Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Awards $404,421 in Grants to 45 Non-Profits in Communities the Bank Serves
The organizations that received grants from the Foundation are as follows:
Taunton/Attleboro Community, $70,450 – Father Bill’s & MainSpring ($10,000), Grit and Grace Sober Living ($5,000), Horizons for Homeless Children ($5,000), Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts ($10,000), Pave Your Path ($5,000), Pride, Inc. ($5,450), Reach Out and Read ($7,500), Safe Coalition ($7,500) and The Literacy Center ($15,000).
SouthCoast Community, $182,500 – Alma del Mar Charter Schools ($10,000), Argosy Collegiate Charter School ($10,000), Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford ($10,000), Dennison Memorial Community Center ($10,000), Diocese of Fall River Catholic Schools ($5,000), Greater New Bedford Community Health Center ($50,000), LEADS ($10,000), Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford ($10,000), New Bedford Art Museum ($5,000), New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center ($2,500), New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program ($10,000), Our Sisters’ School ($10,000), Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School ($5,000), SouthCoast Fair Housing ($5,000), uAspire ($5,000), Veterans Transition House ($10,000), YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts ($10,000) and Yeah Corps ($5,000).
Rhode Island Community $151,471 – ACE Mentor Program Rhode Island ($2,500), Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy ($15,000), Books Are Wings ($7,500), Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket ($15,000), Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Rhode Island ($10,000), Camp Ruggles ($3,000), Crossroads Rhode Island ($10,000), Federal Hill House ($10,000), Generation Citizen ($5,000), Genesis Center ($2,500), Junior Achievement of Rhode Island ($5,000), Refugee Dream Center ($2,500), Rhode Island Black Business Association ($10,000), Rhode Island Free Clinic ($5,000), Sojourner House ($10,000), The Arc of Blackstone Valley ($9,971), The Empowerment Factory ($3,500) and YWCA Rhode Island ($25,000).
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: Mayor Don Grebien, City of Pawtucket; Scott Martin, Council President, City of Taunton; and representatives from the BCSCF board and the Bank’s area branches.
“In keeping with the Bank’s mission of supporting our local neighborhoods to meet the growing needs of the population, our Foundation is proud to grant more than $400,000 to these 45 deserving non-profit organizations that we can count on to do good work in our communities,” said Silva.
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 150th 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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