Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation

The Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (Foundation) was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150th Anniversary celebrations. The purpose of the Foundation is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Attleboro/Taunton and greater New Bedford, Massachusetts area and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island area.

Investing in our Community

Since the Foundation began, over $4 million in grants to over 300 different 501(c)(3) organizations have been awarded.

Last year the Foundation awarded a record $822,000 to 148 different organizations. You can see the impact our funding made over the past year when we focus on some of the major issues facing our local communities.

Here are just a few of the recipients who received grants from the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation.  

Education and Literacy

Massasoit Community College & B-R Regional School District
 


Dennis Kelly presented a $10,000 check to Massasoit Community College President Dr. Charles Wall and Jaqueline Forbes, Superintendent of Schools for Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District. The money will  fund a program to help identify and address the gaps between academic skills tested on the MCAS and those required on the Accuplacer (college placement test).  

 From left to right:  E. Dennis Kelly, Jr., President & CEO, BCSB; Dr. Charles Wall, President, Massasoit Community College and Dr. Jacqueline Forbes, Superintendent of Schools, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District.

Health and Human Services

Southcoast Hospitals Group

Southcoast Hospitals Group was awarded a grant for $5,000 towards the purchase of the da Vinci® Surgical System, which allows highly-skilled surgeons to perform robotic-assisted, minimally invasive procedures with greater precision. It is located at Charlton Memorial Hospital and is used by surgeons from throughout the Southcoast Hospitals Group.

From left to right: Dr. Dennis LaRock, Leonard W. Sullivan, EVP & Senior Loan Officer; Koreen Santos, Board Member, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation; E. Dennis Kelly, Jr., President & CEO, BCSB; and Frank Teixeira, Board Member, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation.

Economic Development and Revitalization

Pawtucket Business Development Corporation

The Pawtucket Business Development Corporation granted $5,250 to assist low and fixed income elderly in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. This grant will be used to subsidize rides to and from critical services such as meal sites, adult day care facilities, doctor’s appointments and cancer treatments. The need for this grant arose as a result of a newly imposed $2 fee per ride charge for the previously free service.

From left to right: Dan Sullivan, President, Collette Vacations and Board Member of Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Pawtucket Advisory Board; Mary Lou Moran, Director, Leon Matthieu Senior Center; Joan Crawley, Volunteer Coordinator for Disbursement of Funds, Leon Matthieu Senior Center; Ed Tetzner, Government Affairs Aide to Mayor Doyle; Michael Cassidy, Pawtucket Business Development Corp. Secretary/Treasurer; E. Dennis Kelly, Jr.,  President & CEO, BCSB; Ken Riley, Assistant Vice President/Consumer Lending and Board Member of the Pawtucket Advisory Board and Patrick J. Murray, Jr., EVP/Treasurer & COO, BCSB

Housing Initiatives, Food and Fuel Assistance

Market Ministries
 

The PAB presented checks to the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen and First Baptist Church of Pawtucket. Both organizations are trying to meet the growing demand for food assistance in the community.

Pictured from left to right are Mike Tamburro, President of the Pawtucket Red Sox and Board Member Pawtucket Advisory Board (PAB); Jack Partridge, Senior Counsel, Partridge, Snow & Hahn and PAB Board Member; Maggie Rogers, Board Member, Pawtucket Soup Kitchen; Adrian Marchetti, Director and Jay Gannon, Board Member of the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen; Robert Castle, President and Diane Pomeroy, Board Member First Baptisit Church of Pawtucket; Dan Sullivan, President of Collette Vacations and PAB Board Member; Ken Riley, BCSB Assistant Vice President and PAB Board Member; Dennis Kelly, President & CEO, BCSB and Chairman of Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (BCSCF); and Pat Murray, EVP/Treasurer & COO, BCSB and President BCSCF

The Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (Attleboro/Taunton area and the Dartmouth area) meet bi-annually in May and November to review application requests and the Pawtucket Advisory Board meets quarterly. For Application Deadlines, please  click here .

If you are a 501(c)3 organization and would like to apply for a grant from our Foundation, please click here .

For additional information or assistance, please  contact us or call the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation InfoLine at 508-828-5393 and leave a message. We will return your call promptly.

Thank you for your interest in the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation.

Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation grant deadlines.

Community: 1-508-828-5393 or email us.

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