all together now

The Foley Hoag Foundation
2008 Annual Report
all together now*
The Foley Hoag Foundation
is a private foundation
that seeks to combat racism,
especially among youth,
in the city of Boston.
*find harmony.
The imagery used in our Annual Report is from Zumix,
a program supported by The Foley Hoag Foundation
that is dedicated to building community through music
and the arts. Located in East Boston, Zumix provides
top-quality cultural programming as an alternative
way for young people to deal with frustration, anger
and fear and as a way to build cultural understanding
and acceptance in one of Boston’s most diverse
neighborhoods.
Established in December 1980 by the partners of the law firm Foley Hoag,
The Foundation awards grants to organizations working to improve
the racial climate in Boston by addressing issues of diversity and racism.
Grantee organizations achieve their goals through a variety of means,
including arts and cultural activities, youth leadership and recreational
programs. Other grantees provide advocacy assistance, enabling
individuals to confront racism through legal or political action. Some
grantee organizations work to prepare young children to live in the reality
of a multicultural society, others engage teens and a few target a
primarily adult constituency.
The Foley Hoag Foundation was the first — and remains the only —
foundation to focus exclusively on the improvement of race relations in
Boston. The trustees are fortunate to have the unqualified endorsement
of Foley Hoag, which has provided an enormous amount of financial,
administrative and moral support.
Since 1981, the
Foundation has
awarded 495
grants totaling
$1,489,388 to
256 organizations.
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This year the trustees reviewed 55 grant proposals, many from first-time applicants, with the assistance
of Grants Management Associates and 14 volunteers from Foley Hoag. They awarded grants totaling
$85,000 to 23 organizations. Our grantees, typically small in scale, do incredible work on extremely
modest budgets. In general, these organizations have not yet achieved access to a broader range of
public support and their programs have been disproportionately impacted by the shrinking philanthropic
pool. The Foundation invites readers who are interested in offering support to any of our grantee
organizations to contact GMA Foundations.
2008 Grants
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Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) is a member-based organization that addresses social
Boston Center for Community and Justice Inc. (BCCJ) is committed to developing a diverse
justice issues affecting the Asian community and focuses on projects raising awareness of Asian American art and culture,
and promoting civic engagement and community activism. The organization received $4,000 in support of the STIRR
(Stand-Out and Training for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) Project, run in partnership with API Movement, which focuses
on raising awareness and educating the Asian American population on immigrant and refugee rights.
community of socially responsible leaders throughout Greater Boston who are committed to advancing issues of social
justice and equality. BCCJ received $5,000 in support of the summer retreat component of its Leadership Initiative
program, which offers high school students leadership skills trainings on diversity and social justice issues.
Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is committed to serving the Asian American
partnership nonprofit whose mission is to produce socially responsible video journalism that promotes a more diverse
media, empowers communities and increases civic engagement. Started in 2004, Press Pass TV works with students
in the Boston Public Schools to create civic-minded video journalism. Students are trained and employed as professional
journalists, and work with staff to produce news stories that cover local individuals, organizations and events making a
positive impact in the community. All content is featured on local access cable, on the Internet, at public screenings and
in classrooms. Press Pass TV received $4,000 for the purpose of improving educational opportunities for the students in
participating Boston Public Schools.
community of Greater Boston, with an emphasis on preserving and revitalizing Boston’s Chinatown. ACDC received $3,000
in support of A-VOYCE (Asian Voice of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment), a youth development program that
trains Asian youth as radio broadcasters and tour guides while raising awareness of critical community issues and AsianAmerican culture. A-VOYCE provides participants with opportunities to build their self-esteem and sense of identity while
developing critical thinking, leadership and community development skills.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) operates New England’s only multilingual
emergency shelter and provides services for Asian victims and survivors of domestic violence and their children. The
shelter program has served as a model for programs in Massachusetts, throughout the U.S. and internationally.
The Task Force was awarded $5,000 in support of the work of the Multicultural Immigrant Coalition Against Violence,
a collaboration between several service providers across the state working to compile domestic violence resources for
the refugee and immigrant communities in Massachusetts.
Associated Grant Makers (AGM) received a membership renewal at the $1,000 level. AGM provides
a resource library and a Massachusetts Grantmaker’s Directory that is available online. The organization also offers
numerous skills-building and issues-related seminars for donors and nonprofit organizations. AGM serves as the regional
association of grant makers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and is a leader in promoting effective and informed
philanthropic giving in New England.
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Boston Educational Development Foundation f/b/o Press Pass TV is a youth-adult
Boston Mobilization f/b/o Sub/Urban Justice is a community organization that recruits and
empowers suburban and urban youth as peer and community leaders moving their communities toward racial and social
justice. It received $3,000 for “Speak Up: A Personal Stories Project,” which compiled students’ individual experiences of
racism at local private schools as a platform to educate youth on the causes and impact of racism and encourage them
to challenge racism on a systemic level.
Boston Urban Youth Foundation (BUYF) serves more than 500 young people ages 11–18 from the
Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston. With a focus on truant youth, BUYF works with students
in middle school and high school to improve school engagement, attendance, graduation rates, and college access.
In addition, once students are in college, BUYF provides a support system to ensure college completion. It received
$2,500 in support of its “Building Futures” educational initiative, which provides mentoring and academic skills-building
for low-income and minority middle school students at risk of dropping out of school.
The Chelsea Collaborative, Inc., works to empower Chelsea’s residents and organizations to enhance
the social, environmental, and economic health of the community. It received $4,000 in operating support of the
Shanbaro Community Association, a new initiative to provide translation, advocacy, social services and referrals to the
Somali Bantu immigrant population in Chelsea.
The Child Care Resource Center, Inc. (CCRC) promotes the healthy development and well-being of
young children in Cambridge, Somerville and surrounding communities. CCRC provides access to services and resources
for families, offers training and professional development for early childhood educators and caregivers, and builds
community initiatives that benefit children and their families. It received $5,000 in support of the Multilingual Action
Council, a cross-agency collaboration intended to build alliances among multilingual communities through the use of
cross-cultural leadership, as a way of promoting the healthy development of children and strength the larger community
for families. The Council conducts community outreach and education forums, and provides training and resources to
multilingual child care workers, partner agencies and families.
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation received $4,000 in support of its Youth
Force community organizing and leadership development program. Members of Youth Force tackle anti-racism and
oppression issues by identifying and addressing social challenges, such as poverty, violence, economic marginalization,
that are part of larger structural and systemic issues. Corporation also runs programs centered on affordable housing
and commercial development, resident technology training, job linkage and youth development.
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC) has helped immigrants establish a new life
in East Boston for more than 30 years. EBECC operates an array of programs in family services, youth, ESOL, citizenship
and voter education, and housing and immigration assistance.. It received $4,000 in support of the Nuestra Voz Cuenta/
Our Voice Counts program, which offers voter education and registration activities targeted at the Latino community
of East Boston. Through this program, EBECC continues to promote active civic participation as a means for achieving
positive social change.
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Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston (FHCGB) is the only private nonprofit organization focused
solely on ending illegal housing discrimination in the Greater Boston area. The Center provides case advocacy,
community outreach and educational trainings, and policy advocacy and research. It received $5,000 in support of the
Race and Place dialogue series, which explores and addresses the underlying cause of historical housing discrimination
and racial segregation.
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in Boston
and 31 additional cities and towns, ranging from legal advice to full case representation, depending on client need. GBLS
received $4,000 for the Racial Justice CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) Project, a comprehensive program
dedicated to addressing the negative and discriminatory effects that criminal records can pose in obtaining education,
housing and employment. The Project offers related community outreach and education, policy research and analysis,
and individual client advocacy and legal representation.
Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston, Inc. is a grassroots community organization that works
to educate and empower members of the diverse local Muslim community who play a significant role in positive social and
spiritual change. It received $4,000 in support of its teen programs, which work with 200 Muslim young people in a
variety of cultural and interfaith settings to promote the healthy development of spiritual and cultural identity and to
improve intergroup and interracial relations between Muslim and non-Muslim youth.
Medicine Wheel Productions uses the creation of public art as an engagement tool to unite diverse
community members across racial and economic barriers. The Medicine Wheel Youth Program, which employs young
people as interns in the design and creation of various art projects, received $3,500 in support of the youth-led Paper
Project, which culminated in a public art installation at the Boston Center for the Arts’ World AIDS Day exhibit.
Northnode Inc. f/b/o Encuentro Diaspora Afro is a grassroots organization anchored in the
community of Boston and dedicated to dismantling racism. Northnode was awarded $5,000 in general operating
support for Encuentro Diaspora Afro, which creates bridges of understanding between Afro-Latino and African-American
communities to develop mutual respect and forge common political agendas for racial and social justice. Funds were
specifically used to expand the Hermanas Exchanging Roots (HER) program, a leadership program that provides space
for young women of color to explore their social and cultural identities in contemporary and historical contexts.
2008 Financial Statement
At the close of the year 2008, the Foundation had assets with a market value of $157,835. In 2008, the Foundation awarded
23 grants totaling $85,000.
Respectfully submitted by Mossik Hacobian, Michael B. Keating, and Jeanne Pinado, Trustees
Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Fund Balances
As of December 31, 2007 and 2008
2007
2008
Assets
Cash
$ 32,534 $
4,256
Investments (at Market Value)
Short-term Investments
$ 30,200 $ 33,700
Mutual Funds, Stocks and Bonds 223,074 119,879
Total Investments
Total Assets
$ 253, 274 $ 153,579
$ 285,808 $ 157,835
Liabilities
Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc.
(PBHA), is a student-run community service organization
based at Harvard that strives for social justice. From intensive summer youth programs to transitional assistance for the
homeless, more than 1,600 student volunteers participate in over 70 PBHA programs each year. PBHA received $2,000
in support for its Franklin I-O Summer Program, an affordable summer camp that brings together African American and
Vietnamese American youth primarily from the Franklin Hill and Franklin Field housing developments in Dorchester.
Roca, Inc., is a youth development organization committed to serving disenfranchised and disengaged young
Grants Outstanding
$
—
$
—
Total Liabilities
$
—
$
—
Fund Balance
$ 285,808 $ 157,835
Liabilities Plus Fund Balance
$ 285,808
$ 157,835
Statements of Revenues, Grants Paid, Expenses and Fund Balances
people ages 14–24 in Chelsea and surrounding communities. ROCA received $2,500 in support of its Essencia Latina
dance troupe, which provides dance instruction and performing opportunities to approximately 25 young people and
teens annually.
For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008
Investment Income
Social Capital, Inc., (SCI) works to strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations
Gifts, Grants and Bequests
35,770
Net Realized Gains on Sale of Investments
14,762
through civic engagement initiatives. SCI received $4,000 in support of its Engaging Youth Programs, which engage
members of the organization’s diverse youth councils in Lynn, Woburn and Dorchester in leadership development training
and joint community service projects.
2007
2008
Revenues
$
6,926
34,411
(5,405)
$ 61,157
$
Grants Awarded
$ 85,000
$ 85,000
concept of justice. The organization received $4,000 in support of the production and performance of “The Nine Who
Dared: Crisis in Little Rock” play at the John Adams Courthouse, which investigates the background and circumstances
surrounding the desegregation of a Little Rock high school following Brown v. Board of Education.
Total Charitable Gifts
$ 85,000
$
85,000
Administrative Expenses
$ 18,520
$
20,893
Union of Minority Neighborhoods received $4,000 in continued support of the work of the Massachusetts
Taxes and Filing Fees
480
Alliance to Reform CORI (MARC), a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to reforming discriminatory
Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) laws and policies. Recognizing that the CORI system affects people from every
walk of life and from every part of the Commonwealth, MARC is committed to making legislative and policy changes related
to CORI laws and specifically to how organizations and agencies apply the CORI reports.
Investment Expenses
424
Theatre Espresso uses theater to intellectually engage young people with history, issues of human rights and the
Total Revenue
$ 10,625 35,932
Charitable Expenses
Other Expenses
—
315
Total Other Expenses
$ 19,424
$
Total Charitable Gifts and Expenses
$ 104,424
$ 105,893
Zumix is a cultural organization dedicated to building community through music and the arts. Located in East Boston,
Excess (deficit) of Revenues over Charitable Gifts and Other Expenses
$ (43,267)
$ (69,961)
Zumix provides top-quality cultural programming as an alternative way for young people to deal with frustration, anger
and fear, as well as a way to build cultural understanding and acceptance in one of Boston’s most diverse neighborhoods.
It received $2,500 in support of its song writing and performance program, which provides instruction, support and
opportunities for local youth and young adults to create and perform original music and songs.
Change in Unrealized Appreciation of Investments
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2008 Annual Report
(4,431)
20,893
(58,012)
Increase in Fund Balance
$ (47,698)
$ (127,973)
Fund Balance at Beginning of Year
$ 333,506
$ 285,808
Fund Balance at End of Year
$ 285,808
$ 157,835
List of Grantees 1980–2008
Gifts and Bequests
Special Honors
The Foley Hoag Foundation gratefully acknowledges gifts from:
2007Legal Marketing Association, New England Chapter
Your Honor Award for “Community Relations”
Alexander J. Aber and Livia Quan Aber
Michele Adelman and Steven Eichel
Michael and Kathryn Boudett
Sarah and Patrick J. Cooleybeck
Holly Evers
H. Kenneth Fish
Michael N. and Anne M. Glanz
Julie Hackett
Vickie L. Henry
Christian M. and Donna Hoffman
Elinore C. Kagan
Michael B. Keating
Brooke E. Lierman
Hans F. and Herta Loeser
Jenevieve Maerker and Manish Shah
Anthony D. Mirenda, Jr., and Tracey M. Cornogg
John D. Patterson, Jr., and Michele F. Demarest
Jerome Preston
Dean Richlin
James A. and Darien Smith
Donald and Susan Ware
Barry B. and Eleanor G. White
Michele A. Whitham and Jesse A. Keefe
Investment and financial services and publication of the
Annual Report were provided by Foley Hoag and coordinated by
Elinore Kagan. The Foley Hoag Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private
foundation and all gifts are tax deductible. Please contact
Philip Hall at Grants Management Associates for more information
about supporting the goals of The Foley Hoag Foundation.
Funding requests should be sent to:
The Foley Hoag Foundation
c/o Grants Management Associates
77 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Philip Hall, Administrator
617 426 7080 Ext. 309
1992Foundation News: Feature Story, “Small Wonders,”
March/April 1992
1989 The Boston Phoenix Corporate Citizen Award
1987Council on Foundations: Wilmer Shields Rich Award for
1986 Annual Report
1986 Historic Neighborhoods Foundation Award
1985Kellogg Foundation: One of 22 foundations featured in
Increasing the Impact: 1980s
Action for Boston Community
Development
The Boston Foundation
The City School
Environmental Diversity Forum
Boston Girls Tennis Challenge
City-Wide Educational Coalition
Advent School
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
City Year
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Alternatives for Community
& Environment
Boston Latin School Association
Citizen School
Facing History and Ourselves
Boston Medical Center Corporation
Company One
Boston Mobilization f/b/o
Sub/Urban Justice
Codman Square Health Center
Fair Housing Center of
Greater Boston
American Anti-Slavery Group
American Baptist Churches of
the U.S.A.
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation of Massachusetts
American Composers Forum
Boston Area Chapter
Boston Panel of Agency Executives
Commonwealth Education Project
Fenway Community Development
Organization f/b/o Mission SAFE
A New Beginning
Boston Partners in Education
Commonwealth Shakespeare
Company
Boston Police Alliance
Community Change
American Jewish Congress
Boston Tradeswomen’s Network
Mossik Hacobian
Michael B. Keating
Jeanne Pinado
American Repertory Theatre
Boston University
Community Foundation for
Greater New Haven
Anti-Defamation League
of B’nai B’rith
Boston Urban Youth Foundation
Community Music Center
First Night Boston Summer
Beat 2007
Artists for Humanity
Boston Youth Theatre
Trustees Emeriti
J. Elizabeth Harris
Hubert E. Jones
Robert R. Kiley
Community Training and
Assistance Center
Food Project
Trustees
Foundation Manager
Elinore C. Kagan
ARTS/Boston
Arts Company
Arts in Progress
Asian-American Resource Workshop
Asian Community Development
Corporation
Asian Task Force Against
Domestic Violence
Associated Grant Makers
Association of Haitian Women
in Boston
BEA Institute for Educational Success
Big Brother Association of Boston
Big Brother/Big Sister Program
(Harvard Law School)
Big Sister Association of Boston
Boston YWCA
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Bridges Program
d/b/a Discover Roxbury
Brookline Association for
Mental Health
Cambridge Community Services
Cambridge Friends School
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
Cantata Singers
Caribbean U-Turn
Catholic Charities Archdiocese
of Boston
Conflict Management Group
Congregación León de Judá
Consensus Building Institute
Fenway High School
Fenway Middle College High School
Fidelity Investments Charitable
Gift Fund f/b/o The Lenney Fund
Four Corners Action Coalition
Freedom House
Freelance Players
Creative Education Associates
Friends of the King Open School
f/b/o The King/King Open Arts
Committee
Dance Collective/Mass Movement
Greater Boston Indian Council
Development Leadership Network
Greater Boston Interfaith
Organization
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries
Dorchester Bay Economic
Development Corporation
Greater Boston Legal Services
Dorchester Community Center
for the Visual Arts
Greater Boston Regional
Youth Council
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
Greater Boston Youth Symphony
Orchestra
Celebrity Series of Boston
Dorchester Youth Council
Center for Community Change, Inc.
Dudley Street Neighborhood
Initiative
Grub Street, Inc.
Dunya, Inc.
Harvard University Civil Rights
Project
Center for the Development of
Teen Empowerment
Haley House, Inc.
Center for Independent
Documentary Corporation
East Boston Ecumenical
Community Council
Center for the Study of Public Policy
Education and Resources Group
Centro Presente
Haymarket People’s Fund
Education/Instruction
Chelsea Collaborative
Here-in Our Motives Evolve
Educational Development Group
Child Care Resource Center, Inc.
El Pueblo Nuevo
Hispanic Office of Planning and
Evaluation (HOPE)
Boston City Singers, Inc.
Children for Uniting Nations
Boston Day and Evening Academy
Children’s Museum
Ellis Memorial Center and
Eldridge House
Historic Neighborhoods
Foundation
Boston Educational Development
Foundation f/b/o Press Pass TV
Chinese Culture Institute
Emerald Isle Immigration Center
Holden School
City Mission Society
Emerson College
HOME Inc.
Boston Area Educators for Social
Responsibility
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Boston Center for Community
and Justice, Inc.
Boston Chamber Ensemble
2008 Annual Report
Boston Women’s Fund
Committee for Boston
Public Housing
Federated Dorchester
Neighborhood Houses
American Friends Service
Committee
Bikes Not Bombs
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Boston Neighborhood Ventures/
Boston Youth Network
Comin’ Atcha Foundation
Hattie B. Cooper Community Center
Hostelling International USA,
Eastern New England Council
Massachusetts Immigrant and
Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Oxfam
Tieng Xanh-Voice Inc.
Patriot’s Trail Girl Scout Council
Huntington Theatre Company
Massachusetts Squash
Racquet Foundation
Tri Ad Veterans League
Peace Games
Troubadour
Massachusetts Voter
Education Network
People’s Task Force
True Story, Inc.,
Performer’s Ensemble
d/b/a True Story Theater
Medicine Wheel Productions
Phillips Brooks House
The Trust for Public Land
Milton Academy
f/b/o The City School
Pingree School
Trusteeship Institute Inc.
UMASS Boston
MJT Dance Company
Political Asylum/Immigration
Representation Project
Irish Immigration Center
Mosaic
Pridelights Foundation
Jefferson Park Writing Center
Mother Caroline Academy
and Education Center
Primary Source Center for
Social Studies and Curriculum
Development
Hyde Square Task Force
Inquilinos Boricuas En Acción
International House of
Blues Foundation
International Institute of Boston
International Rescue
Committee
Jewish Alliance for Law and
Social Action
Jewish Community Relations
Council of Greater Boston
Judge Baker Children’s Center
The Justice George Lewis
Ruffin Society
KMHMU Family Association
of Massachusetts
La Alianza Hispana
Mrs. Bee’s Gardens
Multicultural Project for
Communication and Education
Museum of African American
History
Museum of Fine Arts
Music and Art Development,
Inc., d/b/a Cooperative Artists
Institute
Underground Railway Theatre
Union of Minority Neighborhoods
Unitarian Universalist
Urban Ministry
Program for Young Negotiators
United Community Planning Corp.
Project Concern
United Homes for Children
Project HIP-HOP
United Methodist Church
Project LEO (Leadership Education
& Employment Opportunities)
United States Catholic Conference
Project: Think Different
Publick Theatre
Roca, Inc.
University of Massachusetts
Foundation f/b/o Coalition for
Asian Pacific American Youth
University of Massachusetts
La Piñata – Latin American
Cultural Family Network
Muslim American Society, Inc.
Mystic Learning Center
Self-Esteem Boston
Educational Institute
Latino Parents Association
National Coalition
Building Institute
Shelter, Inc.
National Conference of
Christians and Jews
Social Capital
Massachusetts
Sociedad Latina
Urban Revival, Inc.
Somerville Media Action Report
Visions, Inc.
South End Community
Health Center
Walk for Freedom
Lawyers’ Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law
Lesson One Associates
Loon and Heron Theatre
M. Harriet McCormack Center
for the Arts (The Strand Theatre)
Mandela Town Hall Health Spot
Massachusetts Advocacy Center
National Conference for
Community and Justice
Neighborhood of Affordable
Housing
Newbury Film Series
Southwest Corridor
Community Farm
Foundation Institute for Asian
American Studies
The Urban League of Eastern
WEATOC, Inc.
West Broadway Task Force
SquashBusters
WGBH Educational Foundation
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Women Express
Suffolk University
New Repertory Theatre
Women’s Institute for Leadership
Teens as Community Resources
Development, Inc.
Northeastern University
Theaterworks/Theatre Espresso
Women’s Theological Center
Massachusetts Foundation
for the Humanities & Public Policy
Northnode Inc.
f/b/o Encuentro Diaspora Afro
Third Sector New England
f/b/o Commonwealth Seminar
Young Audiences of
Massachusetts Health Research
Nuestra Comunidad
Development Corporation
Thomas I. Atkins Social
Scholarships at Northeastern
Youth Advocacy Project
Massachusetts Citizens
Against the Death Penalty
Massachusetts Civil Liberties
Union Foundation
Massachusetts Conference of
the United Church of Christ
Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts Human
Services Coalition
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Odaiko New England
Organization for a New Equality
2008 Annual Report
Thompson Island Outward Bound
Education Center
Foley Hoag Attorneys Advisory Program
The Foley Hoag Foundation was established in the aftermath of
Boston’s school busing crisis, a period of profound racial tension.
The racial and ethnic climate and makeup of the city have changed
dramatically since 1980, and in the 2000 census, Boston
emerged as a “majority-minority” city. Racism, once a black/white
issue, now has broader cultural, as well as racial, overtones.
In order to maintain the independence of the Foundation, its bylaws
require that the majority of trustees be unaffiliated with Foley Hoag.
Foundation staff is provided by Grants Management Associates, a
full-time grants advisory and administration service, which reviews and
investigates all grant applications and provides applicants with ready
access to the Foundation. In response to a request from several of
the firm’s newer attorneys interested in The Foley Hoag Foundation,
an Associates Advisory Program was created in 2003. Input from
participating associates has been enormously helpful to the trustees in
grant deliberations, and the trustees thank these individuals for their
efforts and insights. This year 14 attorneys at Foley Hoag volunteered
their time to review grant applications and conduct site visits. The
trustees appreciate the significant contribution to the Foundation of:
Recent immigration of significant populations from Brazil, Cape Verde,
Central America, Haiti, Ireland and Vietnam has enriched the Boston
community and contributed to a dramatically improved racial climate.
However, this more complex makeup of the city sometimes results in
misunderstanding, mistrust and antipathy, turning one group against
another and contributing to a disturbing rise in youth violence.
More than 30 years after the court-ordered desegregation of Boston’s
public schools, structural racism persists and inequity in the areas of
housing, education and employment endures. A 2002 study by
the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, commissioned by
The Foley Hoag Foundation, demonstrated that patterns of residential
segregation in metropolitan Boston have an adverse impact on the
quality of public education for minority children, on opportunities for
employment for their parents and on their chances for economic
advancement.
Using this report as a guideline when reviewing applications for
2008 funding, the trustees made several grants that span the
Greater Boston area, pairing urban students of color with suburban
white students, giving each an opportunity to see, understand
and discuss inequity in housing and education. Other grants
supported projects that enable Boston students to break the cycle
of poverty and underachievement by offering tutoring, mentoring
and enhancement of self-esteem. The trustees also made grants
that increase the visibility and participation of groups that are
underrepresented in the political process. There also were grants
awarded to organizations that confront racism as experienced
by specific immigrant populations.
Watermelon Studio
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club
New England Home for
Little Wanderers d/b/a
The Home for Little Wanderers
Background
Massachusetts
Zumix, Inc.
Trusteeship
Mossik Hacobian, Executive Director of Urban Edge Housing
Corporation and Urban Edge Property Management, has been a
trustee since 2007.
J. Elizabeth Harris, Vice President of UNC Partners, Inc., served
as a trustee from 1984 to 2007.
Michael B. Keating, Partner at Foley Hoag, has been a trustee
of the Foundation since 1980.
Robert R. Kiley, former Deputy Mayor of Boston and Commissioner
of Transport for London, England, served as a trustee from 1981
until 1983.
Hubert E. Jones, Dean Emeritus of the Boston University School
of Social Work, served as a trustee from 1981 to 2006.
Jeanne Pinado, CEO at Madison Park Development Corporation,
has been a trustee of the Foundation since 2008.
Rich Baldwin
Amy Boyd
Victoria Chen
Carline Durocher
Debbie Huang
Nancy Johnsen
Diana Jong
Brooke Lierman
Eric Macaux
Bianca Peskin
Maimoona Sahi
Alisa Tenenholtz
Carrie Wicker
Lynn Zuchowski
The trustees hope that these attorneys will sustain an interest in
philanthropy as their careers advance.
Grant-making Policies
From the outset, the goal of The Foley Hoag Foundation has been
the elimination of racism in the city of Boston, especially among
youth. Although the racial makeup of the city has become more
complex and manifestations of racism are more covert, the focus
is unchanged.
Guidelines emphasize a preference for:
• Projects that constructively engage youth of different races
and backgrounds
• Projects with a geographic focus on the city of Boston
• Organizations with integrated boards and staff leadership or
with positive plans to do so
• Project-related grants, rather than requests for capital
expenditures or general operating funds
• Small or start-up organizations for which a small grant is likely
to have a greater impact
• Grants for programs that collaborate with other agencies
• Leveraging support by awarding conditional or challenge
grants requiring grantees to raise matching funds
The Foundation is unable to support any organization on an
ongoing basis.
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Administrators
GMA Foundations
77 Summer Street, Suite 800
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
[email protected]
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