The Community Foundation for Nantucket announced $500,000 in grant funding to island organizations on Monday through its Nantucket Fund.
The annual grants – intended to help address the island’s “most critical needs and initiatives – support a variety of programs from pre-kindergarten readiness to elder services, trauma therapy, and affordable housing.
This year, the Community Foundation has awarded grants to the following organizations and programs:
- A Safe Place’s Trauma Therapy Program
- Addiction Solutions’ Database Management Upgrade
- Artists Association for Nantucket’s Community Arts Program
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and Islands’ Mentoring Program
- Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation Public Health Services
- Elder Services of Cape Cod and Islands’ Meals On Wheels Program
- Fairwinds’ Telehealth Hybrid Care
- Friends of Children’s Cove Travel Support
- Habitat for Humanity’s Affordable Home Ownership Support
- Health Imperatives’ Health Equity Now
- Housing Nantucket’s Affordable Rental Maintenance
- Maria Mitchell Association’s STEM Mentoring Program
- Mass Audubon Nantucket Sanctuaries’ Youth Environmental Stewards
- Nantucket Book Foundation’s Authors in Schools Program
- Nantucket Center for Elder Affairs’ Senior Events Programs
- Nantucket Community Sailing’s Community Programs
- Nantucket Community School’s Summer Boost & ESOL Program
- Nantucket Community Television’s ACK Ambassadors Program
- Nantucket Dreamland’s Educational Programming
- Nantucket Food, Fuel, & Rental Assistance’s Food Pantry & Emergency Assistance Programs
- Nantucket Lighthouse School’s Extended Day Program
- Nantucket S.T.A.R’s Summer Adventure Program
- New England Life Flight’s Emergency Flight Service Support
- Our House’s Outreach Program
- Rising Tide Preschool’s Teacher Retention Program
- Sharing Kindness’ Perinatal Loss Support Group
- Small Friends Nantucket’s Childcare Providers Retention Program
- Sustainable Nantucket’s Farm-to-School Program
- The Warming Place’s Emergency Shelter Support
