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A Message from the President and CEO |
Greetings!
What a year it’s been, and we’re not done yet - from COVID-19 to racial injustice, to a national election each with divisive overtones. It will undoubtedly take time for this to pass, for all of us to adjust and heal. It will take our collective will to succeed - and succeed, we must.
Success often starts with simple steps, and what better time to begin that journey than in the holiday season before us. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is defined by warmth, joy, and thankfulness. Let us reach out to reclaim and celebrate the common ground we all stand on: Our love of God and country, our love of family and friends, our gratefulness for the blessings we have, and for the goodness we all have to share. This common ground is the bond that holds us together and keeps us strong.
We’ll never all agree on everything. But we don’t have to. All we have to do practice the human decency within each of us. The rest is simple.
Be well and be safe.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Jay Linnehan
GLCF President + CEO
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GLCF presents Housing Instability and COVID-19:
Poverty, Policy, and the Law
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Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 1
Place: Zoom
Free and open to the public
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Join us on Dec. 1st to hear a panel of state and local experts and advocates discuss the impact of the housing crisis and potential solutions. This will be an important conversation for homeowners, renters, landlords, and anyone else interested in this topic.
Introductions:
- United States Representative Lori Trahan
- Massachusetts State Senator Ed Kennedy
Moderator:
- Carl Howell, Division Director of Housing and Homeless Services, Community Teamwork Inc.
Panelists:
- Lawrence Curtis, President and Managing Partner, WinnDevelopment
- Rachel Heller, Chief Operating Officer, Citizens’ Housing and Planning
- Connie Martin, Division Director, Energy and Community Resources, Community Teamwork Inc.
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Grant Opportunities at GLCF |
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2020 GLCF Discretionary Grant RFP
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) will be accepting applications starting Nov. 2 for grant funding from our 2020 Discretionary Grants Program. There will be $145,000 in grant awards available through this program.
Grant funding from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation’s 2020 Discretionary Grants Program includes the following strategic funding categories:
- Racial Equity and Inclusion
- Leclair Elder Services
- Children’s Services
- Water Resources Initiative
Submission Deadline: Dec. 7, 2020 at noon.
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DEADLINE:
Completed application due by
November 30, 2020 at noon.
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2020 Nashoba Valley Healthcare Grants RFP |
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts are accepting grant proposals for the Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund.
The Nashoba Valley Healthcare Fund’s purpose is to advance the community health of residents in 13 communities: Ashby, Ayer, Bolton, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, and Westford.
Grant awards will range from $5,000 up to $20,000; however, larger scale collaborative projects with requests that are more than $20,000 will be considered if the increased funding request is justified by the impact of the project.
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GLCF Poll: Community Needs During COVID-19 |
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What is the top critical need you are seeing in Greater Lowell?
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Community Foundation Week - VIDEOS |
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GLCF is YOUR Community Foundation
Thank you to our partners for creating such AMAZING videos to celebrate Community Foundation Week
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Check out our amazing partner video playlist
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GLCF tackles food insecurity in latest COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants |
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) announced it deployed a new round of COVID-19 related grants, providing an additional $150,000 to 13 area nonprofits addressing an unprecedented spike in demand for food amid the coronavirus crisis. These grants were part of the tenth round of distributions from the GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, established in March of this year.
Massachusetts’ food insecurity rate has worsened since 2018, the hunger rate in the state has increased 59 percent, according to a recent report released by Feeding America at the end of October. Middlesex County has the third-highest percent change in child food insecurity in the country, with a 143 percent increase in 2020 versus 2018. The Greater Lowell Community Foundation serves northern Middlesex County. Massachusetts has seen the highest percent increase of residents facing food insecurity of all states with an increase of 59 percent since 2018, representing more than 1 million people who are now struggling to get enough to eat.
PHOTO: GLCF’s President and CEO Jay Linnehan with Amy Pessia, executive director of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank, a recent recipient of a GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund grant.
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GLCF: What is a Community Foundation? |
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Women Accelerators - Virtual Event
Reversing the She-cession by Shirley Leung and Susanne Althoff
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Women are already earning 20% less than men in equivalent jobs and COVID has set women back even farther!
Four times more women than men dropped out of the workforce in September, according to economic data released from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, affirming fears that women’s careers are collapsing under the pressures of caring for and educating children through a pandemic.
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GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund |
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- Nonprofit Partner Highlight - |
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Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS)
Support for Greater Lowell Portuguese-speaking Families
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Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers used recent GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Grant funding to provide grocery store gift cards to families with limited to no income and meet immediate needs caused by COVID-19. In addition, cleaning and sanitation supplies were purchased to ensure a safe and healthy work environment in the MAPS Lowell Office.
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For the latest info on the GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, see the Fund webpage.
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Volunteers Wanted:
2021 LHS Scholarship Selection Committee
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For more information or to sign-up as a volunteer, please contact Fatima Palermo, Scholarship Coordinator at [email protected].
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The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is seeking volunteers to assist with reviewing scholarship applications for students at Lowell High School. Last year, the Community Foundation awarded over $450,000 in scholarships at Lowell High School. These awards could not have been made without the help of the volunteer Honors Night Selection Committee.
The committee consists of parents, teachers, scholarship donors, and representatives from Greater Lowell businesses and the community. Participating offers an incredible opportunity to learn more about the accomplishments and work many deserving students attending Lowell High School. Reviewers will read and score scholarships online in the months of February and March. It does require a time commitment: last year the average number of scholarship applications assigned to each committee member was 65.
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100 Merrimack Street, Suite 202
Lowell, MA 01852
PHONE 978-970-1600
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