19 to help, and donors from across the city and beyond responded immediately.” Need was real, immediate and diverse, said Gerry Zipser, director of Housing for Just-A-Start, who oversaw the distribution of money from the Rebuilding Fund. “Copies of immigrant documents, equipment to treat sleep apnea,” she said. “One resident’s son was in every sport, and lost all his equipment.” The impact was significant beyond replacement of property lost, said Gerry. She quoted from notes received in response to the grants. “I feel like a person again,” one said; “I had no idea my neighbors cared so much,” said another. Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Watertown High School: Scholarship Youth Enrichment Services (YES) EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES FY17 Grants: $66,500 Algebra Project Baby University Community Action Agency of Somerville, Inc. Families First Guidance Center/Riverside Community Care Horizons for Homeless Children Nurtury, Inc. (formerly Associated Early Care and Education) Parenting Journey (formerly The Family Center, Inc.) Parents Forum ELDER SUPPORT FY17 Grants: $94,158 Agassiz Baldwin Community: Living Well Network Program Cambridge At Home Cambridge Family and Children’s Service Cambridge Homes for Aged People Cambridge Senior Volunteer Clearinghouse Care Dimensions Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc. Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc. Mount Auburn Hospital New Community Services Paine Senior Services Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Tunefoolery Music, Inc. Visiting Nurse Association of Eastern Massachusetts VNA Care Network and Hospice / Elizabeth Evarts de Rham Hospice Home CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & VOLUNTEER FY17 Grants: $226,344 Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition CCF Civic Leadership Community Conversations: Sister-to-Sister Community Needs Assessment Community Room Central Many Helping Hands Union Partnership for the Whole Community Union Society, Inc. WBUR ARTS & CULTURAL VITALITY FY17 Grants: $161,316 Actors’ Shakespeare Project Beyond the 4th Wall Expression Theater Boston Symphony Orchestra Cambridge Art Association Cambridge Arts Council Cambridge Center for Adult Education Cambridge Children’s Chorus Cambridge Community Center Cambridge Community Television Cambridge Jazz Festival Cambridge Performance Project Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Central Square Theater Community Art Center, Inc. Community Music Center of Boston CW Taekwondo at Boston Dance Complex Gallery 263 Green Street Studios José Mateo Ballet Theatre Longy School of Music of Bard College MetaMovements Latin Dance Company Multicultural Arts Center New School of Music North Cambridge Family Opera Company Revels, Inc. Shelter Music Boston ENVIRONMENT FY17 Grants: $14,249 Charles River Conservancy Engaging the Public Realm Green Cambridge, Inc. Green Streets Initiative St. Patrick’s Place, a church converted into affordable housing, was destroyed in the blaze. Plans for new housing provided by Just-A-Start (inset) shows the replacement, designed by Winslow Architects Inc. “Grantmaking is true partnership. It depends on a network of people who love this city and whose knowledge, compassion and generosity bring the idea of shared prosperity within reach. ” Lorraine Thornhill and Lori Lander, co-chairs, Foundation Distribution Committee