Grants & Awards

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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., 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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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., 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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, 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!, 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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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., 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 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...

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....

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 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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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, 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...

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. 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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

YOU, Inc. is grateful for our enduring partnership with the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, which recently made a grant of $25,000 to support Dynamy Youth Academy. This program ensures that promising but at-risk high school students reach their full...

Seven Hills Pediatric Center at Hopedale is so very grateful to the Help A Little One (H.A.L.O.) Foundation for the generous grant of $1,750 to support our Family Transportation program. Maintaining family connections, specifically through family...

Seven Hills Rhode Island would like to thank Customers Bank for their generous grant of $2,789.00. The funds will be used to purchase basketball hoops and swing sets at our residence for young adult males with developmental and intellectual...

For Massachusetts high school youth who identify as sexual minorities the rates of suicide and suicidal ideation, parental rejection and bias, and bullying are more than double compared to those of their heterosexual peers. The Gender Wellness...

A recent grant of $20,000 from National Grid continues their generous legacy of support for the ASPiRE! Workforce Readiness and Employment program. These funds will support 30 participants with 20-30 hours weekly of paid internship opportunities at...

Seven Hills Family Services (SHFS) is grateful to the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission’s Statewide Head Injury Program (SHIP) for the FY22 Recreation Program award in the amount of $30,702 to support our proprietary Creative Minds Program....

Seven Hills ASPiRE! is incredibly grateful to the National Grid Foundation for the generous grant award of $20,000 towards our internship program for people with disabilities in our Community Based Day & Employment Support (CBDES) Program. As with...

Engaging over five million Americans in service, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has awarded Family Services of Central Massachusetts to continue providing AmeriCorps Seniors’ programs, RSVP and Senior Companions, with...

The Middlesex Charitable Savings Foundation has awarded Seven Hills ASPiRE! of Milford with a $10,000 grant award. Supporting nonprofits, services, and programs in education, public health and welfare, the arts, and community development, Middlesex...

Despite limitations and restrictions in place because of COVID-19, participants of Seven Hills ASPiRE! Workforce Development and Employment Readiness program have been making strides at the workplace this past year. Seven Hills ASPiRE!’s community...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Seven Hills Behavioral Health, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, has been at the front lines providing COVID-19 testing, food, rent relief, and other forms of aid to those in need as we try to keep COVID-19...

With the goal to further promote cultural, economic, and racial diversity in Boston arts, the Boston Cultural Council has once again awarded Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation with a $5,000 grant award for their Cultural...

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts has awarded Seven Hills Rhode Island with a generous grant of $3,750. For the past eleven years, the Integrated Performing and Visual Arts Program at Seven Hills Rhode Island has provided individuals with...

With the goal to improve quality of life for the community of Martha’s Vineyard, the Farm Neck Foundation has awarded Seven Hills Vineyard Supports with a grant of $2,400 to provide music therapy to participants with disabilities. 

In collaboration with the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, the United Way of Central Massachusetts has awarded Family Services of Central Massachusetts with a $60,000 grant award towards our Summer Literacy

As we round closer to the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic changing our lives, non-profit organizations around the country are still struggling to supply enough Personnel Protective Equipment and technologies

The Webster Five Foundation has joined a list of partners supporting Seven Hills Foundation affiliate, Open Door Arts, with providing virtual art classes and tours at the Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum

Press Release Baker-Polito Administration Awards Learn To Earn Pilot Grants to Promote Financial Stability organizations in Boston, Holyoke, and Worcester will each receive grants to design career pathway programs that aim to promote financial...

With more than 10,000 adults in the U.S. turning 65 every day, home health aide is becoming the third fastest growing profession nationally. Family Services of Central Massachusetts’ Caring for the Future Program provides professional development...

Both natives of the San Francisco Bay area, Margaret “Polly” Traina and her late husband Richard Traina embraced Worcester as their own when Dick assumed the Presidency of Clark University in 1984. With a shared commitment to an exceptional...

We’re grateful to the George W. Wells Foundation for their recent grant of $16,000, which will assist YOU, Inc. to provide a wide range of programming for at-risk Southbridge youth and families. These services including pregnancy and HIV/STD...

YOU, Inc., is grateful for a grant of $20,000 from the Reliant Foundation to support the HOPE Model, a YouthConnect program component which increases access to mental health support for low income youth.