Grants & Awards

This summer, the United Way of Central Massachusetts awarded YOU, Inc. with three grants from the Creating Community Change (C3) and Summer Strong grant programs.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) has awarded Open Door Arts a supplemental unrestricted grant in the amount of $2,250 from its Cultural Investment Portfolio Grant Funds Safe Harbor Initiative.

The Boston Cultural Council has awarded Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, with a $5,000 grant for general operating support. ODA’s innovative, research-based programs support students, educators, artists, and cultural organizations to foster learning, promote inclusion, and provide outlets for artistic expression and creative voice.

W.R. Berkley Corporation Charitable Foundation at the request of Acadia Insurance has awarded Seven Hills ASPiRE! with a $3,500 grant. These amazing funds will go towards teaching ASPiRE! participants with disabilities about raised bed gardening and hydroponics as a potential career track in addition to increasing their knowledge about healthy eating.

The students at Stetson School have reviewed and selected this spring’s grant recipients of the Stetson School Community Giving Fund, choosing the Barre Fire Department as one of the grant recipients because everything that front line workers are doing to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, and always.