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YOU, Inc., is grateful for a grant of $20,000 from the Reliant Foundation to support the HOPE Model, a YouthConnect program component which increases access to mental health support for low income youth.

Long-time foundation partner of Seven Hills Foundation, J. Irving & Jane L. England Charitable Trust, has awarded Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, with a $6,600 grant to provide virtual art classes for people with disabilities. Open Door Arts works to enhance access to the arts for people of all abilities by providing the best museum experience and art education workshops at the Worcester Art Museum for people with disabilities. But, with positive COVID-19 cases increasing, it has been near impossible...

The partnership of local foundations who generously support YOU, Inc.’s College Access Programs – Dynamy Youth Academy and the Bruce Wells Scholars Upward Bound program – has been vital to our success over many years. In the last month, we’ve received generous donations from the Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation ($10,000, College Access Services), the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation ($25,000, Youth Academy), the Albert W. Rice Foundation ($15,000 , Youth Academy), the TJX Foundation ($10,000, Youth Academy), and the...

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Wellington Management Foundation for their generous $50,000 grant award. Open Door Arts and the Wellington Management Foundation are in a seven-year partnership to provide inclusive arts education to students attending eight Boston Public Schools through Open Door Arts’ program, COOL Schools. With these generous grant funds, Open Door Arts and our Teaching Artists will be able to deliver creative and accessible art instruction, while also...

Children’s Friend is the grateful recipient of a $15,000 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s Community Grant program to support its Gender Wellness Initiative. Sixty-one percent of Massachusetts high school youth who identify as sexual minorities report depressive symptoms from the stresses of isolation, bullying, parental rejection and bias, while 10% of those surveyed said they made a suicide plan. Children’s Friend will use these granted funds to provide counseling services through our outpatient...