Grants

Category Grants Awarded in
Year 2015

Conservatory Lab Charter School

Amount
$12,100
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Dorchester, MA

Funds for violins, cello, bass, flutes, trumpets for El Sistema program

Discovery Museum, Inc.

Amount
$7,030
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Acton, MA

Research and development for new STEM curriculum on force and motion and reflecting light

Elizabeth River Project

Amount
$7,950
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Norfolk, VA

Creation of living laboratory on the Learning Barge to monitor weather, animal observations, green technology, water quality and marine debris for pre-K to 5th grade

Friends of Holly Hill Farm, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cohasset, MA

Support for production and publication of curriculum guide for 15 lessons that support integration of STEM principles with school gardens

John P. Holland Charter School

Amount
$12,800
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Woodland Park, NJ

Mad Science Programming, a science after-school program for K-6th grades

Lena Park Community Development Corp

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Dorchester, MA

Equipment for pilot program Little Learners for ages 2-4

Madison Audubon

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Madison, WI

Wild Explorers curriculum on urban wildlife for summer program for K-5th grade

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$724
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, MA

Roxbury Youth Initiative — WE Are The Future program stressing the importance of social justice and civics to rise above structural obstacles

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$823
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, MA

Chinatown Adventure — Head, Heart, & Hands: Redesigning & Celebrating the Chinatown Community

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,024
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, MA

Franklin I-O Mission — STEM Branches Out to encourage high-order thinking using STEM foundations

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,300
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, MA

Native American Youth Enrichment Program — Using Education to Promote & Preserve Native Identity

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,584
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, MA

Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment — Community Connections program to enhance connectedness of children from various ethnic backgrounds by developing projects on Fridays on the themes of homelessness and housing, elder care, and animal rights

Sheltered Yoga

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Trenton, NJ

Development and implementation of curriculum working with children in shelters and transitional housing

Sierra Nevada Journeys

Amount
$6,675
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Reno, NV

Matter Matters literacy and science program for 2nd grade students

Strawbery Banke Museum

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Portsmouth, NH

Microscopes and gardening equipment for Center for Heirloom Garden Crafts botany and gardening activities

The ARTS Bus, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Randolph, VA

Teaching creative art by pedagogy modeling program expansion to increase number of locations served

Thornton Burgess Society, Inc.

Amount
$2,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
East Sandwich, MA

Equipment for weather station at Green Briar Nature Center and design of educational programs utilizing the station

Western Maine Play Museum

Amount
$2,975
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2015
Location
Witton, ME

Supplies for four new rotating exhibits for ages 2 to 12 focusing on theme of darkness

Total $139,377