Grantee Partners

2026 LZF Grantee Partners

LZF’s 2025 grant recipients, organized by their primary mission, are serving 22 Massachusetts communities. Click here to view an interactable map of all organizations that have received grants since 1995.

Child and Youth Development & Education

Bryce's Journey, Inc.
Cape Ann Art Haven
Circus Up
City Strings United
Cultural Exchange Through Soccer (CETS)
DEAFinitely, Inc.
JOYweavers, Inc.
Pride Productions, Inc.
Sisters Unchained
Teen Just-Us at Temple Israel of Boston
Vong Tay Cha Me Viet

Access to Food, Housing and Economic Security

2gether We Eat
Bridge Forward, Inc.
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen
Financial Education Associates, Inc.
Lamplight Women's Literacy Center
Lives Are Meant To Be Changed, Inc.
Mercy Meals and More, Inc.
New Lynn Coalition
Reclaim Roxbury

Organizing and Support for Immigrants & Refugees

African Community Center of Lowell (ACCL)
Brockton Workers Alliance (BWA)
Casa Mariposa
Eritrean American Civic Association (EACA)
Nigerian American Multi-Service Association (NAMSA)
Open Door Immigration Services (ODIS)
P&O Behavioral Health Initiative
Potencia, Inc.
Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts (RICEMA)
Revive In Action, Inc.
South Boston en Accion

Violence Prevention, Criminal Justice Reform & Family Outreach

Love Life Now Foundation
Our Deaf Survivors Center, Inc.
The Dream Network

Civil and Human Rights Advocacy and Support

Do-It-Yourself Lowell
Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE)
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, Inc.

Health Promotion and Accessibility for All

DeeDee's Cry Suicide Prevention & Family Support
Gratis Healthcare
Heart of a Giant Foundation, Inc.
Neighborhood Counseling and Community Services, Inc. (NCCS)
New England Medical Association, Inc.
Think Outside the Vox, Inc.
Urban PowerHouse

LGBTQIA Community Support & Organizing

Boston LesBiGay Urban Foundation, Inc.
OutstandingLife
Pathway to Better Health
Queer History Boston
Translate Gender

Grantee Partner Spotlights

Vòng Tay Cha Mẹ Việt (The Circle of Vietnamese Parents)

January 2026

Neighborhood Counseling and Community Services

December 2025

JOYweavers

November 2025

CodeSquad

October 2025

Urban PowerHouse

September 2025

2Gether We Eat

August 2025

P&O Behavioral Health Initiative

July 2025

Boston LesBiGay Urban Foundation

June 2025

East Boston Community Soup Kitchen

May 2025

Pride Productions Inc.

April 2025

The Upward Project

March 2025

365Dad

February 2025

Think Outside the Vox

January 2025

PSNNC

Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center

December 2024

RICEMA

Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts

November 2024

NUBE

Neighbors United for a Better East Boston

October 2024

Love Life Now Foundation

September 2024

OutstandingLife

August 2024

Mercy Meals & More

July 2024

Cape Ann Art Haven

June 2024

Teen JUST-US

May 2024

Heart of a Giant Foundation

April 2024

Mount Olives Community Center

March 2024

LZF Grantee Partners 1996-2025

LZF has supported 431 organizations between 1996-2025, granting over $13.5 million.

Check out this interactive map with all of our grantee partners over the years!

2Gether We Eat
365Dad
3rd EyE Youth Empowerment
A Better Tomorrow Services
A Different September Foundation
A Suitable Image
Aaron's Presents
Adaptive Sports New England
African and American Friendship
African Bridge Network
African Community Center of Lowell
African Community Economic Development of New England (ACEDONE)
Africano Waltham
AfterSchool Partners
Aid to Incarcerated Mothers
Albert D. Holland High School of Technology
All Dorchester Sports & Leadership
Alray Scholars Program
American Chinese Christian Educational and Social Services (ACCESS)
Amplifyme
Angkor Dance Troupe
Ansaar of Worcester Inc
Apprentice Learning
Asian American Support and Resource Agency (AASRA)
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Asian Women For Health
Association of Haitian Women in Boston
Association of Liberians of the Merrimack Valley
Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative
Autism Sprinter
Backyard Growers
BalletRox
Beantown Society
beheard.world
Berea Seventh Day Adventist Academy
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Bird Street Community Center
Black and Pink Massachusetts
Black Economic Justice Institute
BMT Support Online
Bobby Mendes Peace Legacy
bodhi & mind yoga
Bosnian Community Center for Resource Development (BCCRD)
Boston Affordable Housing Coalition
Boston Aging Concerns - Young & Old United (BAC-YOU)
Boston Area Gleaners
Boston Cancer Support
Boston Center for Independent Living
Boston Children Services
Boston Children's Chorus
Boston City Singers
Boston Explorers
Boston GLASS Community Center
Boston Healthcare For Homeless
Boston LesBiGay Urban Foundation
Boston Medical Center
Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center (BMBCC)
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust
Boston Raiders Youth Football & Cheer (BRYFC)
Boston Workers Alliance
Boston Youth Wrestling
Bottom Line
Brazilian Womens Group
Brazilian Worker Center
Bread & Roses Housing Development
Bread of Life
Bridge Forward, Inc.
Brockton Interfaith Community (BIC)
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Brockton Workers Alliance
Brookview House
Bryce’s Journey
Building Bridges Through Music
Cape Ann Art Haven
Cape Verdean Association of Boston
Cape Verdean Community Unido (CVC Unido)
Career Collaborative
Caribbean U-Turn
Casa Mariposa
Casa Myrna
Catholic Charities Boston
Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity (CCDS)
Center for Economic Democracy
Center To Support Immigrant Organizing
Centro Comunitario De Trabajadores (CCT)
Centro Latino de Chelsea
Centro Presente
Charles River Health Center
Charlestown Youth Ministry
Chica Project
Children's Services of Roxbury
Chinese Culture Connection
Chinese Progressive Association
Circus Up
Citizens For Safety
City Life/Vida Urbana
City Mission Society of Boston
City School
City Stage Company
City Strings United
City Year
CityKicks
Cleaveland-Marshall Community Center
Coaching For Change
Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund
CodeSquad
Codman Academy Charter School
Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club
Committee for Boston Public Housing
Communities Together
Community Caring Clinic
Community Cooks
Community Economic Development Center of New Bedford (CEDC)
Community Educational Center Of The North End and East Boston
Community Servings
Concerned Citizens Committee
Cooperative Artists Institute
Cooperative Economics for Women (CEW)
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries
Council of Churches of Greater Springfield
Countdown to Kindergarten
Cultural Exchange Through Soccer (CETS)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
DEAFinitely
DeeDee’s Cry: Suicide Prevention & Family Support
Dennis McLaughlin House
Dimock Community Health Center
Disability Policy Consortium
Discover Roxbury
Do-It-Yourself Lowell
Doc Wayne Youth Services
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Dream Out Loud Center
DREAMFAR High School Marathon
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
East African Community Outreach
East Boston Adult Education Center
East Boston Community Council
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen
East Boston Social Centers
East End House
Educational Development Group
Empowering People For Inclusive Communities (EPIC)
Encuentro Diaspora Afro
English at Large
Eritrean American Civic Association
Essex County Community Organization (ECCO)
Etgar L'Noar
EV Kids
Express Yourself
Families Creating Together
Families First
Families For Justice As Healing
Fathers' Uplift
Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam
Financial Education Associates, Inc.
Firelech Theater
First Five Project
Food Link
For Kids Only
Found In Translation
Franklin Park Coalition
Friends Of The Rafael Hernandez School
Friends of the William E. Carter School
Friends of Yemin Orde
Friends of Youth Opportunity Boston
FriendshipWorks
Fuller Craft Museum
Future Chefs
Gateways Organization
Generations After
Genuine Voices
Girls' LEAP
Global Ministries Christian Church
Global Village Farms
Grace Renaissance Academic Studies Program (GRASP)
Gratis Healthcare
Greater Boston Food Bank
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO)
Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni
Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Greater Four Corners Action Coalition
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC)
Groundwork Southcoast
Haddis Girma Continuity Forum
Haitian American Youth Soccer
Haitian Coalition of Somerville
Haitian Multi-Service Center
Haley After School Program
Hands To Heart Center - Yoga for the People
Haven Project
Hawthorne Youth & Community Center
Health Care for All
Health Care Without Walls
Healthy Malden
Healthy Waltham
Heart of a Giant Foundation
Hearts and Noses Hospital Clown Troupe
Hebron Food Pantry
HomeStart
HopeWell
Horizons for Homeless Children
Hospitality Homes
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hyde Square Task Force
I Have A Future
Immigrant Family Service Institute (IFSI)
InnerCity Weightlifting
Inquilnos Boricuas en Accion (IBA)
Institute for Asian American Studies at Umass Boston
Institute for Global Youth Development Programs
Institute for Pan African Cultural Education (PACE)
Island of Hope
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) / Jobs for Jamaica Plain
James P. Timilty Middle School
JCC of Greater Boston
Jewish Family and Children's Services
Jewish Organizing Institute and Network for Justice (JOIN for Justice)
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation

John W. McCormack Middle School
Joseph C. Cremone Horticultural Therapy Program (JCCHT)
Journeys Of Hope
JOYweavers
Justice At Work
Kids Can Cook
Kids In Tech
KodeConnect
La Colaborativa
La Piñata - The Latin American Cultural Family Network
Lamplight Women's Literacy Center
Latin American Health Institute
Latin American Planning and Development (LAPD)
LEAP for Education
Learning Works
Legendary Legacies
Lena Park CDC
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts
Literations
Lives Are Meant To Be Changed, Inc.
Living Independently for Equality (LIFE Center)
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Love Life Now Foundation
Lucy's Love Bus
Lynn Neighbor To Neighbor
Lynn United For Change Empowerment Project
Lynn Worker Center
Lynn Youth Street Outreach Advocacy (LYSOA)
Madison Park Development Corporation
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers
Massachusetts Temporary Protected Status Committee
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Matahari Women Workers' Center
Mattapan Youth Soccer League
Mercy Meals & More
Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Merrimack Valley Project
Mill City Grows
Mission Hill Youth Collaborative
Mission Main Resident Services
Mission Works
MissionSAFE
Mobile Diagnostics Services (MDS)
Moreland Affordable Housing Corporation
Most Precious Blood Church
Mount Olives Community Center
Multicultural Dropout Outreach Collaborative
Multi-Service Center
musiConnects
Muslim Athletic League
Muslim Justice League
My Brother's Keeper 617
My Life My Choice
Mystic Learning Center
Neighborhood Counseling and Community Services
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH)
Neighborhood School
Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE)
Neighbors Who Care
New England Coalition For Cancer Survivorship
New England Community Project
New England Medical Association
New England Youth Soccer
New Lynn Coalition
New Start Project
Nigerian American Multi-Service Association (NAMSA)
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Notre Dame Education Center
Ohketeau Cultural Center
On Common Ground
On The Rise
ONE Lowell
One Can Help
Open Door Immigration Services (ODIS)
Our Deaf Survivors Center
Our Place Theater Project
Our Restorative Justice
Our Space Our Place
OUT MetroWest
OutstandingLife
P&O Behavioral Health Initiative
ParentChild+
Parenting Resource Associates
Partakers
Partners in Health
Pathway to Better Health
Peace At Home
Pediatric Respite Task Force
Phillips Brooks House Association
PieRSquared
Pinnacle Partnerships
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center
Political Asylum / Immigration Representation Project (PAIR Project)
Potencia, Inc.
Prep Solutions
Pride Productions
Project 10 East
Project FREE
Project Hip-Hop
Project R.I.G.H.T.
Queer History Boston
Quincy-Geneva Housing Corporation / New Vision CDC
Rachel's Table
Raising Our Children's Children
RAW Art Works
Reclaim Roxbury
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center (RIAC),
Refugee Immigration Ministry (RIM)
Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts (RICEMA)
Resiliency for Life
Resilient Coders
Resilient Sisterhood Project
Revive In Action
Rian Immigrant Center
Right to the City Boston
Rise Above Foundation
ROCA
Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center
Safe City Dorchester
Safe Haven Project
Safe Havens: The Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence
Saheli
Saint Paul's Victory Assembly of God Church
SCIboston
Science Club For Girls
Secret Treasures Are N Demand (S.T.A.N.D.)
Si, Se Puede
Sibling Connections
Sister Mary Hart Children's Programs
Sisters Unchained
Sitters for Scholars
So The Arts Never Die (STAND)
Social Capital (SCI)
Sociedad Latina
Solutions at Work
Somali Development Center
Somali Parents Advocacy Center for Education (SPACE)
Somerville Commission for Women
Somerville Community Corporation
Songbird Sings
South Boston en Acción
South End/Lower Roxbury Youth Workers Alliance
South Sudanese Enrichment for Families
Southcoast LGBTQ+ Network
SpeakOUT Boston
SpeakSooner
SPOKE
Spontaneous Celebrations
Sportsmen's Tennis Club
St. Anthony's Parish
St. Mark Community Education Program
Starlight Children's Foundation
Steps to Success (STS)
Stories Inspiring Movements (SIM)
Street Peace
Talking Information Center
Teen JUST-US at Temple Israel
Teen Voices
Teens Against Gang Violence
The BELL Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The Boston Project Ministries
The Bridge Center
The Children's Room Center for Grieving Children and Teenagers
The Dream Network
The Food Project
The Knight News
The Resolution Center
The Resource and Reclamation Center
The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer (Surviving and Moving Forward)
The TRUST Project
The Upward Project
The Welcome Project
Think Outside the Vox
THRIVE Communities Massachusetts
To the Moon and Back
Top Notch Scholars
Transformational Prison Project
Transition House
Translate Gender
Troubadour
Union of Minority Neighborhoods
United Interfaith Action Of Southeastern MA (UIA)
United Methodists Urban Services
United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)
Universal Human Rights International
Up You Mighty Race Performing Arts
Urban Dreams
Urban PowerHouse
Venturing Out
VietAID
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden
Vong Tay Cha Me Viet
Waypoint Adventure
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project
WEATOC
West End House Boys and Girls Club of Allston-Brighton
What's Up Magazine (Spare Change News)
Whittier Street Health Center
Women Encouraging Empowerment (WEE)
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development
Women's Supported Housing And Empowerment
Women's Theological Center (WTC)
Worcester Interfaith
Worcester Refugee Assistance Project (WRAP)
WordPowered
Yad Chessed Fund
Yellow Brick Road Project
Yellow Jackets Youth Organization
Yemin Orde Youth Village
Young Graffiti Masters
Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YOFES)
Youth Hub
Youth Justice and Power Union
Youth on Fire
YWCA Malden
YWCA of Lawrence
ZUMIX