CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Federal funding has been awarded to 85 nonprofit organizations including houses of worship, educational institutions, and health care providers that are at heightened risk of a hate crime or terror attack across Massachusetts.
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TheHealey-Driscoll Administration announced $4.75 million were awarded through the Office of Grants and Research’s (OGR)Massachusetts Nonprofit Security Grant Program. The program utilizes federal funds allocated to the Commonwealth through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Of the 85 organizations in the state tasked to make critical security improvements, there are 12 in western Massachusetts that received funding including Amherst, Chicopee, Florence, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Holyoke, Springfield, South Hadley, and Northampton.
Massachusetts security grant program award recipients
Agudas Achim Synagogue – Attleboro: $74,998
Al-Noor Academy, Inc. – Sharon: $75,000
Anna Maria College – Paxton: $55,000
Annunciation Parish – Gardner: $74,657.45
Arlington Catholic High School – Arlington: $50,046.03
Association of Islamic Charitable Projects – Revere: $70,870.67
Attleboro Norton YMCA – Attleboro: $51,000
Bishop Fenwick High School – Peabody: $53,000
Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity – Florence: $75,000
Boroughs Islamic Society Inc. – Westborough: $74,985.00
The Boston Synagogue – Boston: $75,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford – New Bedford: $75,000
Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield – Marshfield: $75,000
Boys & Girls Clubs Boston – Boston: $52,345
Cardinal Spellman High School – Brockton: $75,000
The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc. – Lowell: $12,650
Central Catholic High School – Lawrence: $39,892.47
Chabad Torah Center, Inc. (DBA Chabad of Sharon) – Sharon: $75,000
Commonwealth Land Trust, Inc. – Boston: $32,645
Congregation Beth Elohim – Acton: $33,300
Congregation B’nai Israel – Northampton: $73,594.80
Congregation Chai Odom – Boston: $75,000
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah – Newton: $34,042
Crispus Attucks Children’s Center – Dorchester: $75,000
Daughters of Israel Mikvah – Brighton: $75,000
Downtown Boston Partnership, Inc. (Subsidiary of Downtown Boston BID) – Boston: $74,800
East Boston Social Centers – Boston: $70,262
Eisner Camp – Great Barrington: $45,000
First Church of Christ in Sandwich – Sandwich: $74,986.84
Fontbonne Academy – Milton: $21,597
Friends of the Franklin County Fairgrounds – Greenfield: $56,775
Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative – Andover: $35,000
Hampshire College – Amherst: $68,454
Hampshire Regional YMCA – Northampton: $75,000
HarborCOV – Chelsea: $20,000
Hebrew College – Newton: $75,000
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire – Great Barrington: $75,000
Hillel Foundation of Cambridge, Inc. – Cambridge: $75,000
Holy Name School – Fall River: $28,782
Islamic Cultural Center of Medford, Inc. – Medford: $75,000
Islamic Society of Boston – Roxbury: $44,580.66
LASA Foundation, Inc. – Lowell: $44,945.93
Lighthouse Holyoke – Holyoke: $22,000
Lowell Community Health Center – Lowell: $64,820
The Mission, Inc. – Springfield: $72,000
New England Center for Arts & Technology – Boston: $31,080
Open Sky Community Services, Inc. – Worcester: $43,043.25
Old South Union Church UCC – Weymouth: $74,870.24
Our Lady of the Assumption School – Lynnfield: $19,702
Our Lady’s Church and School – Waltham: $47,111.32
Pope John Paull II Catholic Academy – Milton: $75,000
Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction, Inc. – New Bedford: $23,300
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield – Springfield: $57,800
Sacred Heart School – Roslindale: $70,000
Saint Bridget School – Framingham: $74,427.66
Saint Catherine of Siena School – Norwood: $36,208
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish – Dracut: $30,000
Saint Michael’s School – Fall River: $71,387.17
Saint Paul’s Choir School – Cambridge: $41,450
Saint Peter School – Cambridge: $42,973.24
Saint Pius V School – Lynn: $41,000
The Saints Academy – Beverly: $75,000
Saint Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston – Watertown: $41,800
The Satanic Temple, Inc. – Salem: $65,000
Self-Realization Fellowship Church – Somerville: $50,000
Sephardic Congregation of New England – Brighton: $74,966.66
St. Aloysius Catholic School – Gilbertville: $74,968.80
St. Anthony of Padua and St. Barbara of the Woburn Catholic Collaborative – Woburn: $55,413.41
St. Bernard’s Elementary School – Fitchburg: $75,000
St. James St. John School – New Bedford: $8,730.11
St. John Paul II School – Hyannis: $35,000
St. John the Evangelist Parish – Townsend: $37,470
St. Paul’s Church – Warren: $49,000
St. Stanislaus Church – West Warren: $36,500
St. Stanislaus School – Chicopee: $58,880.60
St. Thomas Aquinas School, Inc. – Warren: $52,000
Temple Beth Israel – Waltham: $15,000
Temple Sinai of Swampscott and Marblehead – Marblehead: $75,000
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center – Boston: $24,247.68
Trinity Catholic Academy, Inc. – Brockton: $70,390.01
Trustees of Mount Holyoke College – South Hadley: $74,800
Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester – Worcester: $65,000
Ursuline Academy – Dedham: $75,000
West End House – Allston: $54,450
Worcester Natural History Society (DBA EcoTarium) – Worcester: $75,000
“Protecting faith-based and other nonprofit organizations from hate and extremist violence is essential to the safety and security of our communities across Massachusetts. We are deeply committed to ensuring that organizations at risk of hate crimes and violence are protected and supported,” saidGovernor Maura Healey. “With this funding, nonprofits will receive vital resources to implement security improvements that ensure their ability to safeguard those whom they serve.”
“This grant program is part of our administration’s comprehensive efforts to enhance statewide preparedness, strengthen community resiliency, and protect our communities against acts of hate. We’re grateful to the Legislature for allocating these funds to support our ongoing work to safeguard communities at greatest risk of harm,” saidLt. Governor Kim Driscoll.
“Our faith-based and nonprofit partners are vital to public safety, and we have a critical role in protecting these organizations and the communities they serve. We are committed to ensuring that these organizations are safe from threats and violence as they continue their missions of service,” saidSecretary of Public Safety and Security Terrence Reidy.
“Nonprofits are cornerstones of community life, where individuals gather in joy and sorrow, turn for support or services, learn and grow, and find human connection. We are committed to ensuring that these institutions have access to resources to protect their facilities and the community members they serve,” saidKevin Stanton, Executive Director of OGR.
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