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PrintList of Fiscally-Sponsored Projects at TSNEThe Access ProjectThe Access Project (TAP) has served as a resource center for communities working to improve health and healthcare access since 1998. TAP's mission is to strengthen community action, promote social change and improve health, especially for those who are most vulnerable. By supporting local efforts and community leaders, they are dedicated to strengthening the voice of the underserved in policy discussions that directly affect them. Donate now. 
Boston-Area Youth Organizing ProjectBYOP is an organization of youth led by youth and supported by adults, united by a common purpose: to increase youth power and create positive social change. BYOP’s long-term goals are to help young people develop into active and engaged citizens who have a respected voice in the public arena, and to help make the Boston area a more hospitable and equitable place for young people to live, to be educated and to work. Donate now. Boston Family BoatBuildingBoston Family BoatBuilding brings real world experiences and academic skills together to excite students about learning. We offer a year-round schedule of experiential learning opportunities, from learning how to chart a course, to an oral history of descendants of African Americans who were involved in the maritime industry, to building a boat. Donate now. BUILD InitiativeBUILD’s work and its vision of comprehensive early childhood development systems is at the center of an emerging and vibrant state-based policy movement in the early childhood development field. BUILD helps states construct a coordinated system of programs, policies and services that responds to the needs of young children and their families. BUILD works with organizations and agencies that set policies, provide services and advocate for our youngest children to make sure that they are safe, healthy, eager to learn and ready to succeed in school. Campaign for a Commercial-Free ChildhoodCCFC’s mission is to reclaim childhood from corporate marketers. A marketing-driven media culture sells children on behaviors and values driven by the need to promote profit rather than the public good. The commercialization of childhood is the link between many of the most serious problems facing children, and society, today. Childhood obesity, eating disorders, youth violence, sexualization, family stress, underage alcohol and tobacco use, rampant materialism and the erosion of children’s creative play, are all exacerbated by advertising and marketing. When children adopt the values that dominate commercial culture-dependence on the things we buy for life satisfaction, a “me first” attitude, conformity, impulse buying, and unthinking brand loyalty-the health of democracy and sustainability of our planet are threatened. CCFC works for the rights of children to grow up-and the freedom for parents to raise them-without being undermined by commercial interests. Donate now.
The Carrot ProjectThe Carrot Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating financing solutions for small- and midsized farms, limited-resource farms, and those using ecologically sound practices. Our program model is designed to incubate, learn from and establish alternative financing programs in combination with business technical assistance. They are helping to rebuild a farming system that offers stability to local farmers, provides healthful food for citizens, replenishes the environment, and is good for regional and local economies. Donate now. Greater Berkshire Agriculture FundThe Greater Berkshire Agriculture Fund will provide capital, as well as business and financial management technical assistance resources, to small and mid-sized farmers and farm-related businesses using sustainable or organic practices. These farms and businsess will serve markets within the greater Berkshire area or nearby states. Center to Support Immigrant OrganizingThe mission of the Center to Support Immigrant Organizing (CSIO) is to support and help develop the work of individuals, groups, organizations and communities dedicated to organizing immigrants around the issues that affect their lives. CSIO was founded in 1999 in response to an assessment of the barriers to organizing for social and economic justice in immigrant communities in the greater Boston area. Donate now. Commonwealth SeminarThe Commonwealth Seminar (MassCS) exists to open the doors of the State House to diverse leaders. They fulfill that mission by providing legislative training, networking opportunities with top policymakers and access to public service job opportunities for diverse leaders in Massachusetts. Donate now. Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death PenaltyThe Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty is a non-profit organization committed to repealing Connecticut’s death penalty through public education and citizen advocacy. The CNADP is a diverse collection of organizations and individuals united by the shared belief that capital punishment is poor public policy. Donate now. Design Studio for Social InterventionDS4SI is dedicated to changing how social change is imagined, developed and deployed here in the United States. We are creating a design studio for the progressive arm of the non-profit sector in order to support the sector’s ability to create new forms of effective social intervention and the exploration of new ways to be interventionists. Donate now. Diploma PlusDiploma Plus, Inc. utilizes innovative educational approaches to shape national efforts in order to significantly improve outcomes for youth who have been failed by traditional schools. In partnership with school districts and communities, Diploma Plus develops and implements small schools that provide rigorous and student-centered alternatives for youth and enables them to graduate high school college- and career-ready. The model combines high expectations for every student, a competency-based and standards-aligned performance-based approach, a personalized learning environment, opportunities to make academic and real world connections, and challenging post-secondary experiences while still in high school. Early Childhood Funders CollaborativeThe Early Childhood Funders' Collaborative (ECFC) is an affiliation of individuals who serve as staff at foundations or corporate giving programs that have substantial grantmaking portfolios in early childhood care and education. ECFC was formed by grantmakers to provide opportunities for networking, information sharing and strategic grantmaking. Fit KidzBody By Brandy 4 Kidz invests in the health of the children in our community through the teaching of positive health and fitness lifestyle habits. In a safe and supportive environment, youth can improve their bodies and themselves, developing a positive body image and maximizing their own potential. Donate now.
Free Speech for PeopleFree Speech For People is a national non-partisan campaign working to restore democracy to the people and to return corporations to their place as economic rather than political entities. We are joined by tens of thousands of people across the United States. Donate now. F.R.E.S.H. New LondonF.R.E.S.H. New London is a holistic response to hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. We promote and build local resources to meet local needs. F.R.E.S.H. programs range from intensive summer and year round employment and training of New London teens, garden based education programs for children, community gardens, the F.R.E.S.H. Farm, marketing and donation of fresh produce and culinary programs/ community meals. Donate now. Future ChefsFuture Chefs is a school-to-career program serving culinary arts high school programs in the greater Boston Area. Their two-person staff works with volunteers and industry mentors to assist low and moderate-income youth pursuing careers as chefs and food service managers and entrepreneurs. In partnership with high school culinary arts teachers, employers and culinary programs at the college level, Future Chefs coaches young people to explore their career options, graduate from high school, achieve success at post secondary training programs in the college and certificate level and begin their careers at challenging steppingstone jobs. Donate now. Girls' Coalition of Greater BostonThe Girls' Coalition is of a network of vibrant, committed and effective girl-serving organizations and individuals who are mobilized in support of the health and well-being of girls seeking to build the capacity of organizations and create an environment that supports the healthy development of girls. The Healing Arts: New Pathways to HealthCreated in 2004, The Healing Arts: New Pathways to Health is a collaborative effort that uses the arts as an innovative new treatment method for patients living with chronic disabling diseases. Artist residencies and intergenerational workshops integrate technology, music, theater, dance, filmmaking, ceramics, painting, photography and printmaking into patient care, staff training and wellness programs. Hoops & LeadersThe Hoops & Leaders Basketball Camp (HLBC) is an innovative, highly acclaimed youth mentoring and leadership development program. HLBC is a not-for-profit program, free for all participants and co-sponsored by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS). HLBC has successfully run five camps for approximately 400 participants. Donate now.
Initiative for Engaged CitizenshipThe purpose of the Initiative for Engaged Citizenship is simple: to equip citizens of Massachusetts and elsewhere, through a variety of educational activities with the knowledge and skills for thoughtful and effective participation in the democratic governance of their community, state and nation. The Initiative is non-partisan and seeks to educate citizens, representative of the diversity of our communities in the rights and responsibilities of engaged, participatory citizenship. Its vision is an engaged citizenry of the full spectrum of our pluralistic society participating fully and enthusiastically in government at the community, local, state and national levels. LGBT Aging ProjectThe mission of the LGBT Aging Project is to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders have equal access to the life prolonging benefits, protections, services and institutions that their heterosexual neighbors take for granted. Through advocacy, technical assistance and program development they work for change in mainstream elder services so that LGBT elders and caregivers are met with dignity and respect as they pursue the benefits, supports and services to which they are entitled. Donate now. MadSci NetworkThe MadSci Network is an interactive science teaching and community outreach tool, staffed and maintained by volunteer scientists and engineers from around the world, devoted to promoting science literacy and encouraging an interest in science. Their main focus has been their free Ask-An-Expert service, which receives 90-150 questions a day from visitors in the U.S. or as far away as Malaysia, Chile and even Antarctica. More than 1,000 scientists provide answers to questions in topics from Astronomy to Zoology. They also maintain a searchable archive of over 36,000 answered questions, experiments, and other areas of interest to learning science. Massachusetts Census Equity FundThe Fund is a two-year project to promote a full and accurate 2010 census count and to ensure fair representation and redistricting in Massachusetts communities. This collaboration would support a coordinated, state-wide campaign with the following goals:
Massachusetts Ocean PartnershipThe Massachusetts Ocean Partnership (MOP) is a broadly representative, independent public-private partnership created specifically to advance ecosystem-based integrated multi-use management of the Commonwealth’s coastal ocean waters. MOP ultimately aims to promote healthy, resilient ocean ecosystems and thriving, sustainable marine dependent communities, industries and businesses. Massachusetts Organization for Addiction RecoveryMOAR is a grass-roots organization started by volunteers on behalf of people in recovery and their families. The MOAR mission is “to organize recovering individuals, families and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery from alcohol and other addictions." MOAR envisions a society where addiction is treated as a significant public health issue and recovery is recognized as valuable to all our communities. Donate now. MataHari/Eye of the DayMatahari: Eye of the Day is a social justice organization that mobilizes, advocates and creates safe spaces for historically marginalized, immigrants, communities of color and allies, who are survivors of labor exploitation, trafficking, racism, heterosexism, sexual, societal and familial oppression. In solidarity, they strengthen leadership and raise their voices for social action and transformation to increase freedom, dignity and human rights. Donate now. MissionSAFEMissionSAFE works with highly and proven at-risk youth and young adults from challenged situations and communities, working with them to gain the skills and confidence they need to succeed and thrive, not merely survive, and to be agents for positive change in their communities and the larger world. My Sister’s KeeperMy Sister's Keeper is a faith-inspired, multi-racial collective of women who work together to lend sisterly assistance to communities of women in various locations throughout the world. At present, they are focused on supporting the aspirations of women in the African country of Sudan. It is their hope that their way of working together will inspire other small groups of women to form sisterhoods that support the hopes of women who dare dream in the face of dire socioeconomic conditions. Such is the essence of My Sister's Keeper. Donate now.
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