our DBT program treats youth who are at risk of death from...

Funding for year-long programming at the Dynamy Youth Academy

Dynamy Youth Academy

A grant of $10,000 from the Stoddard Charitable Trust will fund year-long programming at the Dynamy Youth Academy. Youth Academy is a five year, after-school leadership and college access program for promising, first-generation high school students...

Dynamy Youth Academy Receives $10K from The Fletcher Foundation

For many years, the Fletcher Foundation has provided generous support to Dynamy Youth Academy. That vital partnership has continued in 2022 with a recent grant of $10,000 to fund year-long programming in this five year, after-school leadership and...

Dynamy Youth Academy College Access Program Receives $18K for After-School and Out-of-School Funding

YOU, Inc. is the grateful recipient of a grant of $18,000 from the United Way of Central MA for vital spring programming in our Dynamy Youth Academy College Access Program. This funding will support our Senior Seminar Workshops, which assist our...

ASPiRE! Workforce Development and Employment Program Receives $10K Grant from Berkshire Bank

Thank you, Berkshire Bank, for the recent generous award of $10,000 to support our programs, including our ASPiRE! Workforce Development and Employment Readiness Program. Our Workforce Development and Employment Readiness program supports over 200...

Family Services of Central Massachusetts Receives $100K Grant from United Way of Central MA

Thank you UWCM

Family Services of Central Massachusetts, Inc. Center for Child Care Careers is grateful to have received a $100,000 McKenzie Scott Community Challenge grant from the United Way of Central Massachusetts to replicate its successful Center-Based Child...

YOU, Inc. Awarded $5K Grant from Webster Five Foundation

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Webster Five Foundation for their grant of $5,000 to support our college access programs— Dynamy Youth Academy and Upward Bound. Dynamy Youth Academy and Upward Bound put...

Seven Hills Rhode Island Receives $191,719 Grant Award From BHDDA

Seven Hills Rhode Island would like to extend a sincerest thank you to the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH) for the recent $191,719 Transformation Fund Grant to strengthen...

Thank you Boston Cultural Council

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is proud to partner with the Boston Cultural Council in pursuit of our shared missions to bring innovative arts programming that enhances the quality of life of everyone in the city of Boston....

Seven Hills Rhode Island Early Intervention Program Receives $5K Grant From Navigate Credit Union

Our sincerest regards to Navigant Credit Union for their grant of $5,000 to support the Seven Hills Rhode Island Early Intervention program. Navigant Credit Union has generously supported SHRI programs for several years in the state of “Hope.” This...

Children's Friend Receives Grant for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Children’s Friend would like to express their most sincere thanks to The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation for the generous Catalyst Fund grant of $4,270 to train additional clinicians in providing specialized Dialectical Behavior...

EOLWD grants funding for the Child Care Development Specialist Apprenticeship program

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Family Services of Central Massachusetts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development for Round 3 funding in the amount of $100,000 to support the Child Care...

Worcester Arts Council funding cultural vitality for all

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The Worcester Arts Council (WAC) has generously granted $4,500 to Open Door Arts’ Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum (ODG@WAM). The Worcester Arts Council is resolute in its mission to promote access and diversity in the arts, humanities,...

Worcester Arts Council gives gift of Creative Movement

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Thank you, Worcester Arts Council, for granting Seven Hills ASPiRE! a $5,000 gift for their Creative Movement program. Creative Movement is a joint venture with the Hanover Theatre Conservatory of the Performing Arts and provides a fun, expressive,...

Southbridge Family Resource Center Receives $20K From The George W. Wells Foundation

George Wells Foundation grant

A grant of $20,000 from the George W. Wells Foundation will fund vital services offered at YOU, Inc.’s Southbridge Family Resource Center, including assessment and referrals for counseling and safety net supports for families, as well as assistance...

Dynamy Youth Academy Receives $15K From The Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation

The Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation

YOU, Inc. is the grateful recipient of a grant of $15,000 from the Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation in support of Dynamy Youth Academy. Youth Academy is a five year, after-school leadership, and college access program for promising,...

Open Door Arts' COOL Schools Program Receives $50K From Wellington Management Foundation

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Open Door Arts would like to extend a most sincere thank you to the Wellington Management Foundation for their continued partnership and most recent grant of $50,000 for the COOL Schools program. A program of Open Door Arts, the COOL Schools program...

Children’s Friend Carriage House Program Receives $12500 from DCU For Kids

DCU for Kids grant

Children’s Friend would like to offer a most sincere thank you to DCU for Kids for their ongoing commitment to the children served at the Carriage House, and for their recent generous grant of $12,500. The Carriage House, the only program of its...

Children’s Friend Carriage House Program Receives $2500 from The Schwartz Charitable Foundation

Schwartz Charitable Foundation

Children’s Friend is grateful to The Schwartz Charitable Foundation for its recent $2,500 grant to support the Carriage House. The Carriage House, the only program of its kind in central Massachusetts, provides grief support groups to children and...

Thank you GWCF for supporting accessible arts education

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation would like to thank the Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s Community Grant Program for the generous $5,000 award for our Connecting and Creating Through the Arts program. The Connecting...

Thank you GWCF for supporting Gender Wellness Initiative

Children’s Friend, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s Community Grant Program for their ongoing support, and recent grant of $15,000 for the Gender Wellness Initiative. The Gender...

Open Door Arts' COOL Schools Program Receives $10K Grant from The Beker Foundation

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Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership and a grant of $10,000 from The Beker Foundation to support The COOL Schools program for the 2021-2022 school year. In collaboration with three Boston...

Thank you Liberty Mutual Foundation

Liberty Mutual Foundation

Open Door Arts is very excited to announce its continuing partnership with the Liberty Mutual Foundation and their most recent grant of $90,000 for our COOL Schools Program. COOL Schools (Creative Outlook on Learning), a program of Open Door Arts,...

YOU Inc. Dynamy Youth Academy Receives $15K From The Albert W. Rice Charitable Foundation

YOU, Inc. is grateful for a recent grant of $15,000 from the Albert W. Rice Charitable Foundation, continuing their significant and longstanding support of Dynamy Youth Academy. Youth Academy is a five year, after-school leadership and college...

Thank You Diocese of Worcester and the St. Vincent Community Healthcare Fund!

Children’s Friend would like to express their gratitude to the Diocese of Worcester and the St. Vincent Community Healthcare Fund Committee for the recent grant of $3,000.00 for the Carriage House Grief Support Center. The COVID-19 pandemic has...

Thank you Hanover Insurance Group Foundation

We are grateful for a grant of $25,000 from the Hanover Insurance Group Foundation, which will fund an important new initiative at the Seven Hills Behavioral Health Center. The Whole Health Triage pilot program will provide a single point of entry...

Unibank Grant Supports Art Partnership

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is grateful for the continued support of Unibank and their recent grant of $2,500 to support the arts programming offered through the Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum (ODG@WAM)....

Generous Grant for Grief Support Programs

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the need for grief support in our community, especially for our youth. Children have suffered the loss of siblings, parents, and primary caregivers not only directly from the virus, but also from the increase in...

Webster Five Foundation commitment to the arts

Websterfive Foundation

The act of creating art enhances the independence, quality of life, social outcomes, and self-esteem for people with disabilities. Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Webster Five Foundation for their...

Rhode Island Foundation funding supports basic needs

Many of us take for granted the ease with which we complete our basic daily activities, but for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities these activities are difficult or even impossible without assistive technologies and...

Announcing AstraZeneca ACT on Health Equity Community Challenge Grant

We’re excited and grateful to announce that YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is one of two Northeast recipients of an AstraZeneca ACT on Health Equity Community Challenge grant. AstraZeneca has awarded 30 nonprofit organizations...

EdVestors Funding Helps Promote Inclusion

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is grateful for its ongoing partnership with BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors and for their most recent grant of $24,000 for the COOL Schools program. The COOL Schools program partners with...

Thank you to the George I. Alden Trust

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the George I. Alden Trust for its generous additional COVID-19 Relief Grant in the amount of $25,000. YOU, Inc. offers exceptional behavioral health and education services to...

Grant Funds Creative Art and Dance Instruction Virtually

The Worcester Arts Council has helped make it even easier for individuals with disabilities to access the arts. Grant awards from the council of $4,905 each to Open Door Arts and ASPiRE!, affiliates of Seven Hills Foundation, have enabled...

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Bill Stock

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Vice President of Advancement81 Hope Ave, Worcester, MA 01603
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Director of Communications81 Hope Ave, Worcester, MA 01603
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