Achieve Boston
Achieve Boston is a collaborative effort to help after school and youth workers develop their professional skills and knowledge, advance their careers, and ultimately better serve children, youth, and families. Achieve Boston offers after-school and youth workers a locally based and easy-to-access training system that identifies the skills and knowledge after school and youth workers need to work effectively and brings them together into one competency framework; provides a self-assessment questionnaire and other tools to determine levels of skill and areas to improve upon; and coordinates training and professional development opportunities.

Anonymous Foundation

Black Ministerial Alliance
The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston (BMA), established in the early 1960s, is an alliance of over 80 faith-based and community-based organizations with a 40-year history of serving the Black community in Boston. The BMA’s mission is to provide spiritual nurture for clergy, and advocacy and program services for the larger Black community. As part of its mission, the BMA demonstrates its ability to create positive change in the Boston area.

Boston’s After School for All Partnership
Boston's After-School for All Partnership is a unique public-private venture to expand, improve and sustain a system of quality out-of-school time programs for the city's children and youth. This new model brings together the resources, knowledge and shared commitment of the City of Boston and the city's largest philanthropic and corporate institutions to provide a collective force to improve children's out-of-school experiences.

Boston After School and Beyond
Boston After School & Beyond (Boston Beyond) was formed in 2004 as the successor to Boston’s After-School for All Partnership and the Boston 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative. Boston Beyond is a public/private partnership providing broad-based civic leadership and services to expand, strengthen, and sustain Boston’s system of out-of-school time programs, ensuring high-quality opportunities for all of Boston’s children and youth.

Boston Centers for Youth and Families
Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is Boston’s largest youth and human service agency. A City of Boston department under Mayor Thomas M. Menino, BCYF oversees 46 facilities including 21 pools and one beach. Each community center facility offers a variety of educational, recreational and social programming for people of all ages. Through the input of local voluntary advisory councils, BCYF centers' programs reflect the needs and concerns of our neighborhoods

Boston Community Learning Centers

Boston Public Schools
A welcome environment for the children of this city is provided at the Boston Public Schools, where effective teaching and learning prepare all of our students to achieve at high levels, and where the entire community works together to focus on children.

Boston Youth Network
A resource website for organizations and providers serving youth at high risk in the City of Boston. Growing up is challenging work for all young people. However, some of our youth must overcome almost insurmountable obstacles including – violence, drugs, having children, difficulty with parents, homelessness, struggling in school or dropping out, joblessness, unemployment, etc. These youth at high risk need our help to become all they were meant to be. This website spotlights successful approaches and ideas from providers all over the city to work with youth with multiple barriers to success. This tool will help providers strengthen connections with others who can help.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) is to help boys and girls, generally from disadvantaged circumstances, develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders. To achieve this, we offer a variety of program activities and support services designed to assist in the educational, emotional, physical and social development of six to 18-year-olds, without regard to social, racial, ethnic, or religious background.

Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation

Center For Sports in Society at Northeastern
The Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University is one of the world’s leading social justice organizations that uses sport to create social change both nationally and internationally. Through research, education, and advocacy the center promotes physical activity, health, violence prevention, and diversity among young people and college and professional athletes. Sport in Society’s innovative programs are all staffed by former college or professional athletes.

Child Care Capital Investment Fund
The Child Care Capital Investment Fund (CCCIF) believes that all children need to learn in physical environments designed to support their growth. CCCIF helps non-profit organizations to develop high-quality spaces for early learning and youth development in Massachusetts. CCCIF provides financing and technical assistance for projects as small as repainting or buying new play equipment and as large as building a whole new center.

Clipper Ship Foundation
The Clipper Ship Foundation was founded in 1979 by David Parmely Weatherhead.  The foundation makes grants to federally tax qualified nonprofit organizations offering human services to individuals living in Greater Boston (cities and towns lying on or within Route 128) or the cities of Lawrence and Brockton.  Priority is given to those organizations devoted to helping the homeless and ill-housed, the destitute, the handicapped, children and the aged, or addressing the needs of new immigrants and other needy communities and neighborhoods.  Special consideration will also be given to emergency disaster situations, worldwide.

Compassion Capital Fund
Created in 2002, the Administration for Children and Families' Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) is a key component of the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative. The primary purpose of the CCF is to help faith-based and community organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, expand their organizations, diversify their funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those in need, such as families in poverty, prisoners reentering the community, homeless families, and at-risk youth.

Dammann Boston Fund

Harvard University
Harvard adheres to the purposes for which the Charter of 1650 was granted: "The advancement of all good literature, arts, and sciences; the advancement and education of youth in all manner of good literature, arts, and sciences; and all other necessary provisions that may conduce to the education of the ... youth of this country...." In brief: Harvard strives to create knowledge, to open the minds of students to that knowledge, and to enable students to take best advantage of their educational opportunities.  To these ends, Harvard encourages students to respect ideas and their free expression, and to rejoice in discovery and in critical thought; to pursue excellence in a spirit of productive cooperation; and to assume responsibility for the consequences of personal actions. Harvard seeks to identify and to remove restraints on students' full participation, so that individuals may explore their capabilities and interests and may develop their full intellectual and human potential. Education at Harvard should liberate students to explore, to create, to challenge, and to lead. The support Harvard provides to students is a foundation upon which self-reliance and habits of lifelong learning are built: Harvard expects that the scholarship and collegiality it fosters in its students will lead them in their later lives to advance knowledge, to promote understanding, and to serve society.

Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) strives to promote more effective educational practices, programs, and policies for disadvantaged children and youth by generating, publishing, and disseminating our and others’ research. HFRP was founded in 1983 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by its director Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.

Hyams Foundation
The mission of the Hyams Foundation is “to increase economic and social justice and power within low-income communities in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts.”  The Foundation’s current grant making guidelines build on its past experience and expertise while bringing greater focus to its funding strategies.  The guidelines also draw together the Foundation’s work in a more comprehensive way by focusing on the following four community priorities or outcomes: increased civic engagement, with a special focus on immigrant communities; more affordable housing, especially for low-income families; increased family economic self-sufficiency; and enhanced opportunities for low-income teens.

John W. Alden Trust

Liberty Mutual Foundation’s Corporate Philanthropy Program
Established in 2003, the Liberty Mutual Foundation supports the communities in which we live and work, and further demonstrates how we “help people live safer, more secure lives.” Their grant making priorities are education and broad based health and human services.  When making an investment, they give preference to nonprofit organizations, who have these attributes: solid financials; a strong board and staff; and thoughtful strategic plans and budgets.

Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation (Bank of America)
The Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation is specifically interested in educational programs that encourage disadvantaged youth to excel in grade school and high school, and to pursue a post secondary education. In order to reach diverse populations they provide funding to both traditional and non-traditional educational programs, serving age groups from pre-school children to senior citizens.

Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP)
MAP was established in 2003 to develop a statewide after school network to improve quality and resources for after school, summer, and youth programs in the state of Massachusetts. MAP developed out of a growing awareness that after school programs are vital in meeting important social and economic needs, including providing support for education success and support to working families with school-aged children.

Massachusetts School Age Coalition (MSAC)
MSAC's mission is to be a voice for positive change in the out-of-school-time field. MSAC seeks to ensure a comprehensive system of out-of-school-time opportunities for children, youth, and families that are diverse, accessible, balanced, and of the highest quality. MSAC works to empower professionals in the field through advocacy, leadership development, and career advancement.

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
The Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) combines the functions of the Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) with those of the Early Learning Services Division at the Department of Education. The creation of EEC represents an exciting opportunity to build a new, coordinated, comprehensive system of early education and care in Massachusetts. In the short term, the new agency will be focused on bringing together the people, services, and resources of the two agencies.

National Institute of Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
The mission of NIOST is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during non-school hours. NIOST believes that these experiences are essential to the healthy development of children and youth, who then can become effective and capable members of society. Our work bridges the worlds of research and practice.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is New England’s largest public charity dedicated exclusively to improving academic achievement for the region’s underserved communities. We provide grants and technical assistance to programs that concentrate on academic enrichment, college planning, advising, preparation and retention support for low-income, under-served students in grades 5 through 14, and adult learners. We also sponsor research projects and conferences that examine critical issues in education. By focusing on Adult Literacy, College Preparation, Minority High Achievement and Out-of-School Time, the Foundation is able to achieve greater impact as a force for educational improvement.

Program in Education, Afterschool & Resiliency
The Program in Education, Afterschool & Resiliency (PEAR) is dedicated to making meaningful theoretical and practical contributions to youth development, school reform and prevention. Dr. Gil Noam founded the program in 1999 as a collaboration between Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a number of strong community partners. PEAR was established in response to the growing recognition that high-quality afterschool programs hold the promise of building resiliency and preventing high-risk behavior in youth, as well as contributing to school success. PEAR takes a developmental approach to the study of new models of effective afterschool programming, and incorporates educational, health, public policy, and psychological perspectives.

State Street Global Philanthropy
Through our Global Philanthropy Program, State Street makes effective and socially responsible corporate contributions to nonprofit and charitable organizations that provide community service initiatives, primarily in communities where State Street offices are located. The program is designed to help generate and sustain positive change in our communities, while complementing the development of our worldwide business operations. The Global Philanthropy program is focused on three primary areas of emphasis: Human Services; Educational Programs; and Community Improvement and Development.

The Boston Foundation
Founded in 1915, the Boston Foundation was one of the first community foundations and today is one of the largest, with assets of almost $700 million. The Foundation is made up of over 750 separate funds, which have been established by hundreds of donors either for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes. The Boston Foundation is a major funder, this year distributing $50 million in grants. The focus of grantmaking from the Discretionary Funds, the most flexible funds held by the Foundation, gives priority to community-building strategies that help children and their families overcome poverty.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB)
UWMB brings the community together to help improve people's lives and strengthen the neighborhoods of Greater Boston. This focus has not changed, but what has and will change are the needs of the community and its people. Therefore, the focus of the UWMB’s work-not the mission of the organization-has and will change in response. The vision of UWMB is that in ten years, the Greater Boston metropolitan area will be the best place for children in the country. They feel the best way to improve the future for our children is to both strengthen the financial security of their parents today and ensure that kids are getting the nurturing support and educational opportunities that will prepare them for adulthood.

Verizon Foundation
As the philanthropic arm of Verizon and one of the largest corporate foundations in the world, the Verizon Foundation supports and invests in the people and organizations working to improve the quality of life in our communities. Their efforts are rooted in a century-old tradition of giving back to the communities they serve, guided by a firm belief that technology can have a profound and positive effect on social issues. They place a special emphasis on education - from innovative programs such as MarcoPolo, which provides Web-based educational resources to help K-12 teachers prepare students for success in the 21st century, to basic literacy. In addition, they are addressing health and safety issues by fostering awareness and prevention of domestic violence in America, as well as using technology to make the Internet a safe place for children and families.

Victoria B. and David D. Croll

Wallace Foundation
A legacy of DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, creators of The Reader’s Digest Association, The Wallace Foundation has grown to become the 28th largest private foundation in terms of assets in the United States. Through an integrated, team-based approach involving research and communications, in addition to grant-making, the Foundation extends its influence beyond its direct grantees. This is a recognition that significant and sustainable change in our education and cultural systems requires information and insight, and the Foundation had set as its strategy to be a “knowledge center” for policy-makers and practitioners in its areas of focus. The Foundation’s mission is to enable institutions to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. They do this by supporting and sharing effective ideas and practices. To achieve their mission they have three objectives: strengthening education leadership to enhance student achievement; improving after-school learning opportunities; and expanding participation in arts and culture.

YMCA of Greater Boston
Together, the nation's 2,594 YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community service organization in America, working to meet the health and human service needs of 20.1 million men, women and children in 10,000 communities in the United States. YMCAs are at the heart of community life across the country: 42 million families and 72 million households are located within three miles of a YMCA. YMCA stands for Young Men's Christian Association, but don't misinterpret this to mean that YMCAs are only for "young, Christian men." From its start more than 150 years ago, when George Williams founded the YMCA as a substitute Bible study and prayer for life on the streets, the YMCA was unusual because it crossed the rigid lines that separated all the different churches and social classes in England in those days. This openness was a trait that would lead YMCAs to recognize their strength is in the people they bring together -- Ys are for all people of all faiths, races, ages, abilities and incomes. YMCAs' financial assistance policies ensure that no one is turned away for reasons of inability to pay.