The Trustees of the Foley Hoag Foundation are pleased announce that the Foundation has awarded grants totaling $103,000 to 17 organizations in December as part of the Foundation’s 2025 Fall grant cycle. The organizations that the Foundation has funded are all dedicated to working to improve social equity by increasing access to the arts, stimulating community engagement, providing legal services, improving access to affordable housing, offering educational programming and assistance, or running youth development programs. 
 
The grantees of the Foundation’s 2025 Fall grant cycle are based in Boston, Denver, New York City, and Washington, D.C., and are as follows:

Michael Keating Grant Award

Michael (Mike) Keating led the effort to establish the Foundation over 40 years ago and faithfully served as a trustee for 42 years, including guiding the Foundation’s expansion to metro Washington D.C. and New York City.  To honor his years of service, the Foundation annually choose a grant applicant that reflects Mike’s dedication to youth, justice, and community. This year’s recipient is:

• Transformative Justice Project of Colorado (Denver):  $7,500 to supplement a case manager’s salary, expanding capacity to provide culturally responsive mental health, advocacy, and resource support to system-impacted youth.

Boston Organizations

1. Boston City Lights Foundation, Inc.:  $6,000 to engage youth with a new growth opportunity: a youth-centered, youth-produced, professionally mentored performance music video series.
2. Boston Performing Arts, Inc.:  $6,000 to provide 2nd-5th graders in underserved communities with an arts education that helps students build confidence while focusing on peer-to-peer connection, cultural literacy, and improvisation that builds up to a public performance.
3. City Strings United:  $6,000 to support program operations for its core String Instrument Education program.
4. Bryce's Journey, Inc.:  $6,000 for general operations in providing education, advocacy, and support for low- and middle-income Boston families with children with ASD and/or ADHD.
5. "e" inc.:  $6,000 to fund an educator plus materials to provide the KGTS program at 2 currently unfunded sites in lower-income Boston schools.
6. Wondermore Inc.:  $6,000 to increase in-person author-visits by 15% in BPS, with a particular focus on dual language visits that are rooted in students’ cultures, languages, and experiences.
7. Vital Village Networks, Inc:  $6,500 to expand the Abundance Boston Food Security App with new languages and accessibility features, and to train local ambassadors to connect families with real-time, culturally inclusive food resources.
8. Sarita and Claire Wright Lucas Foundation:  $5000 To enhance marketing efforts and financial support for the Fellowship program, aiming to attract more student applicants and grow the program.
9. Girls' LEAP:  $6,000 to implement 10 multi-session Media Mindset programs for 200–250 middle and high school youth and caregivers across Boston neighborhoods most impacted by disinvestment.
10. Horizons Greater Boston:  $6,000 to expand STEM supplies, add swimming lessons, and provide field trips for 150 K–8 students in the Horizons at Mattahunt summer program, supporting academic growth, enrichment, and social-emotional development.
11. Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice:  $6,000 to equip more youth experiencing homelessness and their providers—from 170 to 250 in the next 3 years—with training, tools and support to navigate state systems, access services, and overcome barriers to stability and dignity.

New York City Organizations

1. Bronx School for Music Inc.:  $6,000 to expand free music theory and ear training courses by 100 youth, developing musicianship, theory knowledge, and ensemble skills.
2. Queensboro Dance Festival:  $6,000 to support the addition of staff positions in development and community ambassadors that will expand its impact of free public dance programming and artist services across Queens, NYC.

Washington D.C. Organizations

1. Serve Your City:  $6,000 to provide underserved Black and Brown communities in DC with the skills and the resources they need to enter the workforce or pursue higher education opportunities.
2. Urban Ed Inc:  $6,000 to empower 100 young mothers of color in DC and Maryland with tech training, mentorship, and holistic support—transforming barriers into bridges toward thriving careers, resilient families, and generational change.
3. Ward 8 Woods Conservancy:  $6,000 to employ 5 residents with living wages and green job training while they steward neglected forests of Southeast DC.