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“Bristol County Savings Bank’s Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (BCSCF) marked its 25th Anniversary celebration with the awarding of grants totaling $149,300 to 17 non-profits in the SouthCoast Massachusetts area.
All total, the Bank presented $365,800 in grants to 41 organizations in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River region, as well as the Taunton/Attleboro and Northern Southcoast regions.
The organizations in the Southcoast that received grants from the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation are as follows:
• Alma Del Mar Foundation ($9,500)
• Atlantis Education Foundation, Inc. ($10,000)
• Dennison Memorial Community Center ($10,000)
• E for All ($5,000); Fall River Deaconess Home ($5,000)
• Healthfirst Family Care Center ($25,000)
• Lloyd Center for the Environment ($5,000)
• Lynch Leadership Academy ($15,000)
• Mastery School of Independent Learning ($2,800)
• New Bedford Art Museum ($5,000)
• New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program ($10,000)
• Steppingstone, Inc. ($5,000)
• The Salvation Army-Fall River Corps ($5,000)
• The Salvation Army-New Bedford Corps ($5,000)
• The S.E.A.L. Foundation ($12,000)
• Thomas Chew Memorial Boys Club, Inc. ($10,000)
• YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts ($10,000)
“We couldn’t think of a better want to celebrate the Foundation’s 25th anniversary year than to present grants to non-profits who are making a difference in the SouthCoast and the other communities we serve,” said Patrick Murray, President and CEO of Bristol County Savings Bank and President of the Foundation. Murray added that since the Foundation was formed, more than $26 million has been committed to hundreds of different non-profit organizations. In 2021, the Foundation awarded $2.3 million to various 501(c)(3) organizations.
Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation’s purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Taunton/Attleboro region, the greater New Bedford/Dartmouth region, the Greater Fall River region, and the Southcoast region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population. In 2020, the Foundation added an additional area of focus supporting organizations that are on the frontlines of the pandemic or experiencing hardship as a result.”
