2016 MHFNT Grant Awardees Announced

Organizations and amounts funded in 2016 by the Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust, Inc.

Back of the Hill CDC
$3,675
Computer, printer, tech support and training

Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc.
$4,225
Mission Hill Summer Program / Stipend for junior counselor and support for a variety of family-oriented events

Mission Hill Health Movement, fiscal agent for:

Elena Harap Dodd, workshop coach
$2,610
Women’s writing workshop at Parker Hill Branch Library

María Sánchez House / Roxbury Crossing Senior Building LP
$4,871
Creative programming for seniors

Trustees of the Boston Public Library, fiscal agent for:

Friends of the Parker Hill Branch
$2,316
Yoga classes for older adults

Mission Hill Main Streets, fiscal agent for:

Mission Hill Artists Collective
$5,661
Support for five exhibitions and workshops in Mission Hill

Mission Hill Health Movement
$6,700
Neighborhood Walking Program and Zumba classes for seniors

Mission Hill Main Streets
$5,609
Self-watering planters along Tremont and Huntington

Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services
$3,228
Summer exercise and music programs in Fitzgerald Park

The Trustees of Reservations, fiscal agent for:

Mission Hill Oscar/Parker Community
$1,798
Wisteria plants, outdoor table and chairs

Tobin Community Center, fiscal agent for:

Mission Hill Youth Collaborative
$3,180
Annual Halloween on the Hill event

Third Sector New England, fiscal agent for:

MissionSAFE
$4,500
Summer stipends for at-risk youth in Mission Hill and Fenway

Non-Event Inc., fiscal agent for:

New Ideas in Music and Sound
$2,700
Concert series of original music at Parker Hill Branch Library

Mission Hill Health Movement, fiscal agent for:

Sparring Partners Community Partnership
$5,459
Installation of UV-shielding window film at art exhibition space

Dorchester Youth Collaborative, fiscal agent for:

Tim Ney, [ bits and flow ]
$6,500
Monthly series of participatory workshops in arts/technology/culture

Community Arts Advocates, fiscal agent for:

Fenway Civic Association
$2,350
Lilac hedge restoration in Back Bay Fens, plantings at Dickson Park

Fenway Community Development Corporation
$5,000
Two Jobs and Community Resource Fairs

Fenway Garden Society, Inc.
$9,955
Phase 2 of the rebuilding of the public Herb/Medicinal Garden

Friends of Ramler Park, Inc., fiscal agent for:

Maria Jane Loizou & Friends
$2,200
Evening concert on 15 August 2016 at 6:30PM (rain date 17 August) in Ramler Park

Huntington Avenue YMCA
$7,955
Scholarships for 37 Fenway and Mission Hill youth to attend week-long summer camp

Friends of Ramler Park, Inc.
$2,250
Weather-resistant storage shed for Ramler Park

Kaji Aso Studio
$3,000
Annual Prudential Center 2016 Art Exhibition, 3-19 November 2016 (Reception on 5 November)

Operation P.E.A.C.E.
operationpeaceboston.org
$7,800
Summer youth enrichment program and community-wide block party for National Night Out, 3 August, 4:30-7:30PM, Peterborough Street

Peterborough Senior Center
$7,550
3 recreational/cultural field trips, hot lunch program