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Y AW K E YF O U N D AT I O N S

2014 grants report

building on success

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our mission

The Trustees of the Yawkey Foundations are committed to continuing the legacy of Tom and Jean Yawkey by making significant and positive impacts on the quality of life for children, families, and the under-served in the areas that the Yawkeys called home: New England and Georgetown County, South Carolina.

our history

Tom and Jean Yawkey’s philanthropic legacy was transformed with the 2002 sale of the Boston Red Sox, which added nearly $400 million in proceeds to the Foundations. As stewards of this legacy, the Trustees of the Yawkey Foundations have made a significant impact across the region, awarding nearly 3,000 grants totaling $358 million to nonprofit organizations serving the people of New England and Georgetown County, South

Carolina.

For more information about Tom

and Jean Yawkey and The Yawkey

Foundations, please visit the

Foundations’ website at

www.yawkeyfoundations.org.

table of contents 3 CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE

10 BOSTON UNIVERSITY

14 ECOTARIUM

18 MASSACHUSETTS YOUTH COMMITTED

TO WINNING

22 MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

26 TOM YAWYEY WILDLIFE CENTER

30 2014 GRANTS

44 GRANT GUIDELINES

trustees

Yawkey Foundation I

William B. Gutfarb, Treasurer

John L. Harrington, Chairman

Justin P. Morreale

Yawkey Foundation II

Charles I. Clough, Jr.

William B. Gutfarb, Treasurer

Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond

John L. Harrington, Chairman

James P. Healey, President

James G. Maguire

Debra M. McNulty

Justin P. Morreale

Judy Walden Scarafile

Dear Friends,We are pleased to present the Yawkey Foundations 2014 Grants Report. During 2014, our Trustees provided $23.6 million in grants to more than 200 organizations throughout New England and Georgetown County, South Carolina. As a result of Tom and Jean Yawkey’s philanthropic leadership, the Yawkey Foundations have awarded nearly $400 million since their founding in 1976, with more than $270 million targeted to programs and projects in the City of Boston. Though they often requested their philanthropy be anonymous, Tom and Jean Yawkey cared deeply about the lives and communities their generosity touched, most notably through their lifetime commitment to The Jimmy Fund at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Yawkeys’ commitment to Dr. Sidney Farber’s cancer research helped Dr. Farber establish the Institute in 1974.

Here at the Yawkey Foundations, we continue to build upon our long legacy of providing programming and capital support to nonprofit organizations that offer services and assistance to disadvantaged children and families. We seek to support organizations that offer strong leadership, sound financial management, expertise in their field, organizational capacity, measurable outcomes, meaningful partnerships, and compassion for those they serve. We work to strategically focus our giving in ways that make a positive difference in the lives of those in need and in the organizations that serve them. We are especially interested in helping organizations that are ready to build on their own success, either through additional or enhanced programming or new or upgraded facilities.

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chairman and president’s message

building on success

the yawkey legacy 2002 – 2014 2,874 GRANTS / $358 MILLION


Health Care 411 Grants / $98m

Conservation & Wildlife 173 Grants / $15m

Education 692 Grants / $90m

Arts & Culture 254 Grants / $28m

Youth & Amateur Athletics 410 Grants / $62m

Human Services 934 Grants / $65m

27%

25%

18%

18%

8%

4%


Over the years, the Foundations’ Trustees and staff have developed relationships with our grantees through meetings, site visits, and research. We are interested in how an organization relates to its own staff, its constituents, its community, and those it serves. We’ve learned from Tom and Jean Yawkey, and their close relationships with organizations such as The Jimmy Fund, that getting to know our grantees enhances our ability to make critical funding decisions and, in turn, helps us better support grantees as they build upon their own success.

The five organizations we chose to highlight in this year’s Grants Report are all building on their own success and are enhancing their commitment to those they serve. Boston University, the EcoTarium, Massachusetts Youth Committed to Winning, My Brother’s Keeper, and the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center all possess key strengths that are necessary to become stronger and more effective. Each has worked with its constituents, staff, and community to provide expanded programs, innovative ideas, or enhanced facilities.

The Yawkey Foundations remain committed to honoring the philanthropic legacy established by Tom and Jean Yawkey. The Yawkey legacy has given our community, and especially the City of Boston, many wonderful gifts. It is in honor of that legacy that our Trustees and staff will continue to reach out to provide meaningful assistance to nonprofit organizations that have the ability to build upon their own success. The Yawkey Foundations are honored to support the continued growth of these organizations in their ability to serve those in need throughout our community.

John L. Harrington James P. Healey

Chairman and Trustee President and Trustee


$272 million awarded in

boston 1977 – 2014

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Action for Boston Community Development Adoption and Foster Care Mentoring Agganis Foundation Albert Schweitzer Fellowship All Dorchester Sports League American Legion Baseball American Red Cross of Mass Bay Archdiocese of Boston Associated Grant Makers Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Best Buddies Bethel Institute for Social Justice Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Bird Street Community Center Black & White Boston Black Ministerial Alliance Blessed Sacrament School Boston After School and Beyond Boston Ballet Boston Baseball Camps Boston Campaign for Proficiency Boston Children’s Museum Boston College Boston College High School Boston Foundation Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Boston Higher Education Resource Center Boston Landmarks Orchestra Boston Latin School Association Boston Medical Center Boston Park League Boston Parks and Recreation Department Boston Police Athletic League Boston Public Library Foundation Boston Rescue Mission Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Ten Point Coalition Boston University Bottom Line Boy Scouts Boston Minuteman Council Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Bridge over Troubled Waters Bunker Hill Community College Camp Harbor View Foundation Campaign for Catholic Schools Caritas Communities Caritas Por Cristo Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Casa Esperanza Casa Myrna Vasquez Cathedral High School Catholic Charities Catholic Memorial High School Catholic Schools Foundation Center for Teen Empowerment Children’s Hospital Boston Children’s Services of Roxbury Citi Performing Arts Center Citizen Schools City of Boston Summer Jobs Program City Year Community Rowing Community Servings Cristo Rey Boston High School Crittenton Women’s Union Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dimock Community Health Center Discovering Justice Dorchester House Multi-Service Center DotWell Ecumenical Social Action Committee Elizabeth Seton Academy Emerald Necklace Conservancy Emmanuel College Emmanuel Gospel Center Epiphany School Family Service of Greater Boston Farr Academy Fenway Community Health Center Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Franciscan Hospital for Children Freedom Trail Foundation Friends of Caritas Cubana Friends of Court Appointed Special Advocate Friends of New England Holocaust Memorial Friends of Ramler Park Friends of the Children’s Trust Fund Generation Excel Youth Development Program Girl Scouts of Eastern MA Good Sports Greater Boston Guild for the Blind Grove Hall Development Association Harry Agganis Fund Harvard College Health Care for All HEARTH Holy Name School Horizons for Homeless Children Huntington Theatre Company Inquilinos Boricus en Accion International Institute of New England Irish International Immigration Center Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Island Alliance Island of Hope JFY NetWorks John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Joslin Diabetes Center Julie’s Family Learning Program Kwong Kow Chinese School La Alianza Hispana Labouré College Madison Park High School Foundation March of Dimes Foundation Marian Manor Mass Mentoring Partnership Mass Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Massachusetts Association for Mental Health Massachusetts Audubon Society Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Youth Committted to Winning Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Museum of African American History Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Science NAACP - Boston National Center on Time & Learning Nativity Boston New England Aquarium New England Baptist Hospital New England Center for Homeless Veterans New England Historic Genealogical Society North End Community Health Center Northeastern University Notre Dame Education Center Oficina Hispana One Family Scholars Pan-Mass Challenge Partners for Youth with Disabilities Partners in Health Peace First Perkins School for the Blind Pine Street Inn Police Athletic League Project HIP-HOP Project Hope Project Place Project R.I.G.H.T Project STEP Red Sox Foundation RFK Children’s Action Corp Roca Rogerson Communities Rookie League Programs Rosie’s Place Roxbury Multi-Service Center Roxbury Presbyterian Social Impact Center Salvation Army Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Sociedad Latina Sojourner House South End Athletics & Activities Association South End Community Health Center Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Sports Museum of New England, Inc. SquashBusters St. Anthony Shrine St. Columbkille’s Partnership School St. Francis House St. Joseph Prepatory High School St. Mary’s Women & Children’s Center Strong Women, Strong Girls Summer Search Foundation The B.E.L.L. Foundation The Boston Foundation The Boston Home The Cam Neely Foundation The Efficacy Institute The Home for Little Wanderers The Greater Boston Food Bank The Jesuits The Labouré Center The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum The Progeria Research Foundation The R.O.S.E. Fund The Salvation Army Thompson Island - Outward Bound Timilty Middle School - Project Promise Topf Center for Dance Education Trinity Boston Foundation Tufts Medical Center United South End Settlements United Way of Massachusetts Bay Urban Dreams Youth Development Program Urban Edge Housing Corp Urban Improv Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc. USS Constitution Museum Wentworth Institute of Technology WGBH Educational Foundation Wheelock College Whittier Street Health Center Women of Means Women’s Lunch Place Yawkey Baseball League Year Up YMCA of Greater Boston Youth Enrichment Services YWCA Boston Zoo New England


22% 9%

to more than 180 nonprofits

in boston

2,225 grants awarded in

boston 1977 – 2014


Building on Successful PartnershipsWhen Tom Yawkey purchased the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park in 1933, Boston University (BU) was expanding into the world-class university it is today. Both organizations worked and grew together during the next several decades: Fenway Park was home to BU football games during the 30s, 40s, and 50s and, in in the 1990s, Red Sox games were broadcast on BU’s television station. Beginning in the 1970s, BU and the Red Sox worked together on a multi-million dollar plan to rehabilitate Kenmore Square by providing more parking, housing, retail space, and extensive traffic and pedestrian improvements – including improvements to the Kenmore and Yawkey stations.

This year the Yawkey Foundations are proud to award BU a $10 million grant to develop a new nonprofit internship program that supports undergraduate students in pursuing off-campus internships in the nonprofit sector. BU has a long and proud tradition of providing service-based and professional learning opportunities for its students. Well-designed workplace internships can help students develop key competencies, such as decision-making, communication, problem-solving, analytical, and teamwork skills. With the grant from the Yawkey Foundations, BU students now have the opportunity to work with organizations which may not ordinarily have the capacity to fund internships, but may be best suited to advancing the students’ talents, skills, and vocational goals.

BU’s Center for Career Development understands the value of this type of funding for undergraduates.

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“Increasingly, internships are an essential part of undergraduate studies, from exploring potential career options to gaining hands-on experience, as well as an important credential for full-time employment,” notes Center Director, Kimberly DelGizzo. “Unfortunately, paid internships are not yet commonplace at mission-driven organizations. As a result, many students seeking to gain experience in the nonprofit or public sectors are prevented from doing so because they cannot afford to take unpaid internships.”

In recognition of the $10 million grant from the Yawkey Foundations, the first at BU to specifically fund nonprofit internships, the University has named its new, state-of-the-art student services center the “Yawkey Center for Student Services.” The Yawkey Foundations are honored to solidify their longstanding relationship as a neighbor and friend to BU and to provide this unique opportunity to BU students.

According to BU President Dr. Robert Brown, “Service to the community is a founding principle of Boston University, and many of our students are passionate about pursuing a career in the nonprofit world. The Yawkey Internships will provide direct support for these students, allowing them to get hands-on experience and have real impact as they pursue their goals. We are deeply grateful to the Yawkey Foundations for their vision and generosity, and are very pleased to have the Yawkey name permanently associated with such an important University resource.”


Building on a Vibrant Community ResourceFounded in 1825, the EcoTarium is the second oldest natural history museum in the country and a key cultural institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The museum’s building features three floors of hands-on, interactive exhibits that explore the natural and physical sciences of the New England environment. With a mixture of permanent installations, dynamic travelling exhibits, and a planetarium, the EcoTarium provides learning opportunities for children and young people as well as for parents and caregivers. The museum’s 55-acres – with guided trails and a railway for visitors – are popular for native New England wildlife. The expansive grounds are also home to a number of permanent residents such as otters, foxes, owls, skunks, and a porcupine.

With new leadership and growing recognition as a national leader among small and mid-sized science and nature museums, the EcoTarium is taking its long history of success to new levels. The museum is collaborating with schools and institutions of higher education to ensure that young people are well-prepared to excel in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). In addition, the EcoTarium is committed to providing an affordable and accessible experience for all community members, as well as maintaining its devotion to ecological awareness and excellence in wildlife care. To that end, the museum is in the midst of a four-year strategic plan including a combination of new projects and upgrades such as the Nature Explore® outdoor play space, an innovative partnership with

National Geographic, and enhancements and additions to the wildlife exhibits.

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EcoTarium

Worcester


Rebecca Weiner, a local mother whose son and daughter participate in several different educational programs through the EcoTarium, sees the museum as an indoor/outdoor interactive classroom that presents unique ways for children to learn.

“My son has been able to collect plant samples, study the structure of plants, and make beautiful botanical prints. The EcoTarium not only provides learning opportunities for young children, but it also lends itself to deeper scientific exploration by older kids and has been an invaluable resource to my family,” says Rebecca.

Since 2004, the Yawkey Foundations have supported the Special Community Outreach Programs of the EcoTarium, an umbrella program designed to prioritize accessibility to the museum for community members – particularly families, children, and students who might otherwise not take advantage of this valuable community resource – with grants totaling $375,000. The EcoTarium has built its capacity to the point where it can now move toward an ambitious campaign for the future.

According to EcoTarium President Joe Cox, “Since 1825, the EcoTarium has had incredibly strong community roots and has inspired a love for science and nature in generations of children and their families. Thanks to the generous support of the Yawkey Foundations, the EcoTarium is now reaching further than ever before through new partnerships and by providing programs to an increasing number of under-served children.”


Building on Dedicated LeadershipMassachusetts Youth Committed to Winning (MYCW) is the story of the young

men and boys from Boston’s Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan neighborhoods

who spend every Saturday morning, and many days after school, working hard

in the classroom and on the basketball courts. It is also the story of its founder

Andre John, who has dedicated his life to young people in his community.

Andre spends his days speaking with parents and teachers and his nights and

weekends working with young people. Each year, Andre inspires more than 150

young men and boys from across the city to achieve in the classroom and in life.

Andre, a Roxbury native who attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut,

believes that too many young urban men see athletics – particularly basketball

– as the only road to success. As a result, sports have become a priority at the

expense of academics. Andre founded MYCW in 2007 to combine young urban

men’s love of sports with academic and social supports. MYCW’s mission is

to inspire, educate, and prepare inner-city youth with the necessary skills

to become academic achievers, confident student athletes, active citizens,

and effective leaders. Students receive academic tutoring and support

while participating in the Amateur Athletic Union, competing in more than

50 basketball games annually. Playing in the league is conditional on academic

progress and good behavior in and out of the program.

Jamar Jones, an 8th grader from Dorchester who attends Boston Latin Academy,

has been participating in MYCW since he was five years old. A bright young man


Massachusetts Youth Committed

to Winning

Roxbury


who excels both on and off the court, Jamar appreciates all that the coaches

and tutors have done for him, from encouraging him to stay in school to

helping him deal with problems. Jamar has a bright future ahead of him and

attributes much of it to MYCW.

“Andre and the other coaches have been with me for so long and they want me

to be successful,” says Jamar. “I know I will succeed with or without basketball

because of MYCW.”

Since 2008, the Yawkey Foundations have provided MYCW with program

and capacity building grants totaling $225,000. These grants, and other

community support, have helped MYCW grow and provide more services

and serve more young people. Young men and boys come to MYCW for the

basketball but stay for the connections they make with caring adults.

“MYCW is about much more than basketball,” notes Andre, who uses the

example of his own success to inspire and hold young men like Jamar

accountable. “It is about providing inner-city youth with a sense of belonging,

and belonging to something positive, where you are treated fairly, accepted

wholly, and encouraged to work to the best of your abilities, whether on the

basketball court, in the classroom or at home.”


Building on a Mission to ServeMohammad recently arrived in Fall River after working as an aid worker in Pakistan. Forced to leave his home, wife, and four children for safety and security reasons, Mohammad was able to save enough money to bring his family to Fall River. He was anxious for his family to arrive, but also concerned that he had nothing in his small apartment to make it a home. That is when Mohammad turned to My Brother’s Keeper. Not only did the organization provide beds, bureaus, a couch, a kitchen set, a refrigerator, lamps, sheets, blankets, towels, dishes, pots and pans, but it also provided friendship and hope.

A Christian ministry founded in 1988 by Jim and Terry Orcutt, My Brother’s Keeper helps respond to individuals and families who are displaced, move out of a shelter, finally acquire housing, or are otherwise in need, by delivering furniture and food free-of-charge throughout southeastern Massachusetts. Since 1988, the organization has made more than 100,000 deliveries and the demand continues to grow. At the same time, My Brother’s Keeper inspires thousands of volunteers – from retirees to high school students – who not only believe in the organization’s mission, but also have an overwhelming willingness to share their personal gifts and talents. With only 11 staff members, the organization relies on an incredible intergenerational army of more than 3,000 volunteers to pick up gently-used furniture, wrap household items, and make deliveries.

The strong service model that My Brother’s Keeper relies on has allowed the organization to expand its services. The organization recently expanded its service area to include the communities of Fall River and New Bedford. The expansion was the result of years of thoughtful business planning. My Brother’s Keeper leased a facility in Dartmouth, strategically located halfway between Fall River and


My Brother’s Keeper

Easton and Dartmouth


New Bedford, and hired homegrown staff who volunteered with the organization and embraced its model of service. The organization made certain that it was not duplicating any services provided in the area. In addition, long time funders, including the Yawkey Foundations, helped provide seed money to support the expansion. The Yawkey Foundations are proud to support the South Coast expansion of My Brother’s Keeper with $250,000 in funding — bringing the Foundations’ total support of the organization to more than $1.1 million since 1996.

“Our expansion to serve the South Coast has been a resounding affirmation of our mission and model of service. It has allowed us to transform thousands of lives in a new community – both those we serve and those who serve alongside us. As a 100 percent privately-funded charity, My Brother’s Keeper could not have attempted to scale up our services without the Yawkey Foundations. They were among the first to support this expansion and their public vote of confidence had an enormous impact on local leaders and other funders,” says Erich Miller, president of My Brother’s Keeper.

Since expanding to the South Coast, the organization has responded to a previously unmet need in the community, including families like Mohammad’s. Since July 2013, volunteers have delivered furniture to more than 850 households from the Dartmouth facility, helping more than 2,600 people. In addition, My Brother’s Keeper has relied on local volunteer groups, including schools and churches, to work both in the warehouse and with families in the community.

“When I talked to the staff at My Brother’s Keeper, they provided a ray of hope for my family,” says Mohammad. “I had told my children that we were going to have to sleep on the floor and they were so disappointed. The joy we felt as the furniture was delivered was overwhelming.”


Building on Expertise in the FieldOne of Tom Yawkey’s greatest legacies was the donation of 20,000 acres of land along the shoreline in Georgetown County to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). Now known as the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center (Wildlife Center), the area is maintained through a joint partnership between the Yawkey Foundations and SCDNR. The Wildlife Center’s marshes, marine wetlands, forests, and sandy beaches play host to hundreds of species of coastal wildlife and serve as an undisturbed habitat for migratory birds, eagles, alligators, sea turtles, and many other endangered species. Since its founding in 1976, the Wildlife Center has stayed true to its mission: to remain protected and undisturbed, and to be a place of research, study, and education.

The Wildlife Center has greatly expanded its research and educational partnerships over the past decade. In 2014, it entered into a formal research arrangement with Clemson University (Clemson) to help manage the volume of educational research taking place at the Wildlife Center. Since 1994, the Wildlife Center has served as an outdoor lab for Clemson from faculty-directed research focusing on sea turtle conservation to facilitating continuing education courses for K-12 science teachers from South Carolina. With the new Clemson research partnership, the Wildlife Center will also advance its own research capablilities.

Two of the most dynamic research projects underway at the Wildlife Center include a long-term American alligator study being conducted by the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and a hurricane study by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The population of alligators inhabiting the Wildlife Center is unique in the United States as it is small, isolated, free of hunting pressures, and has a unique age structure. In addition, for the past 30 years, SCDNR researchers, volunteers, and


Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center

Georgetown, SC


Wildlife Center staff have steadfastly recorded the location, growth, size, and gender of its alligators, providing a rare trove of data for studies like MUSC’s, which analyzes how environmental contaminants affect human reproductive health through alligator research.

Also at the Wildlife Center, a team from Woods Hole, Massachusetts is collecting soil samples to study how changes in climate might be affecting more recent hurricane activity. The undisturbed salt marshes at the Wildlife Center provide a rich geological record of hurricanes that goes back centuries and even millennia. The Woods Hole researchers are using soil samples from the Wildlife Center to reconstruct past hurricane patterns and analyze how those patterns have changed over time.

The number of researchers and students benefiting from the Wildlife Center’s vastly undisturbed landscape is growing, with study results influencing wildlife and land management techniques across the country.

“The expanded research program has and will continue to answer questions that not only benefit the Wildlife Center, but also provide valuable information to the natural resources community as a whole,” says Biologist and Project Director Jamie Dozier. “The educational component crosses all aspects of our work at the Wildlife Center and helps make the community aware of the Yawkeys’ great legacy of protection that continues today.”


Archdiocese of Boston - Braintree, MA $ 25,000 Health and human service programs

Avon Foundation - New York, NY $ 5,000 Cancer research

Bentley University - Waltham, MA $ 25,000 College transition program for disadvantaged students

Boy Scouts of America/Coastal Carolina Council $ 10,000 Scouting program - Charleston, SC

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford $ 25,000 Summer camp for disadvantaged children - New Bedford, MA

Campaign for Catholic Schools - Braintree, MA $ 25,000 Yawkey Teaching Excellence Award for teachers at Pope John Paul II Academy

Cape Cod Healthcare - Hyannis, MA $ 5,000 Health care services

Catholic Charities - Boston, MA $ 5,000 Human service programs

Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida $ 50,000 Health care services for disadvantaged - Fort Myers, FL children

Clemson University - Clemson, SC $ 83,100 Collaborative research program between the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center and Clemson University

Concord Museum - Concord, MA $ 15,000 “Art of Baseball” exhibition

Cranberry Hospice - Plymouth, MA $ 25,000 Quality of life and comfort programs for critically ill children

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston, MA $ 100,000 Cancer research

Eaglebrook School - Deerfield, MA $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Emmanuel College - Boston, MA $ 5,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Exponent Philanthrophy - Washington, DC $ 4,275 National grantmakers organization

Fessenden School - West Newton, MA $ 5,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Friendship Place - Georgetown, SC $ 25,000 Food and support services for disadvantaged residents of Georgetown

Grants Managers Network - Washington, DC $ 837 National grantmakers organization

Helping Hands of Georgetown - Georgetown, SC $ 25,000 Food and support services for disadvantaged residents of Georgetown

Horry-Georgetown Technical College - Georgetown, SC $ 100,000 Allied healthcare scholarship program for disadvantaged students from Georgetown

Horry-Georgetown Technical College - Georgetown, SC $ 191,200 Forestry and wildlife management program


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EDUCATION Facilities and Equipment

Boston University - Boston $ 1,500,000 Support for nonprofit internship program

Immaculate Conception Parish School - Lowell $ 25,000 Renovation and equipment upgrade for school serving students in grades pre-K – 8

Malden Catholic High School - Malden $ 500,000 Renovation of school serving boys in grades 9-12

Saint Columbkille Partnership School - Brighton $ 500,000 Renovation of school serving students in grades pre-K – 8

Saint Joseph Preparatory School - Brighton $ 250,000 Renovation of school serving students in grades 9-12

Xaverian Brothers High School - Westwood $ 250,000 Construction and renovation of school serving boys in grades 7-12

Facilities and Equipment $ 3,025,000 Yawkey Higher Education Scholarship Programs

Agganis Foundation - Lynn $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students from Greater Boston

Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund - Norton $ 50,000 John McCafferty Scholarship program for disadvantaged students from Boston

Jackie Robinson Foundation - New York, NY $ 30,000 Jackie Robinson Scholarship Program

Yawkey Scholars Program/The Philanthropic Initiative $ 1,204,530 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Yawkey Higher Education Scholarship Programs $ 1,334,530 Middle and Secondary School Scholarship Programs

Blessed Stephen Bellesini Academy - Lawrence $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Catholic Memorial High School - West Roxbury $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Catholic Schools Foundation/Inner-City Scholarship Fund $ 125,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students - Boston

Esperanza Academy - Lawrence $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Fontbonne Academy - Milton $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students - Dorchester

Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School - Lawrence $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

St. Mary’s Education Fund - Fall River $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

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Lowcountry Open Land Trust - Charleston, SC $ 30,000 Land conservation programs

Marion Institute - Marion, MA $ 20,000 Human service programs

Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers - Maryknoll, NY $ 5,000 Human service programs

Mattapoisett Land Trust - Mattapoisett, MA $ 5,000 Land conservation programs

My Brother’s Keeper - Easton, MA $ 5,000 Human service programs

Nature Conservancy of South Carolina - Columbia, SC $ 35,000 Land conservation programs

Neurofibromatosis of New England - Burlington, MA $ 25,000 Outreach and support services for patients with neurofibromatosis and their families

New England Baptist Hospital - Boston, MA $ 5,000 Health care programs

New England Collegiate Baseball League - Danbury, CT $ 25,000 Summer baseball league for young men

Newton Country Day School - Newton, MA $ 10,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Ocean Explorium - New Bedford, MA $ 10,000 Nature and education programs

Pan-Mass Challenge - Needham, MA $ 125,000 Capacity building for Pan-Mass Challenge Kids Rides for cancer research

Smith Medical Clinic - Pawleys Island, SC $ 50,000 Health care programs for the disadvantaged

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League $ 25,000 Land conservation programs - Charleston, SC

St. Cyprian Church and Outreach Center - Georgetown, SC $ 12,000 Human service programs for disadvantaged residents of Georgetown

St. Sebastian’s School - Needham, MA $ 10,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Tara Hall Home for Boys - Georgetown, SC $ 200,000 Residential and educational center for at-risk boys

Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center - Georgetown, SC $ 1,022,271 Capital and maintenance at the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center

The Boston Home - Boston, MA $ 50,000 Renovation project at facility offering specialized care to individuals with multiple sclerosis

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation - Charleston, WV $ 25,ooo Human service programs

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $ 75,000 Support for research on hurricanes and air - Woods Hole, MA pollution at the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center

Yale University - New Haven, CT $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

YMCA Southcoast - New Bedford, MA $ 15,000 Support for special needs program at Wareham

facility

YAWKEY FOUNDATION I GRAND TOTAL $ 2,638,683

yawkey foundation i grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014


yawkey foundation ii grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014 Boston After School & Beyond - Boston $ 25,000 Academic enrichment programs

Citizen Schools - Boston $ 25,000 STEM enrichment program for disadvantaged students

Generation Excel Youth Development Program $ 75,000 Education support services for high-risk youth - Jamaica Plain

JFY Networks - Boston $ 25,000 Academic assistance program for disadvantaged students

National Center on Time & Learning - Boston $ 100,000 Capacity building for expanded learning time program

SquashBusters - Roxbury $ 25,000 Academic enrichment program for disadvantaged students

The Labouré Center - South Boston $ 5,000 Youth academic tutoring program

Trinity Boston Foundation - Boston $ 25,000 Education and mentoring program for disadvantaged students

Youth Academic Development Programs $ 455,000

Education Total $ 5,564,530

HEALTH CARE

Facilities and Equipment

Bethany Health Care Center - Framingham $ 100,000 Furniture and equipment upgrade at facility providing nursing care to elders

Cape Cod Healthcare - Hyannis $ 500,000 Support for expansion of emergency departments at Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston $ 3,500,000 Construction of cancer care and research center

New England Baptist Hospital - Boston $ 500,000 Support for state-of-the-art operating room suite

Facilities and Equipment $ 4,600,000 Health Care for Children and the Disadvantaged

Boston Medical Center - Boston $ 50,000 Support for pediatric resource center

Chrystine M. Sullivan Memorial Fund - Hanover $ 5,000 Cancer care and clinical support

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Natick $ 25,000 Cystic fibrosis care centers

David’s House - Lebanon, NH $ 25,000 Residence for families and patients receiving medical treatment at Dartmouth-Hitchcook Medical Center

Fenway Community Health Center - Boston $ 25,000 Dental care program for disadvantaged patients

Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children - Cambridge $ 25,000 School-based cavity prevention program for children


Ursuline Academy - Dedham $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged students

Middle and Secondary School Scholarship Programs $ 350,000 Adult Education Programs

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology - Boston $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged adults completing technical education programs

Catholic Charities - Brockton $ 25,000 Literacy and skills programs for immigrants and disadvantaged adults

Crittenton Women’s Union - Boston $ 25,000 Literacy and skills programs for disadvantaged adults

Endicott College - Beverly $ 25,000 Scholarship program for single parents and their children in the Keys to Degrees program

Immigrant Learning Center - Malden $ 25,000 Literacy and skills program for immigrants and disadvantaged adults

Labouré College - Milton $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged adults

Lesley University - Cambridge $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged adults

Mujeres Unidas Avanzando - Dorchester $ 25,000 Literacy and skills program for disadvantaged adults

Notre Dame Education Center - South Boston $ 25,000 Literacy and skills programs for immigrants and disadvantaged adults

One Family Scholars - Boston $ 25,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged parents

Project Hope - Roxbury $ 25,000 Literacy and skills progarm for disadvantaged women

Regis College - Weston $ 25,000 Nursing scholarship program for disadvantaged adults

St. Mary’s Women & Children’s Center - Dorchester $ 25,000 Education and skills program for disadvantaged women

Wentworth Institute of Technology - Boston $ 50,000 Scholarship program for disadvantaged adults

Adult Education Programs $ 400,000 Youth Academic Development Programs

Action for Boston Community Development - Boston $ 50,000 Academic programs for at-risk students

Black Ministerial Alliance - Roxbury $ 100,000 Academic enrichment program for disadvantaged students



Cor Unum Meal Center - Lawrence $ 25,000 Food and support services for individuals, children and families

Father Bill’s & MainSpring - Brockton $ 25,000 Shelter and support programs

Greater Boston Food Bank - Boston $ 100,000 Hunger relief programs for individuals and families

Hearth - Boston $ 25,000 Prevention, placement and support programs for homeless and at-risk elders

Housing Families - Malden $ 25,000 Academic and wellness programs for children and families living in shelters

Lazarus House - Lawrence $ 50,000 Emergency shelter and food programs

Lucy’s Hearth - Middletown, RI $ 40,000 Food and support programs at shelter for homeless women and children

My Brother’s Keeper - Dartmouth $ 105,000 Support for expansion of operations for organization serving disadvantaged individuals and families

My Brother’s Keeper - Easton $ 75,000 Holiday program for disadvantaged individuals and families

Open Pantry Community Services - Springfield $ 30,000 Food and support programs for individuals, children and families

Pine Street Inn - Boston $ 150,000 Food, shelter and support programs

Rosie’s Place - Boston $ 75,000 Food, shelter and support programs

School on Wheels of Massachusetts - Brockton $ 25,000 Academic tutoring program for children experiencing homelessness

St. Francis House - Boston $ 30,000 Food, shelter and support programs

The Charity Guild - Brockton $ 25,000 Food, shelter, and support programs

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts - Hatfield $ 25,000 Emergency food program

Food and Shelter Programs $ 930,000

Programs for Children with Special Needs

Cardinal Cushing Centers - Hanover $ 25,000 Recreation programs for children and youth with physical and developmental disabilities

Community Rowing - Brighton $ 25,000 Rowing program for children and youth with physical and developmental disabilities



Franciscan Hospital for Children - Brighton $ 25,000 Residential care for young patients

Friends of Caritas Cubana - Cambridge $ 5,000 Health service programs

Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston $ 50,000 Support for student-faculty collaborative to encourage careers in primary care

Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston $ 25,ooo Compassion in health care program

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Waltham $ 25,000 Home support services program

Progeria Research Foundation - Peabody $ 75,000 Support for patients and families participating in Progeria research programs

South End Community Health Center - Boston $ 25,000 Community health and human service programs

St. Anthony’s Shrine - Boston $ 20,000 Support for wellness center serving disadvantaged adults

Tufts Medical Center - Boston $ 50,000 Patient navigation program for underserved patients

Whittier Street Health Center - Roxbury $ 25,000 Community health and human service programs

Women of Means - Greater Boston $ 25,000 Health care services for homeless women and children

Health Care for Children and the Disadvantaged $ 5,105,000

Health Care Total $ 5,105,000

HUMAN SERVICES


The Home for Little Wanderers - Boston $ 500,000 Construction of residential center for children with emotional and behavioral disabilities

Facilities and Equipment $ 500,000 Food and Shelter Programs

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program $ 50,000 Health care and support services for homeless - Boston families

Casa Myrna Vasquez - Boston $ 25,000 Residential program for victims of domestic violence and their children

Community Servings - Jamaica Plain $ 25,000 Meal program for acutely ill persons, their families and caregivers



yawkey foundation ii grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014 Mass Mentoring Partnership - Boston $ 100,000 Training and support program to expand quality mentoring programs

Partners for Youth with Disabilities - Boston $ 25,000 Mentoring programs for youth with disabilities

Summer Search - Jamaica Plain $ 25,000 Mentoring and leadership development program for disadvantaged youth

Mentoring Programs $ 365,000 Youth Violence Prevention Programs

Bird Street Community Center - Dorchester $ 25,000 Case management and youth violence prevention programs

Boston Ten Point Coalition - Boston $ 170,000 Support for gang mediation initiative

Catholic Charities/St. Peter’s Teen Center - Dorchester $ 50,000 Academic and recreational programming for youth

Center for Teen Empowerment - Roxbury $ 25,000 Outreach and violence prevention program for youth

Project RIGHT - Dorchester $ 75,000 Outreach and community activities for high-risk youth

Roca - Chelsea $ 75,000 Education and life skills program for high-risk youth

Youth Violence Prevention Programs $ 420,000 Disadvantaged Adult Programs

American Red Cross - Cape Cod $ 20,000 Disaster relief services

Catholic Charities - Boston $ 25,000 Human service programs

Dimock Center - Roxbury $ 125,000 Capacity building for community health and human services organization

Julie’s Family Learning Program - South Boston $ 25,000 Programs for disadvantaged women and their children

New England Center for Homeless Veterans - Boston $ 30,000 Support for training school for homeless veterans

Project Place - Boston $ 25,000 Education and life skills training programs for disadvantaged adults

Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston - Brighton $ 25,000 Support for programs and work of the CSJ community

The Jesuits - Watertown $ 25,000 Support for programs and work of the Jesuit community

Disadvantaged Adult Programs $ 300,000


yawkey foundation ii grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014 House of Possibilities - Easton $ 100,000 Support for respite programs for children and youth with significant disabilities

Nashoba Learning Group - Bedford $ 350,000 Expansion of program serving young adults with autism

Perkins School for the Blind - Watertown $ 50,000 Outreach programs for visually impaired children and youth

Programs for Children with Special Needs $ 550,000 Programs for Children At-Risk

American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts - Cambridge $ 25,000 Support for youth training program

Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Boston $ 75,000 Support for transitional day and living programs for homeless and runaway youth

Emmanuel Gospel Center - Boston $ 25,000 Support for school partnership program

Family Service of Greater Boston - Boston $ 25,000 Support for program that assists at-risk boys

Family Service of Rhode Island - Providence $ 25,000 Facility improvement project for organization providing services for children

Rodman Ride for Kids - Greater Boston $ 75,000 Support for programs serving disadvantaged children in Eastern Massachusetts

Tara Hall Home for Boys - Georgetown, SC $ 105,000 Residential and educational center for at-risk boys

Programs for Children At-Risk $ 355,000 Mentoring Programs

Adoption and Foster Care Mentoring - Boston $ 20,000 Mentoring program for youth with current or prior foster care experience

Best Buddies - Boston $ 25,000 Mentoring program for high school students with intellectual disabilities

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest $ 25,000 Mentoring program for disadvantaged youth - Worcester

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay - Boston $ 50,000 Mentoring program for disavantaged youth

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston - Boston $ 50,000 Mentoring program for disadvantaged youth

Bottom Line - Jamaica Plain $ 25,000 Mentoring and college support program for disadvantaged youth

Junior Achievement of Northern New England - Waltham $ 20,000 Mentoring and entrepreneurial skill-building programs for youth


yawkey foundation ii grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014 Youth Camp Programs

Boston Baseball Camps - Boston $ 30,000 Summer baseball camp for disadvantaged children

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston - Boston $ 25,000 Summer camp program for disadvantaged children

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester - Dorchester $ 5,000 Summer camp program for disadvantaged children

Camp Harbor View Foundation - Boston $ 50,000 Support for leader-in-training program for young people

Hale Reservation - Westwood $ 112,000 Capacity building at reservation that hosts summer camps serving more than 4,400 Greater Boston children

Massachusetts 4-H Foundation - Greater Boston $ 25,000 Facility improvement projects at summer camps

Ron Burton Training Village - Hubbardston $ 25,000 Summer camp program for disadvantaged children

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay - Boston $ 25,000 Summer environmental education program for youth

The Summer Fund - Boston $ 150,000 Summer camp program for disadvantaged children

United South End Settlements - Boston $ 25,000 Summer camp program for disadvantaged children

Youth Camp Programs $ 472,000

Youth Recreation Programs

Boy Scouts of America - Old Colony Council - Canton $ 25,000 Scouting program for disadvantaged children

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston/Yawkey Clubhouse - Roxbury $ 50,000 Youth recreation and sports programs

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester - Dorchester $ 100,000 Youth recreation and sports programs

Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation/ $ 50,000 Olympic-style amateur sports events for high Bay State Games - Woburn school athletes

Massachusetts Youth Committed to Winning - Boston $ 50,000 Academic and athletic programs for high-risk youth

Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation - North Andover $ 25,000 Therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities

Youth Enrichment Services - Boston $ 75,000 Outdoor adventure and enrichment program for inner-city youth

Youth Recreation Programs $ 375,000

Youth & Amateur Athletics Total $ 3,197,500


yawkey foundation ii grants january 1, 2014 — december 31, 2014 Miscellaneous

Associated Grant Makers - Boston $ 17,450 Regional grantmakers organization

Council on Foundations - Arlington, VA $ 34,500 National grantmakers organization

Miscellaneous $ 51,950

Human Services Total $ 3,471,950

YOUTH & AMATEUR ATHLETICS


Boston College High School/UMASS Boston - Boston $ 500,000 Baseball field improvement project

Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket - Pawtucket, RI $ 1,000,000 Construction and expansion of clubhouse

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Waterville - Waterville, ME $ 25,000 Field improvement project

Stonehill College - Easton $ 250,000 Construction and expansion of athletic complex

YMCA of Greater Boston - West Roxbury $ 250,000 Renovation and improvements to facility serving individuals and families

Facilities and Equipment $ 2,025,000

Amateur Baseball Programs

All Dorchester Sports League - Dorchester $ 20,000 Youth baseball programs

American Legion Baseball - Greater Boston $ 10,500 Youth baseball programs

Boston Park League - Boston $ 50,000 Summer baseball league for young men

Cape Cod Baseball League - Cape Cod $ 100,000 Summer baseball league for young men

Good Sports - Quincy $ 50,000 Baseball and softball equipment program for disadvantaged youth

Little League Baseball - Williamsport, PA $ 50,000 Facility improvement project at National Little League training center in Connecticut

Red Sox Foundation - Boston $ 25,000 Summer RBI baseball programs in Boston neighborhoods

South End Baseball League - Boston $ 20,000 Inner-city youth baseball program

Amateur Baseball Programs $ 325,500


Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston $ 25,000 Education and community outreach initatives

Project STEP - Boston $ 20,000 Musical training and education programs for young people

Raw Art Works - Lynn $ 25,000 Arts education and leadership development program for young people

RiverzEdge Arts Project - Woonsocket, RI $ 25,000 Arts education and leadership development program for young people

Trinity Repertory Company - Providence, RI $ 25,000 Arts education programs for young people

Wheelock Family Theatre - Boston $ 50,000 Theater education program for children

Children’s Art Programs $ 280,000

Arts & Culture Total $ 3,315,000

CONSERVATION & WILDLIFE

Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston $ 1,500 Support for Boston’s park system

Island Alliance - Boston $ 25,000 Support for access to Boston Harbor Islands

Massachusetts Audubon Society - Lincoln $ 25,000 Nature education and outreach program

National Park Foundation - Washington, D.C. $ 100,000 Conservation education and learning programs for urban youth

New England Wildlife Center - South Weymouth $ 25,000 Environmental education programs

Thompson Island - Outward Bound - Boston $ 125,000 Facility improvement project

Zoo New England - Boston $ 50,000 Capacity building for Franklin Park and Stone Zoos

Conservation & Wildlife Total $ 351,500

YAWKEY FOUNDATION II GRAND TOTAL $ 21,005,480



ARTS & CULTURE

Family Museums

EcoTarium - Worcester $ 25,000 Education and access programs for children

Freedom Trail Foundation - Boston $ 25,000 Support for education programs

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation - Boston $ 25,000 Education and access programs for children

John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation - Hyannis $ 10,000 Capacity building to develop educational programming

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston $ 25,000 Arts education and leadership development program for young people

Museum of Science - Boston $ 2,000,000 Renovation to museum lobby area and Charles River Gallery

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum $ 200,000 Education programs for children and archive - Cooperstown, NY project

New England Aquarium - Boston $ 500,000 Renovation of the Giant Ocean Tank

Plimoth Plantation - Plymouth $ 25,000 Education and access programs for children

Sports Museum of New England - Boston $ 25,000 Support for museum dedicated to Boston’s sports history

The Discovery Museums - Acton $ 25,000 Education and access programs for children

USS Constitution Museum - Boston $ 25,000 Education and access programs for children

USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee/ $ 25,000 Support for Pearl Harbor exhibit and educational Battleship Cove - Fall River programming

WGBH - Brighton $ 100,000 Capacity building to develop educational programming

Family Museums $ 3,035,000

Children’s Art Programs

Boston Ballet - Boston $ 20,000 Adaptive dance program for children with Down syndrome

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Boston $ 25,000 Music education program for young people

Citi Performing Arts Center - Boston $ 50,000 Facility improvement project

Huntington Theatre Company - Boston $ 15,000 Theater education and outreach programs for young people



GRANT GUIDELINES

Funding objectives are determined by a continual assessment of needs and opportunities related to programs for the following priorities:

• Education • Health Care • Human Services • Youth & Amateur Athletics • Arts & Culture • Conservation & Wildlife

APPLICATION PROCESS

Information about the application process, including deadlines and other criteria, can be found at www.yawkeyfoundations.org. After reviewing the website and eligibility requirements, submit an application and all required documents to the Foundations. A hard copy of the application form is available for download from the website.

Please mail the request to: The Yawkey Foundations 990 Washington Street, Suite 315 Dedham, MA 02026


CREDITS

The Yawkey Foundations would like to thank the many organizations that provided material for this grants report.

Graphic Design The report was designed by Emtype www.emtype.com

Principal Photographer

Tom Kates www.tomkatesphotography.com

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Portrait of Tom and Jean Yawkey on page 2 by Mary Minifie

Image of building on page 13 from Boston University

Images on page 26 and 29 provided by the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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