CARLISLE Foundation

P.O. Box 5549 * Wakefield, RI 02880-5549
Executive Director: Richard A. Goldblatt
Phone: (401) 284-0368 * Fax: (401) 284-0390

E-Mail: rag@carlislefoundation.org

Last Updated January, 2008


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2002 ANNUAL GRANTS:

Abby Kelley Foster House, Inc., Worcester, MA
This one-year grant is awarded to assist in the development of program staff and volunteer training in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) with the goal of integrating it into services throughout the various components of this agency that deals primarily with homeless and battered women.
Contact:
Tess Sneesby, Executive Director
(508) 756-5486x20
E-mail: abbys@abbyshouse.org
www.abbyshouse.org/~abbys
$20,00

$20,000

Associated Grant Makers, Boston, MA
An annual grant in support of Philanthropy, in general, and the mission of this membership organization for foundations, corporations and other grant making organizations.
Contact:
Ronald Ancrum, President
(617) 426-2606x13
E-mail: rancrum@agmconnect.org
www.agmconnect.org

$13,400

Boys and Girls Club of Metrowest, Marlborough, MA
The second year of a grant to support the after-school, Computer Clubhouse for this community responsive, predominantly adolescent serving organization.
Contact:
Ron Young, President
(508)485-4912
E-mail: ron.young@bgcmetrowest.org

$20,000

Charles River Public Internet Center, Waltham, MA
A grant in support of a 2002 Summer Camp for third and fourth grade girls to advance their understanding of computer applications and to explore technology focused careers.
Contact:
Sarah McLaughlin, Dir. Of Operations and Training
(781) 891-9559
E-mail: smclaughlin@crpic.org
www.crpic.org

$5,000

Crossroads Community Foundation, Natick, MA
A matching grant to stimulate new contributors for the evaluation and design of their Web Site Enhancement project.
Contact:
Mark Yerkes, Executive Director
(508) 647-2260
E-mail: myerkes@ccfdn.org
www.ccfdn.org

$5,000

Crossroads Community Foundation, Natick, MA
A fifth and final grant to a designated fund for the support of Entrepreneurial projects in the Metrowest area of Massachusetts and to establish a permanent fund to support such activities.
Contact:
Rebecca Donham, Program Director
(508) 647-2260
E-mail: rdonham@ccfdn.org
www.ccfdn.org

$30,000

East Providence Substance Abuse Task Force, East Providence, RI
A one-year grant to support the continuation, expansion and evaluation of Drug Intervention Community Educators (DICE) a youth run, youth leadership/public service program.
Contact:
Mary Ann Martinez, Coordinator
(401) 435-7517
E-mail: maiiri@aol.com
www.thedicegroup.homestead.com/homepage.html

$15,650

Family Health Productions, Gloucester, MA
A follow up grant to support the of development and expansion of web site capacity for this creative organization as it continues to develop innovative media projects around alcohol and other important health matters.
Contact:
Jeanne Blake, President
(978)282-9970
E-mail: jbhealth@aol.com
www.AboutHealth.com

$25,000
Food Project, The, Lincoln, MA
This grant will support the expansion of this suburban/urban youth driven food production and distribution project as it endeavors to develop a food-processing facility in inner city Boston.
Contact:
Patricia Gray, Executive Director
(781)259-8621x15
E-mail: patgray@thefoodproject.org
www.thefoodproject.org
$20,000

Generating Tomorrows Future Today, Springfield, MA
This represents the final installment of a one-year grant to assist with the development of a grass roots, youth development project in inner city Springfield.
Contact:
Michael Grant, President
(413) 750-5376
E-mail: gfx2010@hotmail.com
www.gtft.org

$7,500
Greater Westfield Habitat for Humanity, Westfield, MA
A matching grant to local funders in support of assisting this organization as it hires a professional administrator and endeavors to triple the number of houses it can develop each year.
Contact:
Claudia Stroud, Director
(413)667-0097
ckstroud@well.com
www.habitat.gcg.net
$16,000

Haley House, Boston, MA
A previous recipient of CARLISLE funding, this one-year grant is to enhance the Training Program of the bakery that is the entrepreneurial component of the organization's substance abuse and shelter programs.
Contact:
Kathleen McKenna, Executive Director
(617) 236-8132
Email: KmcKenna@HaleyHouse.org
www.haleyhouse.org

$25,000

Haley House, Boston, MA
A second grant was made to Haley House and their coordinator Kathleen McKenna under CARLISLE's unique Creative Entrepreneur Award. The third annual award, this recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit of both the organization and the individual responsible for the creative activities.
Contact:
Kathleen McKenna, Executive Director
(617) 236-8132
Email: KmcKenna@HaleyHouse.org
www.haleyhouse.org

$50,000

Haven of Grace Ministries, Woonsocket, RI
Year 2 of a two-year grant in support of an outdoor, adventure based project for formerly battered and/or addicted women and their children.
Contact:
Susan Mansfield, Educational Outreach Coordinator
(401) 766-0284
E-mail: SueMansfield@aol.com

$10,000
Henry Lee Willis Community Center, Worcester, MA
A one-year grant to create and support the new position of Housing Coordinator that will search out available housing opportunities for residents of their six substance abuse recovery homes.
Contact:
Robert Christensen, Director of Fund Development
(508) 799-0702x122
E-Mail: Rchristensen@williscenter.org
www.williscenter.org
$25,000

HomeStart, Inc., Boston, MA
Year one of a possible two-year grant to assist in the establishment of a program to prevent homelessness among especially vulnerable populations.
Contact:
Linda Wood-Boyle, Executive Director
(617) 542-0338
E-mail: woodboyle@homestart.org

$38,000
Lower Manhattan Residents Relief Coalition, New York, NY
The CARLISLE Foundation agreed to act as the fiscal agent for this grass roots community organization as it struggled to respond to the tragedy of September 11th. Subsequently they have become established as a 501(c)3 organization.
Contact:
Ms. Shirley Kwan, Co-Founder
(212)635-7873
skwan@bankofny.com
$10,631

MA Sober Housing Corp., Cambridge, MA
A second year grant in support of administration for this housing development organization whose goal is to develop and open a number of self sufficient, group housing facilities for recovering adults.
Contact:
Bruce Macdonald, President (617) 354-1711
E-mail: btm95@aol.com
www.soberhousing.com

$15,000

MissionSafe, Boston, MA
A one-year grant to support the expansion of the Explorers Academy, an after school, youth development project for "at risk" youth in the Mission Hill section of Boston.
Contact:
Nikki Flionis, Managing Director
(617) 445-5766
E-mail: cveconsult@aol.com

$20,000
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Concord, NH
The second year of a two-year grant to support the development of a program for Individual Development Accounts (IDA) for low-income residents (and their families) and their families in New Hampshire.
Contact: Bethany Tarbell, Grants Manager
(603) 224-6669
E-mail: btarbell@nhclf.org
www.nhclf.org
$17,000

Office of Rep. Stephen LeDuc, Marlborough, MA
Partial support for the first annual Marlborough Parenting Conference that was developed and sponsored by State Representative Stephen LeDuc.
Contact:
Rep. Stephen LeDuc
(508) 481-2141
E-mail: Rep.StephenLeDuc@housestate.ma.us

$5,000
Pace University, New York, NY
This grant is restricted to the Helene Trupp Wilson Scholarship Fund that provides scholarships for women and minorities at the University.
Contact:
Office of the President
(212) 346-1097
$25,000
Project Parents, Inc., Boston, MA
A grant to support a new family literacy initiative, New Horizons for Children and Parents Together, which through a variety of activities promotes literacy throughout the city.
Contact:
Jeanne Belovitch, President
(617) 451-0360
E-Mail: jb@projectparents.org
www.projectparents.org
$20,000
Roxbury Preparation Charter School, Roxbury, MA
A former recipient of CARLISLE support, this one-year grant supports the development of a High School Counseling and Placement Program for eighth grade students and their families of this inner city charter school (grades 6-8).
Contact:
John Park, Director of Development
(617) 566-2361
E-Mail: jpark@roxburyprep.org
www.roxburyprep.org
$20,000

Second Step, The, Newtonville, MA
A former two time grant recipient in it's formative years, The Second Step has been awarded a one-year grant to support the new position of Program Director whose responsibility will be to engineer program expansion including the development of a second residence.
Contact:
Elizabeth Kirsch, Executive Director
617/965-2393
E-Mail: ekirsch@secondstep.org
www.secondstep.org

$25,000
Trinity Church, Boston, MA
A grant to support the development of the Pastoral Counseling Center, an inner city outreach project, which utilizes volunteer professionally trained therapists throughout the community.
Contact:
Rev. Zina Jacque, Director
(617)536-0944x216
zjacque@bu.edu
$25,000
Women's Educational & Industrial Union, Boston, MA
A grant to support the initial staffing for a newly developed, 18 unit transitional housing program for victims of domestic violence and their children.
Contact:
Maura Smith, VP for Development
(617)536-5651x157
E-mail: msmith@weiu.org
www.weiu.org
$25,000
FRAMINGHAM (MA) Initiative:
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Framingham Community Partners, Framingham, MA
A one-year grant to support this collaborative of Framingham agencies in data collection and evaluation of an Indicators Report on community strengths and weaknesses. Contact: Dawn Mendelsohn, Director
E-mail: dmenels@framingham.k12.ma.us
www.fcplink.org
$11,000
Framingham Education Foundation, Framingham, MA
This grant is designed to fund the system wide expansion of Respect Other People Equally (ROPES), an Anti-Defamation League program designed to prevent bullying, prejudice and hatred at the middle and high school levels.
Contact:
Sherri Sigel, Development Coordinator
(508) 932-6529
E-Mail: Moody52@aol.com
www.framingham.k12.ma.us/FEF/fef.html
$25,000
Framingham Public School, Framingham, MA
Year one of a three-year grant to support the development and expansion of the Office of Minority Achievement Initiatives with the goal of substantially narrowing the gaps that are often seen in public school systems.
Contact:
Nanzetta Merriman, Director
(508) 626-9117
E-Mail: nmerriman@framingham.k12.ma.us
www.framingham.k12.ma.us
$50,000
Framingham Public Schools, Framingham, MA
This grant is directed to the Department of Guidance, Social work & Psychology for the initiation of an outreach program to families of newly arriving bilingual Brazilian families.
Contact:
Nanci Keller, Director
(508) 626-9128
E-Mail: nkeller@framingham.k12.ma.us
www.framingham.k12.ma.us
$5,000
Jewish Family Service/Metrowest, Framingham, MA
Year one of a three-year grant to develop Home-Based Prevention Services for Russian Families that will identify newly arrived families of elementary school aged children and then develop services including family mentoring and linkages to existing community programs.
Contact:
Marc Jacobs, Executive Director
(508) 875-3100
E-Mail: mjacobs@jfsmw.org
www.jfsmw.org
$35,000
Jewish Family Service/Metrowest, Framingham, MA
A one-time grant to sponsor a community-wide forum to commemorate the events of September 11 with the goal of community building and establishing a positive legacy from the tragic events of one year ago.
Contact:
Marc Jacobs, Executive Director
(508) 875-3100
E-Mail: mjacobs@jfsmw.org
www.jfsmw.org
$2,000

John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation, Wayland, MA Year 1 of a multi-year grant to assist with the transition from a volunteer organization to a professionally staffed organization for a Mentoring Program for disadvantaged, "at risk" primarily from Framingham (MA) High School.
Contact:
Lowell Mazie, President
(508) 358-0765
E-mail: maziefdn@mediaone.net

$20,000
New Visions Foundation, Framingham, MA
Year one of a potential multi-year request to support the development and expansion of adolescent programs, primarily for African-American youth in areas of health, academic support and computer access and training.
Contact:
Russell E. Hill, President
E-mail: Rehllll@aol.com
$30,000

Soliloquy Learning, Medford, MA
Year one of a two year grant to support implementation of a technology based reading program, Soliloquy Reading Assistant, at the middle school level within the Framingham Public Schools. Year two will expand the project to selected elementary schools.
Contact:
Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams, Chief Scientist
(781) 827-4500x913
E-mail: marilyn@soliloquy.com
www.soliloquylearning.com

$17,443

United Way of Tri-County, Framingham, MA
A grant for general support to Framingham (MA) recipients of United Way funding who might be adversely affected by local 2002 UW contributions that are being diverted to September 11 relief efforts due to donor restrictions.
Contact:
Paul Mina, President and CEO
(508) 872-3291
E-mail: paulm@unitedwaytri-county.org
www.unitedwaytri-county.org

$20,000

Misc. Framingham Community

$1000
2002 Long Term Grants:

Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, NH
A major Capital commitment for the development and construction of the David & Sheila Smith Athletic and Wellness Center on the campus of this New Hampshire independent school.
Contact:
Matthew S. Bisset, Director of Development
(603) 569-7140
E-mail: matthew_bisset@brewsteracademy.org
www.brewsteracademy.org

$500,000

Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
A grant in support of the ongoing work of Peter J. Catalano, MD FACS whose areas of interest are directed toward Ear, Nose and Throat and, in particular, implantable hearing aides, tinnitus and sinus endoscopy and surgery.
Contact:
Seamus Collins, Director of Capital Initiatives
(781) 744-3952
E-mail: Seamus.Collins@lahey.org
www.lahey.org

$50,000

2002 Miscellaneous Grants -- Unrestricted
Academy for Performing Arts Cape Cod MA $1,000
Acoustic Neuroma Association Cumming GA $2,000
Avon Breast Cancer 3 Day Los Angeles CA $1,000
Boys & Girls Club of Glynn Brunswick GA $1,000
Breakwater School Portland MA $25,000
Cape & Islands United Way Hyannis MA $20,800
Cape Cod Comm. College Foundation Barnstable MA $1,000
Cape Cod Community Media Center Chatham MA $1,000
Cape Cod Hook Fisherman Assoc. Chatham MA $1,000
Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis MA $5,800
Cape Museum of Fine Arts Dennis  MA $1,000
Carlisle Conservation Foundation Carlisle MA $1,000
CECH Hyannis MA $14,000
Center for Women and Enterprise Boston MA $10,000
Children's Movement For Creative Educ. New York NY $5,000
Concord Family & Youth Services Acton MA $7,500
Emerson Hospital Concord MA $22,500
Friends of Mass Eye & Ear Infirmiry Boston MA $3,000
Greeley Foundation Concord MA $1,000
Institute of Contemporary Arts Boston MA $1,200
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston MA $1,500
Kennedy Center, The Washington DC $2,500
Lexington Christian Academy Lexington MA $1,000
Lower Cape Outreach Council Orleans MA $15,000
MA General Hospital Fund Boston MA $1,000
Mahoosuc Land Trust Bethel ME $1,000
Maine Handicapped Skiing Newry ME $1,000
Monomoy Community Services Chatham MA $16,200
Mother Caroline Academy Dorchester MA $10,000
MSPCC Boston MA $1,000
Museum of Science Boston MA $2,000
Nat'l. Marine Life Center Buzzzards Bay MA $1,000
Nauset, Inc. Orleans MA $1,000
Pace University New York NY $5,000
Partakers Dedham MA $2,000
Rape Crisis Services of Gr. Lowell Lowell MA $2,500
Reach Out & Read Somerville MA $14,500
SEED Foundation, The Washington DC $2,000
SOS Children's Village Coconut Creek FL $1,000
Studio 878 Chatham MA $1,000
Viet Nam Veterans of America Washington DC $1,000
Wang Center for the Perfoming Arts Boston MA $1,000
WGBH Boston MA $5,000
Women's Educ. & Industrial Union Boston MA $4,000
27 additional grants of $500 or less     $5,345

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