Past Grantees
2022
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Shooting Touch www.shootingtouch.com/boston
Victim Rights Law Center www.victimrights.org
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Hands To Heart Yoga www.handstoheartcenter.org
RIA (Ready. Inspire. Act.) www.riahouse.org
2021
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
LEAP Self-Defense Inc. (d/b/a Girls’ LEAP) www.girlsleap.org
Top Notch Scholars www.topnotchscholars.org
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Dignity Matters, Inc. www.dignity-matters.org
Found in Translation found-in-translation.org
2021 Runners Up
MEDIA GIRLS www.mediagirls.org
Love your Menses www.loveyourmenses.com
Women’s Bar Foundation www.wbawbf.org
Healthworks Community Fitness www.healthworkscommunityfitness.org
2020
When the coronavirus pandemic emerged in March 2020, we made significant changes to our grant-making process for the year. Each 2020 Grantee received a $5,000 grant. Click here for details.
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Artists For Humanity www.afhboston.org
Blessed Stephen Bellesini, OSA Academy, Inc. www.bellesiniacademy.org
Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell www.girlsinclowell.org
LEAP Self-Defense Inc. (d/b/a Girls’ LEAP) www.girlsleap.org
Girls Rock Campaign Boston www.girlsrockboston.org
South Middlesex Opportunity Council / Voices Against Violence www.smoc.org/voices-against-violence.php
Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center www.sportsmenstennis.org
Strong Women, Strong Girls www.swsg.org
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Budget Buddies, Inc. www.budgetbuddies.org
Women’s Educational Center, Inc. (Cambridge Women’s Center) www.cambridgewomenscenter.org
Dress for Success Boston, Inc. www.boston.dressforsuccess.org
Hands to Heart Center-Yoga for the People www.handstoheartcenter.org
Interseminarian-Project Place, Inc. www.projectplace.org
RESPOND, Inc. www.respondinc.org
St. Francis House www.stfrancishouse.org
The Women’s Bar Foundation www.wbawbf.org/content/wbf
2019
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Science Club for Girls www.scienceclubforgirls.org
MEDIAGIRLS www.mediagirls.org
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Dignity Matters, Inc. www.dignity-matters.org
Citizens for Safety, Inc. www.operationlipstick.org
2019 Runners Up
Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc. www.casamyrna.org
City Mission, Inc. www.citymissionboston.org
Girls Rock Campaign Boston girlsrockboston.org
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, Inc. www.reachma.org
2018
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Apprentice Learning, Inc. www.apprenticelearning.org
Roxbury Youth Works, Inc. www.roxburyyouthworks.org
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
RIA House Inc., - Ready.Inspire.Act www.riahouse.org
Women's Bar Foundation wbawbf.org/content/wbf
2018 Runners Up
LEAP Self-Defense Inc. dba Girls' LEAP www.girlsleap.org
Girls Rock Campaign Boston, Inc. www.girlsrockboston.org
Charles River Community Health http://www.charlesriverhealth.org/
Sitters Without Borders https://sitterswithoutborders.com
2017
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Brookview House, Inc. https://brookviewhouse.org
Friends of the Children - Boston http://friendsboston.org/
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Citizens for Safety https://www.operationlipstick.org/
Jeremiah Program https://jeremiahprogram.org/boston/
Sitters Without Borders (SWOB) https://www.sitterswithoutborders.com/
2017 Runners Up
City Mission, Inc. https://citymissionboston.org/
Hands to Heart Center Yoga for the People http://www.handstoheartcenter.org/
Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell http://girlsinclowell.org/
Strong Women Strong Girls http://swsg.org/
2016
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Esperanza Academy http://esperanzaacademy.org/
Silver Lining Mentoring https://silverliningmentoring.org/
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Budget Buddies http://www.budgetbuddies.org/
Elizabeth Stone House http://www.elizabethstonehouse.org/
2016 Runners Up
Raw Artworks http://www.rawartworks.org/
Roca, Inc. http://rocainc.org/what-we-do/roca-works/young-mothers/
Project Place http://projectplace.org/
Volunteers of America www.voamass.org
2015
Organizations/Programs that Empower Teen Girls Ages 12-21
Roca, Inc. http://rocainc.org/what-we-do/roca-works/young-mothers/
Victim Rights Law Center http://www.victimrights.org/
Organizations/Programs that Empower Women Ages 22 and Older
Healthworks Community Fitness http://healthworkscommunityfitness.org/
The Second Step http://www.thesecondstep.org/Home.aspx
2015 Runners Up
Actors Shakespeare Project http://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/
Write Boston http://www.writeboston.org/
Center for Women & Enterprise http://www.cweonline.org/
Elizabeth Stone House http://www.elizabethstonehouse.org/
All YEARS
Womenade Boston has been making grants since 2011. Click here for a list of all grantees.
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