Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Awards $326,325 in Grants to 40 Non-Profits in Communities the Bank Serves

TAUNTON, MA, December 17, 2025 — Bristol County Savings Bank’s Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (BCSCF) awarded grants totaling $326,325 to 40 non-profit organizations in the Taunton/Attleboro, New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River and the Greater Providence, Rhode Island regions during a ceremony today at White’s of Westport in Westport, Massachusetts. Since the Foundation was formed in 1996, more than $36 million has been committed to hundreds of different non-profits in the communities the Bank serves. In 2024, the Foundation awarded a record $2.9 million to various 501(c)(3) organizations.

The organizations that received grants from the Foundation are as follows:

Taunton/Attleboro Community, $55,500 – Associates for Human Services ($20,000), Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South ($10,000), Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center ($3,000), Lines and Spaces ($2,500), Manet Community Health Center ($10,000), Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen ($7,500) and The Halcyon Center ($2,500).

SouthCoast Community, $138,325 – Boys & Girls Clubs of Fall River ($10,000), Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County ($15,000), Coalition for Health Equity & Early Development ($25,000), Coastal Foodshed ($7,400), Diman Bengal Education Foundation ($5,000), Fall River Deaconess Home ($7,500), Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts ($5,000), Immigrants’ Assistance Center ($10,000), Northstar Learning Centers ($15,000), PACE ($5,000), STEAM the Streets ($2,500), Steppingstone, Inc. ($10,000), Teach For America Massachusetts ($5,000), The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing ($10,000) and Youth Opportunities Unlimited ($5,925).

Rhode Island Community $132,500 – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island ($10,000), Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island ($2,500), Feed RI ($5,000), Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England ($5,000), Girls on the Run Rhode Island ($2,500), Greater Providence YMCA ($10,000), Housing Network of Rhode Island ($7,500), LISC Rhode Island ($20,000), McAuley Ministries ($10,000), Pawtucket Central Falls Development ($20,000), Providence Children’s Museum ($5,000), Reach Out and Read Rhode Island ($2,500), Rhode Island Kids Count ($2,500), Social Enterprise Greenhouse ($2,500), The FLY Initiative ($10,000), The Economic Progress Institute ($2,500), VNA of Care New England ($5,000) and YMCA of Pawtucket ($10,000).

John Silva, President of the Foundation and President & CEO of Bristol County Savings Bank, awarded the grants to the organizations. Also participating in the event were: Paul Coogan, Mayor, City of Fall River; Shaunna O’Connell, Mayor, City of Taunton; Christina Connelly, Chief Operations Officer, Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office, City of New Bedford; Sandra Mazo, Deputy Director of Commerce, Mayor Don Grebien’s office, City of Pawtucket; and representatives from the BCSCF board and the Bank’s area branches.

“We gravitate toward people and organizations that the community can count on and what better example of that than the non-profits we are supporting today,” said Silva. “We look forward to seeing the positive impact of these grants as we continue to realize our mission of making the communities we serve a better place to live and work.”

Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150^th Anniversary celebration. Its purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Taunton/Attleboro region, the greater New Bedford/Dartmouth region, the greater Fall River region and greater Providence, Rhode Island region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population.

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