DA Hayden presents $260k in grants to Suffolk County nonprofits

BOSTON, June 18, 2023 – Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden today announced the distribution of $260,000 in grants to Suffolk County nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the health and safety of residents in Boston, Chelsea, Winthrop and Revere.  

Hayden’s Community Reinvestment Grant (CRG) program awarded 45 nonprofits with grants ranging from $4,000 to $7,500. This year’s fund dispersal is the largest amount in Suffolk County CRG history.

“I am extremely proud our office has been able to provide the most funding ever from this important program. The mission-driven work undertaken by all of these organizations is inspiring and important. Throughout my career as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, I have witnessed young people with promise veer onto dangerous paths due to lack of opportunity and guidance. We fail these children when our intervention starts in a courtroom.  We achieve a more just and equitable legal system when we help communities provide interventions, services and opportunities necessary for youth to succeed,” Hayden said.

The program draws from cash and assets seized from drug distribution cases to support organizations preventing youth violence or providing substance abuse prevention or treatment. State auditors have praised the Suffolk County process for turning “the profits of crime into something positive for the community,” while carefully documenting all forfeiture-related income and expenditures.

This year’s grant recipients are:

·         Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., Roxbury 

·         All Dorchester Sports and Leadership, Dorchester 

·         Artists for Humanity, Inc., South Boston 

·         Beantown SLAM, Hyde Park 

·         Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston 

·         Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service, Chinatown 

·         Boston Debate League, Mission Hill 

·         Boston Project Ministries, Dorchester  

·         Bradshaw Family Foundation, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain  

·         Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc., Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain 

·         Center for Teen Empowerment, Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester 

·         Charlestown Coalition – Turn It Around, Charlestown 

·         Charlestown Mothers Association, Charlestown 

·         Children Healing by Expression, Roxbury, Dorchester 

·         Children’s Services of Roxbury, Roxbury 

·         Chills Diamond Ring Education Foundation, Inc., Mattapan 

·         Community Action Program Inter-City – CAPIC, Revere, Chelsea  

·         Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan 

·         Dreamcatcher Initiative, Inc., Suffolk County  

·         Everyday Boston, Mattapan 

·         Future Chefs, Roxbury, Dorchester  

·         Girls’ LEAP, Boston 

·         Haley House, Inc., Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan 

·         HarborCOV, Chelsea, Revere, East Boston, Charlestown, Winthrop 

·         Health Story Collaborative, East Boston 

·         Hyde Square Task Force, Jamaica Plain 

·         iBlossom Girls Program, Inc., Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Hyde Park 

·         Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Dorchester 

·         MissionSAFE, Dorchester, Roxbury 

·         More Than Words, Greater Boston 

·         Mothers for Justice & Equality, Roxbury 

·         Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc., East Boston 

·         New England Center for Arts and Technology, Greater Boston 

·         One Love Sports Academy, Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan 

·         OrigiNation, Inc., Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan 

·         Playworks New England, Boston 

·         Rehearsal for Life, Dorchester, Chelsea 

·         Silver Lining Mentoring, Suffolk County  

·         Suffolk University – Center for Entrepreneurship, Boston, Revere 

·         The3PointFoundation, Inc., Brighton 

·         The Hoops Collaborative Youth Development Program, Boston, Brockton, Stoughton, Randolph  

·         The Wang Center for the Preforming Arts, Inc., Boston 

·         Wally’s Café Student to Student, South End 

·         Youth In Crisis, Dorchester, Mattapan 

·         YouthBuild Boston, Roxbury 

“I look forward to meeting with each of these partners to thank them for their commitment and invaluable work on behalf of Suffolk County. Public safety is more than just the law; it relies on equity, engagement, and dedication to our youth. We can accomplish far more together than we can alone. These organizations all do great work and have life changing impacts on the communities they serve,” Hayden said.

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications