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The SouthCoast Community Foundation Announces 2021 Polaroid Grantees
Award total of $97,000 will support New Bedford workforce development and literacy programming. NEW BEDFORD, MA – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced today $97,000 in grants from the Polaroid Fund to nine local nonprofits seeking to enhance the skills...
The SouthCoast Community Foundation Announces 2021 Polaroid Grantees
Award total of $97,000 will support New Bedford workforce development and literacy programming. NEW BEDFORD, MA – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced today $97,000 in grants from the Polaroid Fund to nine local nonprofits that seek to enhance the skills...
The SouthCoast Community Foundation Emergency Response Fund Awards $1.3 Million to Local Nonprofits
Eleventh grant round made possible, in part, with funding from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. New Bedford, MA – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced it is awarding $1.3 million in grants from its SouthCoast...
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Recently published Impact Report provides an overview of the SouthCoast Community Foundation COVID-19 response.
The SouthCoast Emergency Response Fund was established a year ago in March 2020, to swiftly distribute aid to the most vulnerable communities and regional nonprofits experiencing the detrimental impact of COVID-19. Additionally, as part of the...
The Power of Philanthropy: The Leo & Muriel Lanouette Story
One morning several years ago, an unassuming widower named Leo Lanouette read a story in The Standard-Times about our annual Scholarship program and was inspired to reach out to us to discuss his and his late wife Muriel’s estate. Leo grew up in...
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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.
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