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Below are foundations that give to individuals:

A Child Waits Foundation
Contact: Cynthia Nelson, Pres.; Randolph Nelson, V.P.
1136 Barker Rd., No. 12
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Telephone: (866) 999-2445 Fax: (518) 794-6243
E-mail: cnelson@achildwaits.org
URL: www.achildwaits.org
Additional e-mail: rgriffin@achildwaits.org (Raymona Griffin, Prog. Dir.)

Giving primarily to provide financial assistance to individuals adopting foreign-born children. Support for adoption, adoption funding, international adoption and child welfare.

Affordable Housing Management Training Foundation
c/o Maloney Properties, Inc.
200 Reservoir St., Ste. 200
Needham, MA 02494-2146
Telephone: (781) 237-4893 Fax: (781) 237-3200
Application address:
27 Mica Ln.
Wellesley, MA 02481-1707

Grants awards to individuals for educational studies to improve their knowledge in the
field of managing affordable housing or housing management.

The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc.
Contact: Rebecca Haag, Exec. Dir.
294 Washington St., 5th Fl.
Boston, MA 02108-4634
Telephone: (617) 437-6200 Fax: (617) 437-6445
E-mail: info@aac.org
URL: www.aac.org

The organization seeks to serve individuals affected by AIDS and HIV and to educate
the public, healthcare professionals, and individuals whose behavior could put them at
high risk for HIV infection.

ALS Therapy Development Foundation, Inc.
215 1st St.
Cambridge, MA 02142-1221
Telephone: (617) 441-7200 Fax: (617) 441-7299
URL: www.als.net

The foundation seeks to use entrepreneurial spirit and techniques to aggressively seek out, develop, and deliver promising therapies to slow, arrest, and cure Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury St.
Worcester, MA 01609-1634
Telephone: (508) 755-5221 Fax: (508) 753-3311
URL: www.americanantiquarian.org
E-mail for Paul Erickson: perickson@mwa.org

The society supports a major research library in early American history and culture.
The society offers residency fellowships of one to twelve months for research and writing in American history and culture through the year 1876.

American Federation for Medical Research
900 Cummings Ctr., Ste. 221-U
Beverly, MA 01915
Telephone: (978) 927-8330 Fax: (978) 524-8890

The mission of the federation is to promote understanding of recent advances in
biomedical science for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease; to facilitate
the exchange of ideas and information among physicians and other investigators who
are concerned with the treatment of disease; and to improve health by fostering research in all medical disciplines through public policy initiatives and educational programs.

American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel
(aka APF)
2001 Beacon St., Ste. 210
Boston, MA 02135-7787
Telephone: (617) 232-5382 Fax: (617) 739-2616
E-mail: info@apfmed.org
URL: www.apfmed.org

The organization awards fellowships to young Israeli physicians and nurses
undertaking specialty training in North America who are committed to returning
to Israel. Medical research by young Israeli researchers and grants to
educational and health-related Israeli organizations are also supported. It also
maintains a number of other educational programs in Israel and North America.

Andover Educational Improvement Association, Inc.
56 Dufton Rd.
Andover, MA 01810-2737
Application address:
c/o Wood Hill Middle School
Attn.: William Fleishman
11 Cross St
Andover, MA 01810
Telephone: (978) 623-8925

Grant awards to teachers/educators teaching within Andover, Massachusetts,
also awards to attend professional conference based on a per eligible school lottery system.

Andover Home for Aged People
P.O. Box 143
Andover, MA 01810-0003
Application address:
c/o Thomas J. Urbelis
6 Eastman Rd
Andover, MA 01810
Telephone: (978) 475-9551

Giving to organizations that support the elderly in Andover, Massachusetts.

Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford
558 Pleasant St., No. 310
New Bedford, MA 02740-6246

A private operating foundation; furnishes assistance to and promotes the
welfare and relief of elderly women in New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven,
and Acushnet, MA. Applicants for aid must be 60 years of age or older, have
liquid assets of under $5,000, and live alone. Only women who have been
residents of the above named towns for at least five years are eligible.

The B.E.L.L. Foundation
(aka Building Educated Leaders for Life)
Contact: Earl Martin Phalen, C.E.O. and Exec. Dir.
60 Clayton St.
Dorchester, MA 02122-2737
Telephone: (617) 282-1567 Fax: (617) 282-2698
URL: www.bellnational.org
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 305-0671
Additional address:
1 Fordham Plz., Ste. 903
Bronx, NY 10458
Telephone: (718) 561-2181 Fax: (718) 561-2141

The foundation seeks to dramatically increase the academic achievements,
self-esteem and life opportunities of children living in low-income, urban communities.

Grace Knight Babson Fund
c/o Baumann & Baumann, C.P.A.s
873 Worce St.
Wellesley, MA 02482
Application address:
c/o Rev. Craig B. Adams
207 Washington St.
Wellesley, MA 02481

Grant awards paid to the church in Wellesley, MA, of recipients that are under the age of 16 years old, who present religious education stories through verbal presentation or through art work or other crafts project.

Babson-Webber-Mustard Fund
Contact: John O. Rhome, Tr.
P.O. Box 559
Sudbury, MA 01776-0559
Telephone: (978) 443-3972

Giving to aid needy residents of Massachusetts at Christmas; support also for ministers' discretionary funds.

Balfour Gold Dusters, Inc.
P.O. Box 1293
Mansfield, MA 02048-5293

Giving primarily to enhance the lives of retirees of the Balfour Gold Dusters in areas of health, finance, and medical assistance.

Ballybreen-Drumaville Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Hugh McLaughlin, Pres.
74 Lawley St.
Boston, MA 02122-3608
Application address:
162 Monroe Rd
Quincy, MA 02169
Telephone: (617) 474-0500

The foundation supports organizations involved with secondary education, disease, and human services and awards grants to individuals.

Bay State Savings Bank Corporate Giving Program
Contact: Sarah Day
28 Franklin St.
Worcester, MA 01608
Telephone: (508) 890-9000 Fax: (508) 792-5217
URL: www.baystatesavingsbank.com

As a complement to its foundation, Bay State Savings Bank also makes charitable
contributions to nonprofit organizations directly through its Champions for Children
program. Special emphasis is directed toward programs or individuals that provide
education, mentoring, training, life skills development, or recreational opportunities
to the youth of the community. Support is given in areas of company operations
in central Massachusetts.

The James Gordon Bennett Memorial Corporation
c/o John Campbell
100 Bertwell Rd.
Lexington, MA 02420-3313

Direct aid limited to employees for ten years or more of a daily newspaper published in
New York City, together with their immediate families; any surplus funds to be applied
to scholarship aid to children of these persons.

Berkshire Community Action Council, Inc.
1531 East St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201-5314
Telephone: (413) 445-4503 Fax: (413) 447-7871

The organization works to assist the low-income, elderly, and working poor of
Berkshire County to achieve self-sufficiency through uniting community private
and public sectors; the organization also distributes government funds for the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to eligible individuals in
Berkshire County.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Contact: Jennifer Dowley, Pres.
Jill S. Gellert, V.P., Finance and Admin.
For grants: Maeve M. O'Dea, Prog. Dir.
271 Main St., Ste. 3
Great Barrington, MA 01230-1972
Telephone: (413) 528-8039 Fax: (413) 528-8158
E-mail: info@berkshiretaconic.org
URL: www.berkshiretaconic.org
Additional Telephone: (413) 528-8039
Grant inquiry E-mail: maeve@berkshiretaconic.org

The foundation primarily provides support for education, the arts, the environment,
and health and human services.

Berry Fund Charitable Foundation
99 Conifer Hill Dr.
Danvers, MA 01923-1151
Telephone: (978) 777-4212

The foundation supports various charitable organizations and provides financial
assistance to individuals and families in need.

Bliss Family Foundation to Aid Elderly Women, Inc.
Contact: Calvin W. Hitchcock, Treas.
4 Rae Ave.
West Wareham, MA 02576-1201

Grant awards elderly female residents of Wareham, MA for medical services,
equipment, prescriptions and housing expenses.

Boston Bruins Alumni Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Kerry Collins, Mgr., Comm. Devel.
10 Liberty Sq., 5th Fl.
Boston, MA 02109-5801
E-mail: kcollins@bostonbruins.com


The foundation provides financial, educational, medical and other charitable,
benevolent and philanthropic assistance and support to the needy.

Boston Fatherless & Widows Society
Contact: George W. Butterworth III, Treas.
Exchange Pl., Ste. 2200
Boston, MA 02109-2881
Telephone: (617) 570-1130 Fax: (617) 227-8591
E-mail: gbutterworth@goodwinprocter.com

The society provides aid to elderly indigent widows in the greater Boston, MA, area.

Boston Foundation for Architecture
Contact: Richard Fitzgerald, Exec. Dir.
52 Broad St.
Boston, MA 02109-4301
Telephone: (617) 951-1433, ext. 232
URL: www.bfagrants.org

The foundation encourages, through its grantmaking program, greater public awareness
of the value of well-designed public places. Support is given to projects that further the
understanding of design, such as: educational programs about design, aimed especially
at young people, focusing on the public realm; community forums or "charrettes" to
discuss and debate public improvements to the communal environment; community-building initiatives, design and construction-related educational programs; lecture series on topics relevant to the design of public buildings or spaces. Organizations that have existing membership bases and networks, especially those with public education experience, are favored in order to facilitate immediate educational impact. School-based groups and individual
school teachers, which the foundation has traditionally assisted, are encouraged to seek funding.

Boston Leather Trade Benevolent Society
Contact: Daniel D. Gallagher, Secy.
532 E. Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127-4407
Telephone: (617) 268-3939

Grants to needy persons who have been affiliated with the leather trade in New England area.

The Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Foundation
6 Beacon St., No. 615
Boston, MA 02108-3826
Telephone: (617) 227-8055 Fax: (617) 227-8446

The foundation operates exclusively to support reform in the Boston Public Schools and to provide financial aid advising and scholarships to its graduates.

The Brain Tumor Society, Inc.
Contact: Carrie Treadwell, Dir., Research Progs.
124 Watertown St., Ste. 3H
Watertown, MA 02472-2500
Telephone: (617) 924-9997 Fax: (617) 924-9998
URL: http://www.braintumor.org/
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 770-8287
Application addresses: for overnight carriers:
40150 Tubac Trail
Carefree, AZ 85377
P.O. Box 5225
Carefree, AZ 85377

The society provides funds for basic scientific research to find a cure for brain tumors
and to provide educational information and support to brain tumor patients and
their families.

British Charitable Society
Contact: Susan Dugdalee, Secy.
c/o Charles C.J. Platt
125 Farm St.
Dover, MA 02030-1724
Application address:
372 Bunker Hill St.
Charlestown, MA 02129-1722

Assistance to British individuals who hold a passport from the U.K. or its dependencies,
and their children and grandchildren. Applicants must be residents of one of the 6 New
England states.

The Brookline Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Skye Kramer, Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 470652
Brookline, MA 02447
Telephone: (617) 232-3846 Fax: (617) 232-6261
URL: www.brooklinefoundation.org

The foundation seeks to preserve quality education in the Brookline school area.

Laura A. Burgess Fund
c/o Bank of America, N.A., P.C. Group
P.O. Box 55886
Boston, MA 02205-5886
Application address:
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
Attn.: Emma Greene
100 Federal St.
Boston, MA 02110
Telephone: (617) 434-4644

Giving primarily to indigent women of the Protestant faith.

Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, Inc.
c/o Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
111 Huntington Ave., 19th Fl.
Boston, MA 02199-7618
Application address:
Mary Jane Gibson, Exec. Secy.
Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, Inc.
c/o Brooks Thompson,
86 Rockland St.
Holliston, MA 01746

Grants to individuals for projects (sometimes involving a departure from one's usual
vocation or a creative extension of it) with a promise of good to others. Awards
are usually made on a one-year basis and are not renewed.

The Cape Cod Foundation
Contact: Elizabeth Gawron, Pres.
259 Willow St.
P.O. Box 406
Yarmouthport, MA 02675-1762
Telephone: (508) 790-3040 Fax: (508) 790-4069
E-mail: info@capecodfoundation.org
URL: www.capecodfoundation.org
Additional Telephone: (800) 947-2322
Additional e-mail: egawron@capecodfoundation.org

The foundation seeks to build a permanent resource supporting educational and
charitable programs for all of Cape Cod.

Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, Inc.
Contact: Betsey Sethares, Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 36
Hyannis, MA 02601-0036
Telephone: (508) 778-5661
URL: www.needyfund.org

The fund helps local families and individuals pay for food, rent, mortgage payments,
utility and heating bills, medical costs and other one-time expenses.

Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, Inc.
1 Kendall Sq., PMB 180
Cambridge, MA 02139-1562
Telephone: (857) 222-5492
E-mail: info@caringforcarcinoid.org
URL: www.caringforcarcinoid.org

The mission of the foundation is to discover a cure for carcinoid and related
neuroendocrine tumors.

Central Boston Elder Services, Inc.
2315 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02119-3214
Telephone: (617) 277-7416 Fax: (617) 516-0296
E-mail: hhardaway@centralboston.org
URL: www.centralboston.org

The organization provides services to low-income and frail elders, which allow them to
remain at home and delay or avoid institutionalization.

Chadwick's of Boston, Inc. Corporate Giving Program
35 United Dr.
West Bridgewater, MA 02379-1027
Application address for Teacher of the Year Award:
Chadwick's of Boston Teacher of the Year
c/o Mailboxes Etc.
Box 151
Needham, MA 02492

Chadwick's of Boston makes charitable contributions to K-12 teachers and their schools.
Support is given on a national basis.

Charles River Laboratories Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Marilyn Brown, V.P.
251 Ballardvale St.
Wilmington, MA 01887-1096
Telephone: (978) 658-6000

The foundation supports organizations involved with animal welfare,
biomedical and medical research, and children.

Citizens for Citizens, Inc.
(aka CFC)
264 Griffin St.
Fall River, MA 02724-2702
Fax: (508) 324-7503
URL: http://cfcinc.org/

As an anti-poverty organization, CFC offers a broad range of programs and assistance aimed at meeting the needs of those communities in the service area.

The Copley Society of Art
Contact: Suzan W. Redgate, Exec. Dir.
158 Newbury St.
Boston, MA 02116-2888
Telephone: (617) 536-5049 Fax: (617) 267-9396
URL: www.copleysociety.org/

The organization seeks to foster the advancement, enjoyment, and the promotion
of its member artists and the visual arts.

Luther E. Crist and Phyllis C. Crist Trust
c/o Charles L. Park, Jr.
150 Second Rd.
Marlboro, MA 01752-4222

To help families with a member who has a debilitating disease.

Grover Cronin Memorial Foundation
Contact: Colleen Fitzgerald, Trust Off., Investors Bank & Trust
c/o Investors Bank & Trust, Co.
200 Clarendon St.
P.O. Box 9130
Boston, MA 02117-9130
Telephone: (617) 204-8202

Giving primarily to educational institutes for scholarship funds.

Curriculum Associates, Inc. Corporate Giving Program
P.O. Box 2001
North Billerica, MA 01862-9914
Telephone: (800) 225-0248
URL: www.casamples.com/downloads/GrantApplication2005.pdf

Application address for Partners for Growth:
c/o Partners for Growth Program
CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, Inc.
712 Bancroft Road
No. 508
Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1531
Telephone: (800) 225-0248, ext. 545

Curriculum Associates awards grants to pre-K-12 educators. Support is given
on a national basis.

George W. Davenport Charitable Trust
c/o Bank of America, N.A., P.C. Group
P.O. Box 55886
Boston, MA 02205-5886
Application address: c/o Bank of America, N.A.
Attn.: Thea Katsounakis, Trust Admin.
1 Monarch Pl.
Springfield, MA 01101
Telephone: (413) 787-8524

Grants to needy elderly women or couples for offsetting living expenses in
Bernardston, Leyden or Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Sarah A. W. Devens Trust
Contact: Adrienne Smith, Tr.
c/o Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc.
50 Congress St., Ste. 1025
Boston, MA 02109-4022
Telephone: (617) 557-7509

Giving only to economically disadvantaged women over age 65.

Documentary Educational Resources, Inc.
Contact: Cynthia Close, Exec. Dir.
101 Morse St.
Watertown, MA 02472-2554
Telephone: (617) 926-0491 Fax: (617) 926-9519
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 569-6621
E-mail: docued@der.org
URL: www.der.org

The organization's mission is to cultivate community engagement with the peoples
and cultures of the world through media that is both entertaining and educational.

Dunkin Brands Disaster Relief Fund, Inc.
Contact: Jessica Schlueter, Clerk
c/o Dunkin Brands, Inc.
130 Royall St.
Canton, MA 02021-1010

Grant awards to employees and their families of Dunkin' Brands, Inc. and its affiliates
for disaster relief and aid.

Duxbury Yacht Club Charitable Foundation
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
P.O. Box 55122
Boston, MA 02205-5122
Application address:
c/o Powell Robinson, Jr.
19 Depot St.,
P.O. Box 2801,
Duxbury, MA 02331-2801

Scholarship awards to graduates of Duxbury High School and qualified residents of
Duxbury, Massachusetts. Some giving for the benefit of the Duxbury area.

Educational Foundation of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
Contact: Barbara Iannoni
105 Chauncy St., 10th Fl.
Boston, MA 02111-1726
Telephone: (617) 556-4000 Fax: (617) 556-4126
E-mail: biannoni@MSCPAonline.org
URL: http://www.mscpaonline.org

The foundation strives to: 1) Improve awareness and perceptions by educating students, faculty and the public about the exciting, challenging career opportunities available to CPAs. 2) Increase interest in accounting careers by providing scholarships and other awards to college students. 3) Introduce minority students to the various opportunities available in the business world, especially accounting.

Fallon Clinic Foundation
Contact: Johanna Lolax, Mgr.
Fundraising & Devel.
Worcester Office Twr.
100 Front St., 14th Fl.
Worcester, MA 01608-1425
Telephone: (508) 368-5498
E-mail: jl@fallonclinicfoundation.org
URL: www.fallonfoundation.org
Scholarship application address:
Attn. Karen Rodrigues
c/o Fallon Clinic
Human Resources Dept.,
630 Plantation St.
Worcester, MA 01605

The foundation promotes community health and welfare through research relating to
human health and disease, through public education in health maintenance and disease
prevention, and scholarships to individuals entering health professions.

Edwin S. Farmer Trust
Contact: John L. Worden III, Tr.
c/o Simonds, Winslow, Willis & Abbott
50 Congress St., No. 925
Boston, MA 02109-4075

Giving primarily to aged (65 and over), indigent women and married couples of Arlington, MA.

Henry Farnam Trust
Contact: Beverly J. Goulet, Tr.
c/o Day, Berry & Howard
1 International Pl.
Boston, MA 02110-2602
Application address:
c/o City of Norwich
Dept. of Social Services
City Hall Annex, Union Sq.
Norwich, CT 06360
Telephone: (860) 823-3781

Giving to the poor and meritorious widows residing in Norwich, CT.

Lindsay Feldman Memorial Trust
187 Middle County Rd.
Bernardston, MA 01337-9477

Giving for an annual award for academic excellence to a student at Amherst Regional High School, MA.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Contact: Hunter O'Hanian, Exec. Dir.
24 Pearl St.
Provincetown, MA 02657-1504
Telephone: (508) 487-9960 Fax: (508) 487-8873
E-mail: general@fawc.org
URL: www.fawc.org

The center seeks to give talented individuals the opportunity to engage in the process of discovery fundamental to artistic development and thereby to enrich the cultural landscape.

Fisher and Fuel Society of Beverly
Contact: Avis A. Beaulieu, Treas.
240 Cabot St.
Beverly, MA 01915-4523
Telephone: (978) 922-2100

Giving for inhabitants of Beverly, Massachusetts, who, by reason of sickness or misfortune, may stand in need of special assistance.

The Forbes Kirkside Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Bruce Lopatin, Treas.
P.O. Box 855
Westborough, MA 01581-3346

Grants only to current or former residents of Westboro, MA.

Peter French Memorial Foundation
23 Hollywood Rd.
Winchester, MA 01890-3149
Telephone: (781) 729-7218
Contact: Evander French, Jr., Dir.

Grants to needy individuals for temporary financial emergencies.

Robert Frost Teaching Chairs Trust
c/o Bank of America, N.A., P.C. Group
P.O. Box 55886
Boston, MA 02205-5886

Grant awards only to teachers at Amherst Public High School, MA, selected by secret
ballot by jury of peers.

The Alexandra M. M. Gagnon Foundation
c/o Jacques R. Gagnon
P.O. Box 1711
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568-0909
Telephone: (888) 577-5225

Giving to organizations and individuals to support treatment and prevention of substance abuse.

Genzyme Charitable Foundation, Inc.
15 Pleasant St. Connector
Framingham, MA 01701-4707
Application address:
500 Kendall St.
Cambridge, MA 02142,
Telephone: (617) 768-9009

The foundation provides prescription medication to economically disadvantaged individuals lacking prescription drug coverage.

German Aid Society of Boston, Inc.
8 County St.
P.O. Box 207
Walpole, MA 02081-2313

Giving material support and assistance in finding employment to Germans and those of German descent in the Boston, Massachusetts, area; support also given to nonprofit institutions which serve the same population group, including a nursing care facility for the aged.

The Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education
Contact: Harriet K. Goldin, Exec. Dir.
27 Petrini Cir.
Needham, MA 02492-4432

Grant awards to educators for their outstanding achievements and contributions in classrooms, schools and communities.

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Contact: Joanne S. Ballantine, Exec. Dir.
380 Union St.
West Springfield, MA 01089-4132
Telephone: (413) 736-2552 Fax: (413) 732-2632
E-mail: info@hgf.org
URL: www.hgf.org

The foundation provides charitable donations to primarily Jewish educational institutions and organizations in an effort to promote religious and ethical principles and aspirations.

HAP, Inc.
322 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01105-2473
Telephone: (413) 233-1500 Fax: (413) 731-8723
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 332-9667
TDD: (413) 233-1699
E-mail: admin@haphousing.org

The organization provides housing assistance to the people of Hamden and Hampshire counties.

Haverhill Female Benevolent Society
58 Marshland St.
Haverhill, MA 01830-3317
Application address:
c/o Nadine Bradley
45 Lackey St.
Haverhill, MA 01830-6708

Provides food, clothing, and rent assistance to indigent individuals in the Haverhill, Massachusetts, area.

Hour Glass Foundation
Contact: Stuart E. Glass, Secy.
25 Waterville Ln.
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-4840
Application address:
9 Cutler Rd.
Paxton, MA 01612
Telephone: (508) 757-2760

Giving to Jewish religious organizations in the Worcester area; some scholarship giving to temple members to further their education.

Howard Benevolent Society
Contact: Marcia T. Burley
14 Beacon St., Rm. 804
Boston, MA 02108-3727
Telephone: (617) 747-2952 Fax: (617) 723-8248
E-mail: hbsboston@aol.com

Giving primarily to aid families and elderly in crisis with basic needs, prevention of homelessness being a priority.

Howland Fund for Aged Women
c/o Child & Family Svcs.
1061 Pleasant St.
New Bedford, MA 02740-6728

Giving only to poor and aged women in greater New Bedford, MA.

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Inc.
(aka ISID)
1330 Beacon St., Ste. 228
Brookline, MA 02446-3202
Telephone: (617) 277-0551 Fax: (617) 278-9113
E-mail: info@isid.org
URL: www.isid.org

The society seeks to improve the care of patients with infectious diseases, the training of clinicians and researchers in infectious diseases and microbiology, and the control of infectious diseases around the world.

Marlene F. Johnson Memorial Fund for Scholarly Research on Christian Science
Contact: David Barrett Sand, Pres.
22 Concord Ave., Ste. 100
Cambridge, MA 02138-2354
URL: www.johnsonfund.org

Grant awards to individuals to produce scholarly publication on Christian Science.

George W. Kelley Trust
c/o Rockland Trust Co.
2036 Washington St.
Hanover, MA 02339-1617
Telephone: (781) 982-6766

Giving for sick or wearied women and girls in need of rest, change or vacation.

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Inc.
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125-3313
Telephone: (617) 514-1550 Fax: (617) 436-3395
Toll-free Telephone: (866) 535-1960
E-mail: foundation@jfklfoundation.org
URL: www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/Kennedy+Library+Foundation/

The foundation works to support the work of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum whose core function is to collect, preserve, and make available for research the documents, audiovisual material and memorabilia of President Kennedy, his family, and his contemporaries.

Knowlton Foundation for the Elderly, Inc.
c/o Elden E. Bjurling
7 Abbott St.
Gardner, MA 01440-1610
Application address:
c/o Stephen A. Brooks
147 Elm St.
Gardner, MA 01440-2372
Telephone: (978) 632-3198

Giving primarily to the elderly in the greater Gardner, Massachusetts, area.

The Kristy Foundation
106 Briddle E. Cross Rd.
Fitchburg, MA 01420-8918

Giving to families of Leominster, Massachusetts, to help with expenses and basic living needs.

Lend A Hand Society
c/o Nancy Cooper
175 Federal St.
Boston, MA 02110-2224
Telephone: (617) 338-5301

Giving to aid needy individuals, both through agencies and direct support.

MacJannet Foundation, Inc.
Contact: George R. Halsey
396 Washington St.
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-6209
Telephone: (617) 875-7780 Fax: (617) 247-3296
E-mail: george.halsey@comcast.net
URL: www.macjannet.org

The foundation seeks to promote the Prieure in Talloires as a catalyst to unleash individual potential and inspire international understanding.

Henry B. Martin Fund, Inc.
c/o Russell, Brier & Co.
10 Post Office Sq.
Boston, MA 02109-4603

Giving to needy, elderly citizens and to organizations that either now or previously have
had a relationship with Milton, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society
Contact: G. West Saltonstall, Treas.
c/o J.M. Forbes & Co.
3 Post Office Sq., Ste. 1000
Boston, MA 02109-3931
Telephone: (617) 423-5705

The Society is composed of two funds: The General Fund, which makes contributions to
organizations "to reward the industry and ingenuity of those who make valuable discoveries for preventing devastation by fire, or those who invent useful machines for extinguishing the same, or make extraordinary exertion in time of such calamity"; and the Summer Street Fire Relief Fund which contributes to those individuals within the Boston, MA, area who have suffered the tragedy of fire loss and require assistance in replacing necessities such as clothing, foodstuff, furnishings or other belongings.

Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Dolores Rabuffo, Exec. Dir.
170 N. Washington St.
North Attleboro, MA 02760-1733
Telephone: (508) 695-5831

Scholarship awards to young ladies involved with the Miss America pageant and organization.

Nantucket Community Music Center
P.O. Box 1352
Nantucket, MA 02554-3638

The organization provides band, chorus, and teaching programs (including theory, voice, and instrument) for adults and children in the Nantucket, MA community.

National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont, Inc.
85 Astor Ave., Ste. 2
Norwood, MA 02062-5040
Telephone: (781) 278-0222 Fax: (781) 278-0333
URL: http://www.kidney.org/site/index.cfm?ch=105
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 542-4001

The foundation aims to prevent kidney and urinary tract disease, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplant.

Jeffrey P. Nelen Memorial Golf Tournament, Inc.
Contact: Kenneth J. Albano, Pres.
33 State St.
Springfield, MA 01103-2003
Additional application address:
137 Mountain Rd.
Hampden, MA 01036-9663

Scholarship awards to undergraduate students who reside in Massachusetts.

New England Biolabs Foundation
Contact: Martine Kellett, Exec. Dir.
Susan Foster, Asst. Dir.
8 Enon St., No. 2B
Beverly, MA 01915-1116
Telephone: (978) 927-2404 Fax: (978) 998-6837
URL: www.nebf.org

The foundation supports organizations involved with elementary school environmental education, marine conservation and estuary protection, sustainable organic agriculture, and sustainable economic development and awards grants to individuals for environmental research. Special emphasis is directed toward programs
designed to communicate their message through art and culture; and address environmental protection and education in Papua New Guinea.

New England Eye Research Foundation, Inc.
11 Simmons Rd.
Harwich, MA 02645-2832

The foundation supports medical research in connection with treatment of diseases of the eye.

New England Foundation for the Arts
(aka NEFA)
Contact: Aria McElhenny, Comms. Off.
145 Tremont St., 7th Fl.
Boston, MA 02111-1214
Telephone: (617) 951-0010 Fax: (617) 951-0016
E-mail: info@nefa.org
URL: www.nefa.org

The foundation creatively supports the movement of people, ideas and resources in the arts within New England and beyond, makes vital connections between artists and audiences, and builds the strength, knowledge and leadership of the region's creative sector.

New Salem Academy
76 William Rice Rd.
New Salem, MA 01355-9609

Scholarship awards to residents of the New Salem, MA, area or descendents of New Salem Academy Alumni; also makes grants to schools.

Newburyport Howard Benevolent Society
P.O. Box 9
Newburyport, MA 01950-0009

Giving for welfare and social service organizations. Some grants to low-income families and individuals.

Old Colony Historical Society
66 Church Green
Taunton, MA 02780-3445

Giving primarily to maintain and operate the Old Colony Historical Museums. Scholarship award to an individual for an annual award for best historical essay.

The Perfect Storm Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1941
Gloucester, MA 01931-1941
Telephone: (978) 283-2903 Fax: (978) 282-9550
URL: www.perfectstorm.org

The foundation provides educational and cultural opportunities through grants, scholarships, and direct programs to young people whose parents make their living in the commercial fishing industry and in working marine communities.

Trustees of the Perley Free School
Contact: T. Louis Hamelin, Treas.
101 W. Main St.
Georgetown, MA 01833-1525
Telephone: (978) 352-2168

Scholarship awards to residents of Georgetown, Massachusetts, and grants to the poor.

Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard
Contact: Deborah L. Hale, Chair.
c/o Dukes County Savings Bank, Trust Dept.
P.O. Box 602
West Tisbury, MA 02575-0602
Telephone: (508) 627-0754 Fax: (508) 693-0171
URL: www.permanentendowmv.org

The foundation exists to give those who love the Vineyard an opportunity to make tax-deductible gifts to build an endowment designated to strengthen the quality of Vineyard life.

Permanent Fund Trust for Harvard Travellers Club
Contact: Jesse R. Page, Tr.
c/o George Bates
P.O. Box 190
Canton, MA 02021-0190
E-mail: Jessepage@comcast.net
URL: www.harvardtravellersclub.org

The organization supports grants for research activities and exploration throughout the world involving travel.

The Perpetual Benevolent Fund
Contact: Darlene G. Furbush, Secy.
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
39 Main St.
Watertown, MA 02472
Fax: (617) 923-4623
Application address:
c/o Nathaniel Murphy, Bank of America, N.A.
100 Federal St.
Boston, MA 02110

To assist local needy individuals. Individuals are referred by health, welfare, hospitals, or other organizations; support also for child welfare, social services, the homeless and disadvantaged, and restricted funds for the elderly.


Maria E. Phillips Trust
Contact: Marcia Clark,
Asst. V.P. and Trust Off.
Rockland Trust Co.
c/o Rockland Trust Co.
2036 Washington St.
Hanover, MA 02339-1617
Telephone: (800) 826-6101

Grants to worthy and needy residents of Hanover, Massachusetts, who are referred by the Hanover Visiting
Nurse Association.

Katharine C. Pierce Trust
Contact: Amy F. Sahler
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
225 Franklin St.
Boston, MA 02110-2801

Giving for the relief of needy and deserving gentlewomen in reduced circumstances, that their lives may be made more comfortable. Giving to organizations serving women in MA.

The Pilgrim Foundation
720 Centre St.
P.O. Box 3400
Brockton, MA 02304-3366

Support primarily to aid children by assisting needy families through grants to individuals; provides camperships, memberships in character-building organizations, and scholarships for higher education; limited grants to organizations aiding adolescents.

Fannie B. Pratt Trust
Contact: Marion K. Daley, Tr.
c/o Dane & Howe
45 School St., 4th Fl.
Boston, MA 02108-3204
Telephone: (617) 227-3600

Giving to financially disadvantage widows who are residents of the City of Boston, MA.

PTC Corporate Giving Program
Contact: John D. Stuart, Sr. V.P.
Education and Community Rels.
c/o Corp. Contribs.
140 Kendrick St.
Needham, MA 02494-2739
Telephone: (781) 370-5000 Fax: (781) 370-5647
URL: www.ptc.com/for/education/index.htm

PTC makes charitable contributions to secondary schools and secondary school teachers. Support is given on a national basis and in Canada, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

William Lowell Putnam Prize Fund for the Promotion of Scholarship
Contact: George P. Beac
c/o Boston Family Office
88 Broad St.
Boston, MA 02110-3407
Fax: (617) 624-0801

Giving primarily for higher education. The Putnam Prize Fund provides funds for mathematics competition and awards prizes to individuals and their schools.

Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc.
1509 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA 02169-5241
Telephone: (617) 479-8181 Fax: (617) 479-7228
URL: www.qcap.org
Energy Assistance Program contact:
Anne Gross-Shannon,
(617) 479-8181 x 101

The organization provides a variety of services to low and moderate-income people to help them improve the quality of their lives and achieve self-sufficiency.

The R.O.S.E. Fund, Inc.
Contact: Jone Victoria, Dir., Progs. and Events
20 Harvard Mill Sq.
Wakefield, MA 01880-3209
Telephone: (617) 482-5400 Fax: (617) 482-3443
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 253-6425
URL: www.rosefund.org

The fund is committed to ending violence against women and their children by assisting women survivors of violence to regain their self-esteem. By helping women to achieve a positive self-esteem, the fund hopes to empower individual women victims to achieve self-sufficiency, rebuild their lives, and ultimately help end violence within society.

Raimondi Foundation
Contact: Peter Raimondi, Tr.
c/o The Colony Group
2 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02110-3918

Grant awards to art students working in the area of photography.

Real Colegio Complutense, Inc.
26 Trowbridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-5326
Telephone: (617) 495-3536 Fax: (617) 496-6880
E-mail: rcc-info@camail.harvard.edu
URL: www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu

Scholarships limited to Spaniards who are graduate students and who are not receiving funds from any other source.

Charlotte M. Robbins Trust
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
P.O. Box 55122
Boston, MA 02205-8670
Application address:
c/o Bank of America, N.A..
Attn.: Amy F. Sahler, Trust Off.
225 Franklin St., MAO 3
Boston, MA 02110-2804

Giving to aged couples and aged women who are residents of Ayer, Groton, Shirley, Littleton and Harvard, Massachusetts, or agencies serving the aged in the named communities.

ROFEH, Inc.
Contact: Rabbi Naftali Horowitz, Treas.
1710 Beacon St.
Brookline, MA 02445-2124
Telephone: (617) 734-5101
URL: www.rofeh.org

The organization provides medical referrals, housing and social services to patients and families.

Peter A. Rossetti, Sr. Family Scholarship Fund, Inc.
Contact: Peter A. Rossetti, Jr., Pres.
436 Lincoln Ave.
Saugus, MA 01906-3797
Telephone: (781) 233-1855

Scholarships awards to graduates of Saugus High School, MA, who are attending North Adams State College, and graduates of North Eastern Regional Vocational School who are attending a college or university for further education.

Rotch Travelling Scholarship, Inc.
Contact: Hugh Shepley, V.P.
P.O. Box 55806
Boston, MA 02205-5806
URL: www.rotchscholarship.org
Application address:
c/o Boston Society of Architects
52 Broad St.
Boston, MA 02109

Scholarship awards to practicing architects under 35 years of age with educational or professional experience in MA for foreign travel and study in architecture.

Travis Roy Foundation
Contact: Brenda Taylor, Fdn. Coord.
c/o Palmer & Dodge LLP
111 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02199-7610
Telephone: (617) 239-0556 Fax: (617) 227-4420
URL: www.travisroyfoundation.org

The foundation was established to help spinal cord injury survivors and to fund research into a cure.

The SAMFund
35 Channel Ctr. St., No. 208
Boston, MA 02210-3411
E-mail: michelle@thesamfund.org
URL: www.thesamfund.org

The fund assists cancer survivors in the U.S. between the ages of 17 and 35 with their transition into a successful post-treatment life.

Sanders Fund, Inc.
Contact: Diana Satterfield
50 Congress St., Ste. 800
Boston, MA 02109-4034

Giving to programs that serve the homeless and the elderly in Boston, Cambridge, and Salem, MA.

Scleroderma Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Jay Van Dussen
300 Rosewood Dr., Ste. 105
Danvers, MA 01923-1389
Telephone: (978) 463-5843 Fax: (978) 463-5809
Toll-free Telephone: (800) 722-4673
E-mail: sfinfo@scleroderma.org
URL: www.scleroderma.org

The foundation supports scleroderma patients and their families, promotes public awareness of the disease, and supports research to improve treatment and find a cure for scleroderma.

Mary P. Sears Trust
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
P.O. Box 55886
Boston, MA 02205-5886

Grants in the form of the Shelley Memorial Award to an individual.

Self-Help, Inc.
780 W. Main St.
Avon, MA 02322-1744
Telephone: (508) 588-0447 Fax: (508) 588-1266
URL: www.selfhelpinc.org

The organization insures that opportunities are available for all residents to obtain health services, education, housing, employment and financial stability. It also seeks to encourage and provide the opportunity for residents to participate in community planning and decision-making.

SEVEN Fund
(aka Social Equity Venture Fund)
1770 Massachusetts Ave., Ste. 247
Cambridge, MA 02140-2808
E-mail: info@sevenfund.org
URL: www.sevenfund.org

The fund works to catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions of economic development, prosperity, and entrepreneurship, particularly new frontiers related to enterprise-based solutions to poverty and innovative ideas unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.

Somerset Club Charitable Trust
Contact: Richard Boardman, Tr.
42 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108-3694
Telephone: (617) 227-1731

Grant awards to people who are rendering or have rendered service to the Somerset Club and their immediate family who are in need of financial assistance due to old age, sickness, accident, or misfortune.

South Mountain Association
Contact: Lou R. Steigler, Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 23
Pittsfield, MA 01202-0023

Giving limited to residents of Berkshire County, MA, pursuing careers in music.

South Shore Community Action Council, Inc.
Contact: Patricia Daly, Exec. Dir.
265 S. Meadow Rd.
Plymouth, MA 02360-4782
Telephone: (508) 747-7575 Fax: (508) 747-1250

The council provides various services to the South Shore community to help alleviate the causes of poverty to families.

Inez Sprague Trust
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
P.O. Box 55886
Boston, MA 02205-5886

Giving to assist the poor and needy residents of Narragansett, RI.

The Springfield Teachers' Club, Inc.
195 State St.
Springfield, MA 01103-1704
Application address:
c/o Margaret Scanlon
75 Terrace Ln.
Springfield, MA 01118

Scholarship awards to financially needy high school seniors in the Springfield, MA, public school system for higher education. Welfare assistance for children, including eye exams, glasses, and clothing. Gifts of appreciation to retired Springfield, MA teachers who are either housebound or in nursing homes.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Outreach Foundation, Inc.
1 Medical Center Pl.
Boston, MA 02118-2393

The foundation supports families affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Bob Sullivan Memorial Foundation
Contact: Paul Sullivan, Pres.
c/o Sullivan Tire Co., Inc.
41 Accord Park Dr.
Norwell, MA 02061-1614

The foundation provides scholarships and grants to individuals to pursue their educational goals.

The Swasey Fund for Relief of Public School Teachers in Newburyport, Inc.
c/o Jean MacDonald
50 Congress St., Ste. 900
Boston, MA 02109-4023

The fund provides financial assistance to retired teachers who worked in the Newburyport School System.

Swift Charity, Inc.
c/o Russell, Brier & Co. LLP
10 Post Office Sq., 6th Fl.
Boston, MA 02109-4603
Application address:
c/o Hemenway & Barnes
Attn.: David H. Morse
60 State St.
Boston, MA 02109-1800
Telephone: (617) 557-9718

Giving primarily to needy elderly individuals who have or previously had a relationship to the town of Milton, Massachusetts.

Take a Swing at Cancer, Inc.
P.O. Box 5245
Framingham, MA 01701
URL: www.takeaswing.org

The organization seeks to help families affected by cancer. It works to ease the financial burden placed on families by offering alternative funding to assist with the expenses not covered by traditional insurance.

Tanne Foundation
Contact: Michelle Jenney
c/o Grants Mgmt. Assocs.
77 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02110-1006
Telephone: (617) 426-7172 Fax: (617) 426-5441
URL: www.tannefoundation.org

Giving to artists and to organizations devoted to the arts.

Nathaniel Taylor Fund, Inc.
Contact: Sheila Atwater, Treas.
c/o Rockland Trust Co.
2036 Washington St.
Hanover, MA 02339-1617
Application address:
P.O. Box 693
Marshfield, MA 02050-0693

Scholarship awards to residents of Marshfield, Massachusetts; support also for local organizations.

The Robert F. Terry, Jr. Foundation
993 Massachusetts Ave., Ste. 127
Arlington, MA 02476-4518

The foundation provides and promotes medical research, treatment, and emotional care for children suffering from pediatric brain tumors. It also provides aid to their families.

Pauline Revere Thayer Memorial Pension Fund
c/o Bank of America, N.A.
P.O. Box 55122
Boston, MA 02205-5122

Provides grants to needy employees of the Chilton Club, MA.

Two Ten Footwear Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Peggy K. Meill, Pres.
1466 Main St.
Waltham, MA 02451-1623
Telephone: (781) 736-1500 Fax: (781) 736-1555
Toll-free Telephone: (800) FIND-210
E-mail: scholarship@twoten.org
URL: www.twoten.org

The foundation provides assistance and resources to needy individuals in the shoe industry, leather trade and allied trades.

USO Council of New England, Inc.
427 Commercial St.
Boston, MA 02109-1027
Telephone: (617) 720-4949 Fax: (617) 720-0982
URL: www.uso-newengland.org/

The organization seeks to enhance the quality of life for military personnel and their families.

The Frederick E. Weber Charities Corporation
Contact: Mary Ann Daily, Pres.
175 Federal St.
Boston, MA 02110-2224
Telephone: (617) 292-6264

Giving primarily to social service agencies for emergency financial assistance to indigent families or individuals.

George A. Wentworth Trust
Contact: Patricia S. Qualter, V.P.
Cambridge Trust Co.
c/o Cambridge Trust Co.
1336 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138-3842
Application address:
c/o Cambridge Trust Co.
237 Water St.
Exeter, NH 03833

Giving for needy women of Brookfield, Exeter, and Wakefield, NH.

Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation
Contact: Robert G. Bannish, Tr.
c/o Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc.
50 Congress St., Ste. 1025
Boston, MA 02109-4002
Telephone: (617) 227-1782

The foundation seeks to provide facilities for study and travel in order to properly qualify
teachers interested in transmitting their learning and experience to others.

The Wise Fund for the Fine Arts
P.O. Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

The fund seeks to support the fine arts.

Mary E. Wood Foundation Trust
Contact: Nathaniel S. Coolidge, Tr.
c/o Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge
230 Congress St.
Boston, MA 02110-2409
Telephone: (617) 523-6531

Scholarship awards to students majoring in the field of library and information science in China.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.
484 Main St., 2nd Fl.
Worcester, MA 01608-1893
Telephone: (508) 754-1176 Fax: (508) 754-0203
URL: www.wcac.net

The council's mission is to stimulate change in the fundamental causes of poverty and to create and provide opportunities for economic self-sufficiency through services, partnership, and advocacy.

Xeric Foundation
351 Pleasant St.
PMB 214
Northampton, MA 01060-3900
Telephone: (413) 585-0671
E-mail: xericgrant@aol.com
URL: www.xericfoundation.com

Giving to self-publishing comic book creators in the U.S. and Canada; support also for nonprofit organizations in western MA, in the 413 area code, for unique projects or services.

 

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