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2022 Annual Report

Keep an eye out in your mailboxes for our 2022 ANNUAL REPORT — highlighting our areas of impact, grants, scholarships, fiscal sponsorships, and the $3 million of funding invested throughout our community last year. Many thanks to the following contributors…
MVCF
July 20, 2023
Current Initiatives

Rental Relief & Utility Support

The Emergency Rental Relief Fund is a collaboration between the Foundation and the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority (DCRHA) to assist market-rate renters who continue to face economic hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, and…
MVCF
December 8, 2021
Current Initiatives

MV First Responders Fund

This year there are two recipients: • The first recipient is our Island's very own first responder Captain Nicole Gazaille-Graves and her husband Bob Graves. Nicole has served as a dispatcher for the Island for over 25 years. Bob was…
MVCF
January 23, 2023
Current Initiatives

Climate Action Fund

The Climate Action Fund was established by the Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation, with the goal to fund projects identified by the Martha's Vineyard Commission (MVC) that address the effects of climate change on the Island. This includes extreme weather such…
MVCF
December 8, 2021
Current Initiatives

Coalition to Create the MV Housing Bank

Community consists of a place and the people who have a relationship with it. The Coalition is working to establish a MV Housing Bank modeled largely after the MV Land Bank. With median Vineyard real estate sales exceeding $1m, it…
MVCF
December 8, 2021
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