Community & Impact Grant Recipients
2024 Grant Recipients
| Organization | Category | Amount | Project Title | Brief Description | Fund/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE MV | Language Access | $ 19,000 | ACE MV Language Access & Equity Outreach Program, 2024-25 | To serve 160 multilingual and non-native-English speaking adult and young adult Island residents interested in further education/ and economic opportunities by expanding ESL class offerings and holding workshops to train people as facilitators and translators. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund, Biondi Family Fund for Children |
| Animal Shelter of Martha's Vineyard | Other Community Projects | $ 2,356 | Animal Shelter of Martha's Vineyard Rabies Clinic | To provide Island pets and their owners with rabies treatments and annual certifications during a daylong clinic at which 3 veterinarians will treat the animals. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Aquinnah Cultural Center | Educational Opportunity | $ 15,000 | Wôpanâak Education and Outreach Expansion | To support expansion of ACC's Wampanoag educational programming to Island students and their teachers as well as community education at locations across Martha's Vineyard. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| BiodiversityWorks | Environmental Initiatives | $ 6,315 | Community Science and Education for Bird Conservation | To create stations in the State Forest that will monitor birds during nesting season, and then offer field trips to local schools and possibly summer camps as well as the general public so that they can learn more about species on the Island. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Camp Jabberwocky | Accessibility | $ 14,000 | Scholarship Support for Campers from Martha's Vineyard | Scholarship support would ensure that campers from Martha's Vineyard can attend this unique camp for people with disabilities without financial burden to themselves or their families. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Chappaquiddick Community Center | Other Community Projects | $ 6,500 | Community Playground at the Chappaquiddick Community Center | The Chappy Community Center seeks to fill the need for inclusive outdoor play space on Chappaquiddick for approximately 25 year-round children and approximately 600 year-round and part-time residents. | General Discretionary Fund |
| Circuit Arts | Arts & Cultural Enrichment | $ 10,000 | Circuit Arts After-School Performance & Media Classes | To expand youth arts programming through new after-school workshops in filmmaking, improvisation and theater for Island elementary, middle and high school students and will host a film production internship with its documentary unit Circuit Films. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Communication Ambassador Partnership of Martha's Vineyard, Inc. | Language Access | $ 15,000 | CAP Stepping Stones Mentorship and Interpreting Program: Benefitting Island Young Adults and Beyond | This program supports immigrant and first-generation young adults with their college and career pathways through a high school community interpreting course and mentorship. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Islands | Other Community Projects | $ 25,000 | Legal Assistance for Immigrants on Martha's Vineyard | Approximately 100 immigrants from Brazil, the Caribbean and eastern Europe will be served through free or low-cost legal clinics held twice a month with an on-Island attorney in order to facilitate citizenship, family unification, work authorization and other issues. | Emergency Response Fund |
| First Congregational Church of West Tisbury | Food Security | $ 15,000 | First Congregational Church: Community Meals and Food Outreach Program | To help expand the Community Meals program to increase the number of homebound, elderly and people in need who are served, including provision of meals to unhoused people at Harbor Homes, as well as implement a new food waste composting system. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Garden Gate Child Development Center, Inc. | Educational Opportunity | $ 5,270 | Increasing Diversity Through School Leadership; Year Two - Affirming Identity and Belonging | To deepen the school's engagement with the Island's Brazilian community and increase inclusive thinking and practices at the school. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Grace Church | Food Security | $ 8,000 | Grace Church Community Suppers | For creation of approximately 1,700 free meals available for community members to pick up and also to provide meals to the un-housed guests at Harbor Homes's shelter. | Kellman Family Fund, Martha's Vineyard Community Services - Driving the Future Fund, Alfred F. Ferro and Edward S. Redstone Fund for the Elderly of Tisbury |
| Great Pond Foundation | Environmental Initiatives | $ 6,500 | Resilient Ecosystem Mentorship | To increase the Island's environmental sustainability through support of a yearlong mentorship program for an environmental scientist engaged in scientific monitoring of the Island's ponds. | Island Fund for the Environment |
| Habitat for Humanity of Martha's Vineyard | Housing | $ 4,000 | Habitat for Humanity of Martha's Vineyard homes being built in West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs. | To purchase new tools to be used in the short-term for constructing 3 houses in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury, and long term on future projects building houses for low-income families on the Vineyard. | Wallace & Co./Sotheby's Community Housing Fund |
| Harbor Homes | Housing | $ 25,000 | MV Cares Coalition | To support continuation of a new grassroots approach to supporting the Island's unhoused population through meals, medication, and other services during months when the homeless shelter is not open. | Emergency Response Fund, Wallace & Co./Sotheby's Community Housing Fund, Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Health Imperatives, Inc. | Health Services | $ 20,000 | Martha's Vineyard Equity Now | To serve 125 women from the Island with health care services that they would not otherwise have access to because of being uninsured or under-insured. | James P. Cahen Fund, Katherine Harding Deeble Fund, Island Fund for Health |
| Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard | Other Community Projects | $ 12,500 | On-island Transportation Solutions for MV's Older Adults | A request to support the “right sizing” of existing transportation programs and continue to ensure their financial sustainability while adding vital new cost-effective and sustainable options. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's Vineyard | Health Services | $ 15,500 | "Grief Support Phase II: School Based Grief Program and Family Grief Camp Healing" | Through school-based grief groups and a daylong family camp, Hospice will provide short-term therapeutic grief support services for children and adolescents as well as their family members or caregivers. | Emma MacKay Hall Fund, Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Island Autism Group Inc | Accessibility | $ 10,000 | Island Autism Group (IAG) Afterschool and Summer Programs | To be used towards scholarship support for Islanders on the autism spectrum to participate in after-school and summer programs. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Island Community Chorus | Arts & Cultural Enrichment | $ 2,000 | Musical Accompaniment for Island Community Chorus Performances | To assist the Chorus with the cost of hiring guest artists for its concerts at the Old Whaling Church in December 2024 and April 2025. | Island Fund for the Arts |
| Island Grown Initiative | Food Security | $ 11,000 | Island Food Pantry: SmartChoice Software | Through adoption of a data collection system for the Island's food pantry, IGI will create an easier process for users to order and pick up food as well as collect information about pantry visitors. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Island Housing Trust | Housing | $ 20,500 | Island Housing Trust Strategic Plan 2030 | By hiring a consultant to guide the organization through the process of establishing strategic goals, IHT will determine how it can build 150 new homes over the next 5 years. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund, Wallace & Co./Sotheby's Community Housing Fund |
| Islanders Write | Arts & Cultural Enrichment | $ 3,000 | Islanders Write | To support the summertime festival bringing together Island-affiliated writers, readers and publishing industry representatives and expand the program through a March 2025 mini-fesival that will include student participation. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society | Environmental Initiatives | $ 6,000 | Programming and Support for Backyard Food Producers | To provide approximately 200 local backyard growers with workshops, a conference, and garden tours, with the goal of achieving climate change goals and addressing food security and local sustainability efforts. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club | Food Security | $ 20,000 | Beyond the Bell Food Security Program | To address food insecurity by providing out of schooltime snacks, prepared grab-and-go meals, fresh produce, non-perishable food items every day for racially and socially-diverse Island children who are living at or below poverty level. | I/Community, Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Martha's Vineyard Center for Living | Other Community Projects | $ 10,000 | Music, Movement and Meaning | To serve Islanders with dementia through individualized plans including arts, exercise and interactions to improve cognitive function. | Martha's Vineyard Community Services - Driving the Future Fund |
| Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society | Arts & Cultural Enrichment | $ 2,500 | Artist in Residence Focus on Folk Music | To continue the Artist in Resident program and enable Rasa String Quartet to travel to the Island in March 2025 and hold individual and group string instruction for Island students and also present a concert for families and a community concert. | Island Fund for the Arts |
| Martha's Vineyard Commission | Other | $ 25,000 | To support survey and analysis of the Islandwide effort to create affordable housing options. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund | |
| Martha's Vineyard Diversity Coalition | Arts & Cultural Enrichment | $ 4,200 | Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Elders Oral History Project-MVDC Education Program (EdCo) | To record the voices, stories and history of Island BIPOC and immigrant elders, serving students, teachers, elders and community organizations through multicultural and intergenerational dialogue. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust | Food Security | $ 25,000 | Seafood Donation Program | Funding will enable Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust seeks funding to support local fishermen by purchasing catch that is then processed in Menemsha and donated to food security programs at island organizations such as IGI, MV Boys & Girls Club and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah. | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
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2023 Grant Recipients
| Organization | Category | Amount | Brief Description | Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE MV | Educational Opportunities | $20,000 | Language Access Cohort Learning, focusing on medical interpreting/translation | Migrant Relief Fund / Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Aquinnah Cultural Center | Other Community Groups | $1,000 | awarded to during the Creative Living Award Ceremony from the Philanthropy Raffle prize | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Camp Jabberwocky | Other Community Groups | $10,000 | Camp Jabberwocky scholarships for Island residents | Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Circuit Arts | Arts Enrichment | $10,000 | MV Children's Theater Camp Scholarships for Island Residents | Island Fund for the Arts / Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Communication Ambassador Partnership (CAP) | Educational Opportunities | $19,000 | Stepping Stones Mentorship, matching first-generation immigrant students with volunteer mentors to help them navigate life, career, and higher education after graduation | General Discretionary Fund / Migrant Relief Fund / Vineyard Unrestricted Fund / |
| First Congregational Church of West Tisbury | Food Security | $10,000 | Community Meals and Food Outreach Program | Emergency Response Fund / Kellman Family Fund |
| Friends of MVY Radio | Arts Enrichment | $2,000 | Radio Games After-School Program for Junior High Students | General Discretionary Fund / Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
| Friends of Sengekontacket | Environmental Initiatives | $2,000 | Summer Intern Program | Harriet N. Goldberg Fund |
| Garden Gate Child Development Center | Educational Opportunities | $6,000 | Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Accessibility Project: Increasing Diversity Through School Leadership | General Discretionary Fund |
| Great Pond Foundation | Environmental Initiatives | $13,000 | Nitrogen Reduction Education Campaign: Forego Fertilizer, Protect Ponds | Island Fund for the Environment / Vineyard Unrestricted Fund |
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2022 Grant Recipients
| Organization | Category | Amount | Description | Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquinnah Cultural Center | Community | $10,000 | Aquinnah Wampanoag Island Outreach Project | Island Fund for the Community, Lillian Hellman Recreational Fund |
| BiodiversityWorks | Environment | $7,500 | "Invasive Plant Brigade" program | Island Fund for the Environment |
| Camp Jabberwocky | Health | $10,000 | Scholarships for Island residents | General Discretionary Fund |
| Circuit Arts (previously MV Film Festival) | Community | $7,500 | Schoolwide Filmmaking Project | Island Fund for the Arts |
| Communications Ambassador Partnership | Community | $19,740 | Language access programs at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and across the Island | Emergency Response / Urgent Needs Fund |
| Featherstone Center for the Arts | Arts | $4,000 | Literary arts at Featherstone and this year's Slough Farm writer's residency | Island Fund for the Arts |
| First Congregational Church of West Tisbury | Community | $10,000 | Community Suppers program | General Discretionary Fund, Kellman Family Fund |
| FUEL | Community | $8,500 | Tuition assistance for Martha's Vineyard students aboard SHENANDOAH | Harriet N. Goldberg Fund |
| Garden Gate Child Development Center | Community | $2,260 | "Creating Studios of Learning" program | Emma MacKay Hall Fund |
| Harbor Homes of Martha's Vineyard | Community | $25,000 | To provide emergency shelter for individuals who are homeless | Wallace & Co. Sotheby's International Realty Community Housing Fund, Rental Relief Fund |
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