Community
|
Greater Boston is our home.
This innovative and progressive place has shaped who we are and what we have achieved. Being involved and giving back to the area is part and parcel of what we do. We are proud to support the following local organizations and initiatives: |
Alliance for Children Foundation
The Alliance for Children is dedicated to improving and sustaining the lives of orphaned and at-risk children and their families where the need is greatest around the world by working with local partners to provide food, shelter, medical care, and educational programs.
Allston Brighton CDC
The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation leads initiatives that create and preserve affordable homes, foster community leadership, and provide first-time homebuyers with the tools and resources to reach their goals.
Association of Black Citizens of Lexington
A private, nonprofit volunteer organization composed of academics, artists, lawyers, clergy, engineers, entrepreneurs and others who are concerned with matters of critical importance to the welfare of Black citizens of Lexington, MA.
Battlegreen Run Foundation
The Battlegreen Run Foundation is an official 501(c)3 charity that organizes an annual road race held in Lexington, MA each fall to fund a number of worthy local charities. Proceeds from the race and related fundraising events are donated to organizations that benefit Lexington and its surrounding communities.
Boston Area Gleaners
1 in 10 people in Massachusetts lives with food insecurity. More than 30% of the food grown on U.S farms is never harvested. The Gleaners gather fresh food from farms and get it to people who need it.
The Boston Foundation - Civic Leadership Fund
One of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. TBF's donors meet their own philanthropic goals, while adding to the Foundation’s overall strength. TBF also plays a major civic leadership role for our region through publishing fresh research, convening people to discuss our region’s challenges and creating powerful agendas for change.
Cary Library Foundation
The Cary Library Foundation raises private funds for Cary Library of Lexington, MA, enabling creative library programming, additions to the collection, and innovative technology for the benefit of all.
Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ)
C4RJ partners with 32 cities and towns, their police departments, the Northwestern District Attorney, and the District Attorneys of Middlesex and Suffolk counties to rebuild trust and offer a path forward in the wake of crime. They listen to victims, hold responsible parties accountable, and restore trust in communities. Their volunteer-led "circle" dialogue is called restorative justice.
Community Endowment of Lexington
CFF is proud to be a founding member of The Community Endowment of Lexington. CEL promotes a spirit of philanthropic giving to help enhance the quality of life for all Lexington citizens now and in the future.
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.
Everytown for Gun Safety
Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, life-saving laws have been thwarted by the gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives. But something is changing. Nearly 10 million mayors, moms, teachers, survivors, gun owners, students, and everyday Americans have come together to make their own communities safer. Everytown starts with you, and it starts in your neighborhood.
GBH
GBH is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them. GBH has been committed to all audiences for more than 65 years, telling untold stories and serving the underserved in ways unmatched by any media organization. As a leader in public media, they live a mission to expand civic engagement, thoughtful discourse, and the knowledge needed to embrace and shape the future.
Greater Boston PFLAG
PFLAG is the nation's largest family and ally organization, uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.
International Institute of New England
The mission of the International Institute of New England is to create opportunities for refugees and immigrants to succeed through resettlement, education, career advancement and pathways to citizenship.
Lazarus House Ministries
Lazarus House Ministries works to break the cycle of poverty by providing food, clothing, work preparation and housing to those in need. Based in Lawrence, MA.
Lexington Interfaith Food Pantry
The Lexington Interfaith Food Pantry has been serving the families of Lexington since 1990. They are a non-profit organization that is staffed entirely by volunteers, taking donations of non-perishable food, as well as monetary donations.
The Lexington Observer
The Lexington Observer is a new nonprofit digital newsroom devoted to reporting on Lexington—from serious investigative reporting to ‘explainers’. Their goal is to be a part of civic life in Lexington, joining with community organizations to increase both understanding and participation in the community.
LexRAP
The mission of LexRAP is one of welcome and accompaniment of refugees and legal asylum seekers. A group of volunteers, they seek to meet people in the process of seeking asylum, greet them as new neighbors, and help them settle into their communities. Working in Lexington and surrounding towns, they have supported individuals and families from Africa, the Middle East, and Central America.
Livable Streets Alliance
The LivableStreets Alliance envisions a world where streets are safe, vibrant public spaces that connect people to the places where they live, work & play. They advocate for innovative and equitable transportation solutions that create safe, affordable and convenient options for everyone in Metro Boston.
Lovelane
The Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program provides therapeutic horseback riding for children with serious illness or special needs. The facility includes indoor and outdoor arenas, a therapy room, office space, horse stalls and access to outdoor trails. Lovelane provides services to 152 students a week in both mounted and unmounted programing with the help of 215 volunteers.
Mass Bike
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Mass Budget & Policy Center
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center is an independent nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Music with Heart
The volunteer singers and musicians of Music with Heart create joy in places not normally associated with good times. The troupe appears and gathers in spaces at homeless shelters, prisons, and residential facilities. They come alive with popular music. Residents and Music with Heart connect. Hearts rest. Spirits lift. Hope is believable.
NAACP - Boston Branch
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality and rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Established in 1911, Boston was the first chartered branch of the NAACP.
Rick Abrams ACROSS Lexington Fund
ACROSS Lexington (MA) routes use various existing public ways, including conservation land trails and sidewalks. Routes connect the center of town with various locations in the town including historic sites, schools and conservation areas. Routes are accessible by foot or bicycle. The Lexington Board of Selectmen established the Rick Abrams ACROSS Lexington Fund to support the trail network by creating new directional and interpretive signage, electronic and/or print maps, and web/software development to incorporate current technologies.
Rosie's Place
Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.
Special Needs Arts Programs
Special Needs Arts Programs of Lexington, MA, provides people with developmental disabilities opportunities that celebrate each person’s unique abilities while cultivating expression, building peer relationships, and fostering self-esteem through life enhancing activites in the arts.
walkBoston
WalkBoston is a non-profit pedestrian advocacy organization dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Founded in 1990, their goal is to make walking and pedestrian needs a basic part of the transportation discussion.
West End House
West End House is an innovative and vibrant youth development agency that provides outcomes-driven programs to more than 1,700 youth residing in the most underserved communities in the city of Boston.
WBUR
WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, is a public media leader committed to exceptional journalism on-air, online, on demand and on stage. Their mission is to serve the public, report the truth and enrich lives.
Youth Counseling Connection (LYFS)
Youth Counseling Connection is a community-based, non-profit agency established to provide accessible counseling and outreach services to Lexington youth and their families. Their hard working, dedicated board includes youth members who are also concerned about the well-being of their peers
The Alliance for Children is dedicated to improving and sustaining the lives of orphaned and at-risk children and their families where the need is greatest around the world by working with local partners to provide food, shelter, medical care, and educational programs.
Allston Brighton CDC
The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation leads initiatives that create and preserve affordable homes, foster community leadership, and provide first-time homebuyers with the tools and resources to reach their goals.
Association of Black Citizens of Lexington
A private, nonprofit volunteer organization composed of academics, artists, lawyers, clergy, engineers, entrepreneurs and others who are concerned with matters of critical importance to the welfare of Black citizens of Lexington, MA.
Battlegreen Run Foundation
The Battlegreen Run Foundation is an official 501(c)3 charity that organizes an annual road race held in Lexington, MA each fall to fund a number of worthy local charities. Proceeds from the race and related fundraising events are donated to organizations that benefit Lexington and its surrounding communities.
Boston Area Gleaners
1 in 10 people in Massachusetts lives with food insecurity. More than 30% of the food grown on U.S farms is never harvested. The Gleaners gather fresh food from farms and get it to people who need it.
The Boston Foundation - Civic Leadership Fund
One of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. TBF's donors meet their own philanthropic goals, while adding to the Foundation’s overall strength. TBF also plays a major civic leadership role for our region through publishing fresh research, convening people to discuss our region’s challenges and creating powerful agendas for change.
Cary Library Foundation
The Cary Library Foundation raises private funds for Cary Library of Lexington, MA, enabling creative library programming, additions to the collection, and innovative technology for the benefit of all.
Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ)
C4RJ partners with 32 cities and towns, their police departments, the Northwestern District Attorney, and the District Attorneys of Middlesex and Suffolk counties to rebuild trust and offer a path forward in the wake of crime. They listen to victims, hold responsible parties accountable, and restore trust in communities. Their volunteer-led "circle" dialogue is called restorative justice.
Community Endowment of Lexington
CFF is proud to be a founding member of The Community Endowment of Lexington. CEL promotes a spirit of philanthropic giving to help enhance the quality of life for all Lexington citizens now and in the future.
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.
Everytown for Gun Safety
Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, life-saving laws have been thwarted by the gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives. But something is changing. Nearly 10 million mayors, moms, teachers, survivors, gun owners, students, and everyday Americans have come together to make their own communities safer. Everytown starts with you, and it starts in your neighborhood.
GBH
GBH is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them. GBH has been committed to all audiences for more than 65 years, telling untold stories and serving the underserved in ways unmatched by any media organization. As a leader in public media, they live a mission to expand civic engagement, thoughtful discourse, and the knowledge needed to embrace and shape the future.
Greater Boston PFLAG
PFLAG is the nation's largest family and ally organization, uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.
International Institute of New England
The mission of the International Institute of New England is to create opportunities for refugees and immigrants to succeed through resettlement, education, career advancement and pathways to citizenship.
Lazarus House Ministries
Lazarus House Ministries works to break the cycle of poverty by providing food, clothing, work preparation and housing to those in need. Based in Lawrence, MA.
Lexington Interfaith Food Pantry
The Lexington Interfaith Food Pantry has been serving the families of Lexington since 1990. They are a non-profit organization that is staffed entirely by volunteers, taking donations of non-perishable food, as well as monetary donations.
The Lexington Observer
The Lexington Observer is a new nonprofit digital newsroom devoted to reporting on Lexington—from serious investigative reporting to ‘explainers’. Their goal is to be a part of civic life in Lexington, joining with community organizations to increase both understanding and participation in the community.
LexRAP
The mission of LexRAP is one of welcome and accompaniment of refugees and legal asylum seekers. A group of volunteers, they seek to meet people in the process of seeking asylum, greet them as new neighbors, and help them settle into their communities. Working in Lexington and surrounding towns, they have supported individuals and families from Africa, the Middle East, and Central America.
Livable Streets Alliance
The LivableStreets Alliance envisions a world where streets are safe, vibrant public spaces that connect people to the places where they live, work & play. They advocate for innovative and equitable transportation solutions that create safe, affordable and convenient options for everyone in Metro Boston.
Lovelane
The Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program provides therapeutic horseback riding for children with serious illness or special needs. The facility includes indoor and outdoor arenas, a therapy room, office space, horse stalls and access to outdoor trails. Lovelane provides services to 152 students a week in both mounted and unmounted programing with the help of 215 volunteers.
Mass Bike
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Mass Budget & Policy Center
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center is an independent nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Music with Heart
The volunteer singers and musicians of Music with Heart create joy in places not normally associated with good times. The troupe appears and gathers in spaces at homeless shelters, prisons, and residential facilities. They come alive with popular music. Residents and Music with Heart connect. Hearts rest. Spirits lift. Hope is believable.
NAACP - Boston Branch
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality and rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Established in 1911, Boston was the first chartered branch of the NAACP.
Rick Abrams ACROSS Lexington Fund
ACROSS Lexington (MA) routes use various existing public ways, including conservation land trails and sidewalks. Routes connect the center of town with various locations in the town including historic sites, schools and conservation areas. Routes are accessible by foot or bicycle. The Lexington Board of Selectmen established the Rick Abrams ACROSS Lexington Fund to support the trail network by creating new directional and interpretive signage, electronic and/or print maps, and web/software development to incorporate current technologies.
Rosie's Place
Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.
Special Needs Arts Programs
Special Needs Arts Programs of Lexington, MA, provides people with developmental disabilities opportunities that celebrate each person’s unique abilities while cultivating expression, building peer relationships, and fostering self-esteem through life enhancing activites in the arts.
walkBoston
WalkBoston is a non-profit pedestrian advocacy organization dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Founded in 1990, their goal is to make walking and pedestrian needs a basic part of the transportation discussion.
West End House
West End House is an innovative and vibrant youth development agency that provides outcomes-driven programs to more than 1,700 youth residing in the most underserved communities in the city of Boston.
WBUR
WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, is a public media leader committed to exceptional journalism on-air, online, on demand and on stage. Their mission is to serve the public, report the truth and enrich lives.
Youth Counseling Connection (LYFS)
Youth Counseling Connection is a community-based, non-profit agency established to provide accessible counseling and outreach services to Lexington youth and their families. Their hard working, dedicated board includes youth members who are also concerned about the well-being of their peers