Sudbury Foundation Caps 2022 With $240K To Local Initiatives

SUDBURY, MA — The final round of Sudbury Foundation grants in 2022 went to a wide range of local nonprofits that focus on subjects like hunger, education and youth development.

The foundation has given out closed to $1.8 million in grants so far in 2022, including a $400,000 round in June.

Local entrepreneurs Herbert Atkinson and Esther Peterson started the Sudbury Foundation in the 1950s to help local students pursue higher education. The foundation has grown over the years to help a variety of causes, from local food programs to events and activities in Sudbury.

Here are the final grants of 2022:

• Bethany Hill Place, Framingham — $20,000 to support youth programming for low-income youth facing homelessness.
• Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley, Maynard — $20,000 to support summer programming and the Beyond the Bell after-school programming.
• Chica Project, Quincy — $20,000 to expand youth development programming in Framingham.
• Danny’s Place, Acton — $16,140 to expand the Sparks and Me program.
• Discovery Museum, Acton — $11,500 to expand the Nature Passport Program.
• Jewish Family Service of MetroWest, Framingham — $20,000 to provide wrap-around assistance to families of immigrant children.
• Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln — $20,000 to fund another year of an environmental and social literacy program at three Framingham after-school programs run by the school department.
• MetroWest Mediation Services, Natick — $15,000 to develop a Peer Mediation program at Natick and Wayland High School.
• One Love Foundation, Boston — $7,000 to expand the relational health program into Framingham High School and Framingham State University.
• OUT MetroWest, Framingham — $20,000 to provide mental health services to youth participants.
• The NAN Project, Lexington — $18,000 to expand peer-to-peer mental health programming in Framingham, Sudbury, and Acton-Boxborough.
• Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Framingham — $20,000 to expand services to youth identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community in their Framingham residential programs.
• Wildflower, Inc., Lexington — $10,000 to expand supportive services and camp scholarships in MetroWest community in collaboration with Jeff's Place.
• HOPEsudbury — $15,000 Hunger Relief Grant
• Sudbury Community Food Pantry — $10,000
• MetroWest Food Collaborative, Hudson — $5,000