Spectrum’s Community Impact Initiative is an employee-driven program that provides financial support to non-profit partners across Massachusetts. Spectrum staff are invited to submit nominations to the Community Impact Committee which is comprised of employees and board members and has the responsibility for selecting the grant recipients. Twice a year, Spectrum awards grants to organizations helping address substance use, mental health, food insecurity, housing, domestic violence and other critical needs within our local communities. To date, Spectrum has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants to 169 non-profit organizations since the initiative began.

“Our work is rooted in the belief that recovery and well-being are strongest when communities thrive. These partnerships help create stronger support networks and meaningful, lasting change for the people we serve.” – Kurt Isaacson, CEO

Grant Recipients By Year

Andy’s Attic – Worcester
Central Mass Sparks Association – Charlton City
Chris’s Corner – Milford
Crozier House for Men – Worcester
ECU Health Care – North Adams
Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont – Pittsfield
Household Goods, Inc. – Acton
Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry – Devens
Marlborough Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Marlborough
MSPCC Survivor Services – Worcester
Pearl Street Cupboard and Café – Framingham
Project New Hop – Worcester
Recovery Collaboration Project – Fitchburg
Rutland Food Pantry – Rutland
Second Chance Community Veterinary Hospital of Worcester – Worcester
Suits and Smiles – Jamaica Plain
The Office of New Americans at Friendly House – Worcester
The Women’s Center – Worcester
Tradeswinds Clubhouse – Southbridge
UHAI for Health – Worcester
Waltham Pride – Waltham
Webster Food Share – Webster
Worcester Central Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Worcester
Worcester Interfaith – Worcester
Worcester Roots – Worcester

Adaptive Recovery – Auburn
Alyssa’s Place – Gardner
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks – Pittsfield
Breaktime – Boston
Camp Happy Place – Pittsfield
Clinton Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church – Clinton
Crossing the Rubicon – Quincy
Debbie’s Treasure Chest – Lawrence
El Buen Samaritano Food Program – Worcester
Elizabeth Freeman Center – Pittsfield
Foster Care Essentials – Hopedale
Greater Waltham Recovery Solutions – Waltham
Juniper Outreach Foundation – Paxton
Lowell Youth Leadership Program – Lowell
New England Dream Center – Shrewsbury
Our Neighbor’s Table – Amesbury
Safe Exits Initiative – Worcester
Southbridge Fire Department – Southbridge
Stars of the Future Inc. – Southbridge
Tri-Community YMCA – Southbridge
Wardrobe on Wheels – Southbridge
Warriors of Opportunity – Worcester

African Community Education – Worcester
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester – Worcester
Cambridge Woman’s Center – Cambridge
Catholic Charities – Lynn
Catholic Charities – Worcester
Community Love and Support – Princeton
Dismas House – Worcester
Father Bill’s & Mainspring – Quincy
First Congregational Church of Adams – North Adams
Follow Suit – Roxbury
GAAMHA, Inc. – Gardner
Gardner Community Action Committee – Gardner
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center – Lawrence
Jeremiah’s Inn – Worcester
My Brother’s Keeper – Easton
North Star Family Services – Leominster
Parents Supporting Parents – Monument Beach
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center – Worcester
Program Rise – Framingham
Rural Recovery – Great Barrington
Safe Homes (Open Sky) – Worcester
Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Webster/Dudley – Webster
St. John Paul II Food Pantry – Southbridge
St. John’s Food Pantry – Worcester
Sunrise Family Resource Center – Bennington, VT
The Haven Project – Lynn, MA
Voices Against Violence (South Middlesex Opportunity Council) – Framingham, MA
Webster Food Share – Webster, MA
Wellstorm, Inc. – Southbridge, MA
Westside Legends – Pittsfield, MA
Weymouth Food Pantry – Weymouth, MA
Why Me – Worcester, MA
Worcester Community Action Council Resiliency Center – Worcester, MA
YMCA of Central Mass. – Worcester

Abby’s House – Worcester
Anchored In Recovery – Framingham
Bridge Program (Grayken Center for Treatment) – Weymouth
Bridging the G.A.A.P., Inc. – Shrewsbury
Care Central VNA & Hospice – Diaper Pantry – Gardner
Cops & Kids (Southbridge Police Department) – Southbridge
FITCLUB Foundation – Worcester
Fitlot – Worcester
Girls Inc. of Worcester – Worcester
Main South Business Association – Worcester
Moms Do Care – Lynn
Moms Do Care – Worcester
One Wish Project – Lawrence
Perinatal Behavioral Health Program (Grayken Center for Treatment) – Weymouth
Pernet Family Health Services, Inc. – Worcester
Project Just Because – Hopkinton
Queen Street Program (South Middlesex Opportunity Council) – Worcester
Recuperative Care Center – Lynn
South Shore Recovery Home – Quincy
The Megan House Foundation, Inc. – Lowell
The North Shore Health Project – Gloucester
Town of Weymouth Recreation Department – Weymouth
WATCH CDC – Waltham
Webster Dudley Food Share – Webster

508 Forever Young – Southbridge
Berkshire Community Diaper Project – West Stockbridge
Berkshire County Sherriff’s Office – Pittsfield
Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester – Dorchester
Bread of Life – Haverhill
Cards of Hope – Worcester
Carl E. Dahl House at Evergreen Grove – Gardner
Genesis Club – Worcester
Hector Reyes House (Latin American Health Alliance) – Worcester
Impact – Worcester
Interfaith Giving Tree – Westborough
M.I.R.A.C.L.E Mamas – Shrewsbury
OneStop – Haverhill
OurStory Edutainment – Worcester
Pathways for Change – Worcester
Power Forward, Inc. – Marshfield
Program Rise Justice Resource Institute – Framingham
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence – Waltham
Restoration Recovery Center – Fitchburg
Rutland Food Pantry – Rutland
Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services, Inc. – Shrewsbury
Spencer Toys for Kids – Spencer
St. John’s Church Food for the Poor – Worcester
St. Luke’s Guest House – Southbridge
The Haven Project – Lynn
Worcester JCC – Worcester
Worcester Youth Center – Worcester

Addiction Referral Center – Marlborough
Berkshire Humane Society – Pittsfield
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester – Worcester
Community Action, Inc. – Haverhill
Community Day Center of Waltham – Waltham
Cops & Kids (Southbridge Police Department) – Southbridge
Edward M. Kennedy Community Healthlink – Worcester
Fresh Start 508 – Worcester
Friendly House – Worcester
Healthy Streets Outreach Program (Health Innovations) – Lynn
Link House – Salisbury
Love 4 Lynn – Lynn
Love your Labels – Worcester
LUK, Inc . – Fitchburg
Montachusett Recovery Center – Leominster
Pathways for Change – Worcester
Project Just Because – Hopkinton
RCAP Solutions – Worcester
Rural Recovery – Great Barrington
Spanish American Center – Leominster
Team Sharing – Marlborough
The A.E.D. Foundation – Gardner
Town of Weymouth Recreation Department – Weymouth

508 Forever Young – Worcester
Berkshire Dream Center – Pittsfield
Chair City Diner – Gardner
First Church Sterling – Sterling
Jeremiah’s Inn – Worcester
Louison House – North Adams
Mustard Seed – Worcester
Net of Compassion – Worcester
Old South Union Church – South Weymouth
Open Sky – Worcester
The Dismas House – Worcester
The Movement Family – Lawrence
The Village – Worcester