Parker Foundation Grants 2022
Aaron’s Presents
$25,000 to expand youth outreach in Lowell.
Acre Family Child Care
$100,000 in second-year capital support to purchase a new building.
African Community Center of Lowell
$25,000 in general operating support.
Bike Connector
$10,000 in capacity building support to extend open hours at its shop.
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell
$200,000 in third- and fourth-year support for the Believe & Become capital campaign to upgrade and expand its facility.
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell (CMAA)
$50,000 in capacity building support for its youth program and communications and development teams.
Catie’s Closet
$25,000 to expand and improve its direct program support for low-income youth in Lowell.
The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc.
$20,000 to support leadership programming for Black girls and young adults.
Christ Church United in Lowell
$15,000 for the Parish Relief program, which provides emergency financial assistance to Lowell residents.
Communities for Restorative Justice f/b/o Thrive Communities of Massachusetts
$15,000 in second-year funding for a new part-time volunteer coordinator to support adults exiting incarceration.
Community Teamwork
$50,000 to address basic human needs, particularly fuel and heating assistance, food insecurity, and housing insecurity.
Dwelling House of Hope
$25,000 for a community kitchen for displaced individuals in public housing.
Eliot Presbyterian Church
$40,000 for a day center to support those who are homeless.
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
$20,000 for the Moody Street Flood Relief Fund to support impacted residents.
Greater Lowell Family YMCA
$75,000 in capital support for renovations and upgrades of the basketball gym, parking lot, and
YMCA signage.
Lowell Youth Leadership Program
$10,000 for a four-week summer camp at Greater Lowell Technical High School.
Mill City Grows
$50,000 for community gardening programming.
One Can Help
$20,000 to provide resources to vulnerable children and families for overcoming poverty.
Project Citizenship
$30,000 for citizenship services in Lowell and the surrounding area.
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
$50,000 for the Summer Experiences in Greater Lowell (SEGL) program.
Subtotal Human Services: $855,000
Percentage of total: 56.11%
Community and Economic Development
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
$25,000 for its endowment commemorating its 25th anniversary.
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
$112,500 in first-year support to establish and maintain the Newell Flather Legacy Fund, which will support organizations focused on the arts, immigrant and refugee communities, and advancing equity and inclusion.
LEADS
$20,000 to support Lowell-based leaders in the LEAD Network, which builds leaders’ capacity to run more effective businesses and organizations.
Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership
$75,000 to build the capacity of its affordable homeownership program.
Subtotal Community and Economic Development: $232,500
Percentage of total: 15.22%
Education
Discovering Justice
$20,00 to support Mock Trial and Mock Appeal afterschool programs for middle school students in Lowell.
Fortaleza
$50,000 in second-year start-up support to launch a Latinx education advocacy organization in Lowell.
Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.
$25,000 for its early education work with children in Lowell.
Kids in Tech
Lowell Community Charter Public School
$25,000 for its out-of-school-time program.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
$10,000 to teach entrepreneurship at Lowell High School.
Project LEARN
$75,000 in third-year support to increase the Lowell Public School’s capacity to recruit and retain teachers who reflect the student population’s cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
Subtotal Education: $255,000
Percentage of total: 17%
Arts and Culture
$25,000 in capacity-building support to sustain and rebuild the organization.
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
$100,000 for the down payment to purchase Western Avenue Studios & Lofts.
Greater Lowell Community Foundation f/b/o Free Soil Arts Collective
$50,000 in first-year support to create opportunities for artists of color in the Greater Lowell area.
Subtotal Arts and Culture: $175,000
Percentage of total: 11.5%
Memberships
Philanthropy MA (Membership)
$6,275
Subtotal Memberships: $6,275
Percentage of total: 0.5%
Total Grants 2022: $1,523,775