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Educational and Employment Aspirations Get a Boost in New Bedford
SouthCoast Community Foundation Polaroid Fund awards $97,000 to twelve New Bedford nonprofits. NEW BEDFORD, MA – 6,000 students (pre-K through college-age) are receiving customized backpacks and grade-level school supplies during the 2021-2022 school year...
SouthCoast Community Foundation Announces New President and CEO
Passionate community leader Leonard M. Lee to head the organization. NEW BEDFORD, MA --- The SouthCoast Community Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Leonard M. Lee as the organization’s new President and CEO. Lee brings over...
Historically Excluded Populations in Southeastern Massachusetts to Receive Basic Need Support
Awards from the SouthCoast Emergency Response Fund provide nonprofits serving Attleboro, Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton $814,000 to address pressing economic conditions due to pandemic. NEW BEDFORD, MA – For individuals and households with...
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CREATIVE SOUTHCOAST BLOG – Who is FRACC?
Even from the highway, you get a sense of the proliferating art scene in Fall River. A colorful Viva Fall River mural on the side of Rt 195 is one of many recent public art installations across the city. If you have plans next weekend, cancel them...
Business Strategies for Artists with Shey Rivera Ríos
FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Wednesdays, June 15 & 22, 2022 | 2 - 4 p.m. Artists often run their own creative businesses. And as the world changes, artists continue building alternative structures to sustain themselves. Let's talk about this and...
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Since 1995, area residents have been turning to the SouthCoast Community Foundation to make their philanthropic giving as effective as possible. The Community Foundation is a tax-exempt, public charity serving thousands of people who share a common concern for improving the quality of life for all in Southeastern Massachusetts.