Nonprofit Partner News

June 25th, 2026

2026 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach Series

The following is an excerpt from our partner's website. The 2026 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach...

June 11th, 2026

Boston Children’s Museum Receives Yawkey Foundation Climate Resiliency Grant

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston Children’s Museum has received a...

June 9th, 2026

Eight Decades of Partnership, One Shared Dream: Yawkey Foundation Grants $50 Million to Dana-Farber

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announces the Yawkey Foundation’s $50 million grant to support the construction of Dana-Farber's planned cancer hospital and the Future of Cancer...

February 18th, 2026

Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports Team Up to Provide Baseball and Softball Equipment to Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports teamed...

November 15th, 2025

Round the Bend Farm Receives $1m for Greater Access to Healthy, Local Food to South Coast Communities

The following is an excerpt from our partner's press release. Round the Bend Farm, a Center...

September 19th, 2025

The BASE to Visit National Baseball Hall of Fame

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The National Baseball Hall of Fame...

September 4th, 2025

Yawkey Foundation Provides $1 Million Grant to Launch Mass Eye and Ear Emergency Department Renovation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Mass Eye and Ear is honored...

Yawkey Foundation Provides $<span class="font54">2</span> Million Grant to McLean’s New Child & Adolescent Campus Project

August 21st, 2025

Yawkey Foundation Provides $2 Million Grant to McLean’s New Child & Adolescent Campus Project

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. McLean Hospital announced a $2 million...

July 23rd, 2025

House of Possibilities Receives $5m for Campus Expansion

The following is an excerpt from our partner's press release. House of Possibilities (HOPe), a local...

July 19th, 2025

YMCA of Greater Boston Announces $700,000 Strategic Investment Grant for Roxbury Facility Renovations

The following excerpt is from our partner's news release on MassNonprofit News. The YMCA of Greater...

June 26th, 2025

2025 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach Series

The following is an excerpt from our partner's website. The 2025 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach...

April 25th, 2025

Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports Team Up to Provide Baseball and Softball Equipment to Boys & Girls Club of Metro South Camp Riverside

The following is an excerpt from our partner's press release. Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports are...

January 31st, 2025

Youth Enrichment Services (YES) Celebrates Groundbreaking of Its New Headquarters for Boston Youth

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a nonprofit...

November 13th, 2024

$2.5 Million Grant from Yawkey Foundation to Franklin Cummings Tech to Support Student Services

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Franklin Cummings Tech announced today a...

November 12th, 2024

Yawkey Foundation Supports Good Sports to donate essential baseball equipment to the Boys & Girls Club of Metro South

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports are...

October 24th, 2024

Camp Harbor View announces $7.5 million grant from Yawkey Foundation for The Connors Leadership Academy

The following is an excerpt from a news article. Jack Connors’s legacy will live on through...

October 9th, 2024

Father Bill’s & MainSpring receives a $1.5 million Transformational Capital Grant from Yawkey Foundation for its new Brockton shelter

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Father Bill’s & MainSpring (FBMS) has...

September 26th, 2024

Nativity Preparatory School of Boston announces the rededication of the newly-renovated Ronald E. Burton Teaching Fellow Residence

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Nativity Preparatory School of Boston is...

September 12th, 2024

The BASE Strengthens its Foundation and Bolsters Future Impact with Purchase of its Building

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s website. Boston, MA – The BASE finalized the...

August 28th, 2024

Discovery Museum Completes Multi-Year Project to Support Non-English Speakers

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Discovery Museum has completed work to...

August 16th, 2024

Lawrence Catholic Academy Celebrates Topping Off Ceremony

The following is a summary and excerpt from our partner's website. On August 12th, Lawrence Catholic...

June 5th, 2024

2024 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach Series

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s website. The 2024 WHOI Ocean and Climate Outreach...

January 24th, 2024

Pine Street Inn dedicates its Women’s Inn shelter as the Yawkey House

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Pine Street Inn announced the renaming...

December 21st, 2023

House of Possibilities receives a $555,000 Strategic Investment Grant from Yawkey Foundation for Easton facility expansion activities

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. House of Possibilities (HOPe) has been...

November 16th, 2023

The Greater Boston Food Bank receives a $1 million capital grant from Yawkey Foundation to expand refrigeration capacity

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB),...

November 10th, 2023

The New England Center and Home for Veterans receives a $500,000 Strategic Investment Grant from Yawkey Foundation to improve housing

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The New England Center and Home...

November 9th, 2023

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción receives a $3 million transformational grant from Yawkey Foundation to build La CASA

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) today...

November 1st, 2023

Father Bill’s & MainSpring opens Yawkey Housing Resource Center

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Father Bill’s & MainSpring officially opened...

October 23rd, 2023

Yawkey Foundation partners with Good Sports to donate equipment to YMCA of Roxbury

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Good Sports, a non-profit organization creating...

August 17th, 2023

Easterseals Massachusetts received a $250,000 Strategic Investment Grant from Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Easterseals Massachusetts (ESMA), a leader in...

August 9th, 2023

Boston Children’s Museum Awarded $300,000 Grant from Yawkey Foundation for Access & Outreach Initiatives

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston Children's Museum recently received a...

June 27th, 2023

The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. On June 19, 2023, the National Baseball...

June 1st, 2023

The Dimock Center – Partnering with Yawkey Foundation to Restore Hope for Individuals Struggling with Addiction

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The growing opioid crisis in Boston...

May 8th, 2023

Youth Enrichment Services (YES) Receives $1 Million Grant to Fund the Construction of New Headquarters in Jamaica Plain

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a long-standing...

April 3rd, 2023

Boston Medical Center Receives $3 Million Grant from the Yawkey Foundation for Improved Access to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Care

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. On March 29, 2023, the Yawkey...

March 16th, 2023

Natick Community Organic Farm Awarded $50,000 Grant from Yawkey Foundation for Barn Rebuild

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Natick Community Organic Farm (NCOF)...

March 14th, 2023

Dimock Center has received a $2.5 million grant from the Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. To learn more about expanded substance...

March 7th, 2023

A Winning Combination

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Roberto Clemente League of Lowell...

March 7th, 2023

The Yawkey Foundation’s Support of the PMC Kids Ride Program Reaches $1.5 Million in 2022

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is pleased...

March 6th, 2023

Yawkey Foundation supports ABCD Youth Access Pack

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Yawkey Foundation donated $40,000 to...

January 25th, 2023

Boston Medical Center Receives $3 Million Grant from the Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Sometimes the stars and calendar align...

December 13th, 2022

Continuing Support of Hale Education

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. For decades, the Yawkey Foundation has...

November 10th, 2022

The Nature Conservatory-South Carolina

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Tom Yawkey and his wife, Jean,...

August 31st, 2022

Trustees & Yawkey Foundation Bring Nature Play Experiences to East Boston & South Coast Cities

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees),...

August 23rd, 2022

Yawkey Foundation Joins Jackie Robinson Foundation to Celebrate Opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Yawkey Foundation is proud to be...

June 15th, 2022

Donation adds 269 acres to Georgetown’s Yawkey Wildlife Center

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. GEORGETOWN — Georgetown County has 269...

June 14th, 2022

Yawkey Foundation donates hundreds of wildlife acres to SCDNR to protect in perpetuity, adding to Yawkey Wildlife Center

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. On Monday, the South Carolina Department...

June 3rd, 2022

Yawkey Foundation and WHOI present Summer Speaker Series, “Dispatches from an Ocean Planet”

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in partnership...

March 26th, 2022

Pete Frates Center Receives Dedication at Boston College

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. On March 26, 2022, the Pete...

February 11th, 2022

Yawkey Foundation donates $1M to International African American Museum

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Charleston, S.C. - The International African...

January 26th, 2022

St. Francis House Receives $400,000 Strategic Investment Grant from Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. JANUARY 26, 2022 - We are...

January 25th, 2022

Bowdoin Street Health Center Announces $1 Million Transformational Capital Gift from Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. BOSTON – Bowdoin Street Health Center,...

January 21st, 2022

Blue Hill Observatory & Science Center Announces a $100K Grant from the Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Milton, MA, January 21, 2022 -...

December 20th, 2021

Yawkey Foundation Awards $75,000 to Replace HarborCOV Elevator

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Chelsea, December 2021 - HarborCOV is...

December 16th, 2021

UTEC Receives $500,000 from Yawkey Foundation for Woodworking Social Enterprise Expansion To Increase Economic Mobility Pathways for Justice-Involved Young Adults

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Lowell, MA – Today, UTEC, a...

December 7th, 2021

Yawkey Foundation Commits $15 Million to Pine Street Inn to Help Increase Supportive Housing, End Homelessness

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. BOSTON – December 7, 2021 –...

November 29th, 2021

Bridge Over Troubled Waters Announces $900,000 Strategic Investment Grant from Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston, MA - Bridge Over Troubled...

November 22nd, 2021

Catholic Charities of Boston Receives $700,000 Yawkey Foundation Strategic Investment Grant

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston, MA - November 22, 2021: As communities across the...

November 5th, 2021

Yawkey Foundation Awards Father Bill’s & MainSpring $2 million toward transformational Housing Resource Center

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. QUINCY, Mass., Thursday, November 4, 2021...

October 20th, 2021

Saugus Softball Little League Boasts New Equipment Courtesy of the Yawkey Foundation

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. On Oct. 12, representatives of the...

September 20th, 2021

Yawkey Foundation Supports Patient Assistance Program

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Yawkey Foundation recently awarded $100,000...

April 27th, 2021

Yawkey Foundation Grants $1 Million Capstone Gift to King Boston on Coretta Scott King’s Birthday

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston, MA (April 27, 2021): On...

January 20th, 2021

The Yawkey Foundation Helps Fund the Bay State Games

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Yawkey Foundation has been a...

January 20th, 2021

A Decade of Philanthropy Dedicated to The Boston Home

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Since 1977, the Yawkey Foundation has...

January 19th, 2021

Yawkey Nonprofit Internship Program at BU

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Boston University’s Yawkey Nonprofit Internship Program...

October 15th, 2020

Capital Grant to Catholic Memorial School

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. West Roxbury, MA — Catholic Memorial,...

September 29th, 2020

Yawkey Legacy Honored With Re-Naming of Brockton Hospital’s School of Nursing

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital was the...

April 3rd, 2018

The Dimock Center Opens Newly Renovated Dr. Lucy Sewall Center for Acute Treatment Services, with Support from a Lead Donation by the Yawkey Foundations

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. ROXBURY – On Tuesday, April 3,...