Dorchester native leaves $1M to Boston Public Library for LGBTQ programming
The late Howard Cooper, a San Francisco resident who grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, has bequeathed $1 million to provide "immediate-use funding for the to expand its current LGBTQ+ circulating collection,...
Boston Foundation names first director of fund for LGBT-supporting nonprofits
This just in from The Boston Foundation:
The Boston Foundation is pleased to announce that M. Scott Knox has been hired to serve as Director of the Equality Fund,...
Cummings Foundation to award $30 million to Bay State nonprofits
Cummings Foundation’s annual $30 Million Grant Program has begun accepting letters of inquiry from local nonprofits as of July 1. The initiative will support 150 organizations—10 more than in prior years—based in and primarily...
Stop & Shop donates $82K to LGBTQ nonprofits in Southern New England
In honor of Pride Month, Stop & Shop is donating $82,000 to nonprofit organizations that support the LGBTQ community across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, as well as New York and New...
Guilford, Vermont couple leaves $175K to LGBTQ community support fund
The late Alison Hannan of Guilford, Vermont, who passed away in 2019, has left a total of $350,000 to the Vermont Community Foundation, designating half of it to the Foundation's Samara Fund,...
