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BOSTON
- Monday, November 2, 2020 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh, along with the Boston
Resiliency Fund Steering Committee, today announced $360,000 in funding to
six nonprofit organizations serving the community, as part of the next
round of Boston
Resiliency Fund grants. Organizations who receive this funding work
directly with the Boston community to increase the availability of
essential needs. Of grantees awarded this round, 67 percent are led by a
person of color and 45 percent are led by women.
"Collaborating
with community partners and nonprofits has been fundamental to providing
supports to residents as part of our response and recovery from
COVID-19," said Mayor Walsh. "I want to thank every organization
who has been involved in our efforts to ensure vulnerable residents have
the resources they need. When we work together, we are able to help more
residents get the vital help they need."
"The
Black Ministerial Alliance's receipt of this Boston Resiliency Fund Grant
is, literally, an answer to prayer. With these funds, the BMA/TenPoint will
help our network of churches and community organizations provide resources
to the increasing number of families facing food insecurity because of the
pandemic," said Reverend David Wright of Black Ministerial Alliance.
"This partnership with Mayor Walsh and the City of Boston is proof of
why Boston will get through this crisis successfully. We deeply appreciate
working with the City to ensure all of Boston's residents have access to
healthy food."
"We
know that many of our businesses, non-profits, and houses of worship are
still not officially open to the public, but they are still providing
targeted services out of their spaces, such as food pantry, and crisis
relief support," said Virginia Morrison, Executive Director of Grove
Hall Neighborhood Development Corporation. "The support from the
Boston Resiliency Fund allowed us to retain a local, Black-owned business
to clean over 40 of these spaces. Thanks to BRF and Rise & Shine
Cleaning for making it possible to stay vigilant in our fight to reduce the
spread of COVID-19 in our community!"
Since
March, the Boston Resiliency Fund has raised $33,300,000 and distributed $28,700,000
to 353 local nonprofit organizations in Boston. Fifty-four percent of
organizations to have received funding are led by a person of color, 56
percent are women-led and 27 percent are immigrant-serving. A map and list
of every organization that has received funding from the Boston Resiliency
Fund can be found here.
This
round's grantees represent organizations working to expand food and testing
access, hygiene products and cleaning supplies for community members and
organizations, intentionally focused on supports for organizations serving
communities of color in Mattapan, Roxbury and Dorchester.
Asian American Civic Association, Inc.:
Asian American Civic Association will use these funds to continue serving
disabled and elderly residents, as well as households that have experienced
job loss due to the pandemic. AACA will support residents by providing
local supermarket gift cards, transportation assistance, and support for
childcare expenses for families.
Black
Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.: The BMA will use
funds to provide supports to groups of churches and ministries. The first
group are those with regular distribution days that are well-known by our
community residents. The BMA will support ongoing efforts and help expand
food distribution. The second group comprises smaller churches,
organizations, and ministries that have smaller, intimate relationships
with the local community. These groups hand-deliver necessary resources to
seniors and other abled people who are housebound during the pandemic.
Catholic
Charitable Bureau of Boston: Catholic Charities will use funding to
support the expanded demand and continue to serve approximately 4,000
people each week at their two Boston pantries. Each household receives a
bag of 25 to 30 pounds of food, and they are able to visit the pantry once
per week. Catholic Charities also will support the Teen Center at St.
Peter's and its community partners to provide bags of food for an
additional 200 households each week.
Charlestown Mothers
Association, Inc.: CMA will use this grant to create family support kits for
residents in need. Each support kit will contain items such as
grocery store gift cards, health essentials, and activities to engage small
children while staying safe at home. Kits will be distributed at partner
sites in Charlestown including the Charlestown Boys & Girls Club, the
Kennedy Center, and Harvest on the Vine.
Grove Hall Neighborhood Development
Corporation: Grove Hall NDC will work with non-profit organizations
and churches in the greater Grove Hall area who need support to clean their
spaces. They will contract with a local WMBE, who is OSHA- and
CDC-certified, to thoroughly clean these community spaces and train
existing staff to do follow up cleaning on a regular basis.
Prince Hall Grand Lodge: Prince Hall Grand Lodge will use this
grant to support increased COVID-19 testing in the Grove Hall neighborhood
to two days a week to increase testing in communities of color. Prince Hall
will also use the BRF grant to support their remote learning program, which
supports students and their parents to ensure that they receive technical
and holistic educational support as needed
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