Nonprofit Partner News

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 up to provide new...

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 for Restorative Community that...

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 and Museum tells the...

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 to announce a $1...

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 grant from the Yawkey...

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 nonprofit committed to providing...

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 Boston has announced it...

June 9th, 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 Series, presented by the...

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 teaming up to provide...

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 organization committed to providing...

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 $2.5 million grant from...

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 teaming up to provide...

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 The Connors Leadership Academy...

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 announced that it has...

September 26th, 2024

Nativity Preparatory School of Boston is 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 delighted to announce the...

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 purchase of our facility...

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 translate educational content used...

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 Academy celebrated its topping...

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 Series, presented by the...

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 of its Women’s Inn...

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 awarded a $555,000 Strategic...

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), the largest hunger-relief organization...

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 for Veterans (NECHV) has...

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 announced a $3 million...

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 its Yawkey Housing Resource...

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 equitable access in youth...

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 providing programs and services...

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 $300,000 Strategic Investment grant...

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 Hall of Fame announced details...

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 necessitates easier access to...

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 youth nonprofit organization in...

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 Foundation leadership, alongside supporters...

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) received a $50,000 Program...

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 use treatment services at...

March 7th, 2023

A Winning Combination

The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release. The Roberto Clemente League of Lowell (RCLL) has gone from...

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 to share that the Yawkey...

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 the ABCD Youth Access...

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 for truly serendipitous happenings,...

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 had ample reason to...

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, formed a deep lifetime...

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), the nation’s first and...

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 a founding supporter of...

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 more acres of protected...

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 of Natural Resources (SCDNR)...

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 with the Yawkey Foundation, proudly...

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 Frates Center was officially...

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 American Museum has received...

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 proud to announce that...

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, part of Beth Israel...

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 - Blue Hill Observatory &...

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 incredibly grateful and excited...

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 nonprofit dedicated to igniting...

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 – Today, Pine Street Inn,...

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 Waters (Bridge) today announced...

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 Commonwealth continue to cope with the lasting economic impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis, Catholic...

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 As the region and...

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 Yawkey Foundation and Good...

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 to the Adult Patient...

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 the anniversary of Coretta...

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 generous funder of the...

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 changed lives for the...

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 is a selective 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, a college-preparatory school for...

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 recipient of a $1...

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, 2018 The Dimock Center...