Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Awards $125,700 in Grants to 16 Non-Profits in New Bedford and Fall River
TAUNTON, MA, July 27, 2022 — Bristol County Savings Bank’s Charitable Foundation (BCSCF) recently awarded grants totaling $125,700 to sixteen non-profit organizations in greater New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts. All total, the Bank presented $345,898.01 in grants to 38 organizations in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River region, as well as the Taunton/Attleboro and northern Rhode Island regions. Since the Foundation was formed in 1996, more than $27 million has been committed to hundreds of different non-profits.
The organizations in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River region that received grants from the Foundation are as follows: AHA! New Bedford ($5,000); Argosy Collegiate Charter School ($10,000); Bishop Connolly High School ($12,500); DATMA ($10,000); Fall River Arts and Culture Coalition ($5,000); Nativity Preparatory School of New Bedford ($10,000); New Bedford Festival Theatre ($7,500); New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, Inc. ($5,000); New Bedford Whaling Museum ($10,000); Our Sisters’ School, Inc. ($10,000); Partners in Housing, Inc. ($5,700); School on Wheels of Massachusetts ($5,000); Seven Hills Behavioral Health ($5,000); uAspire ($5,000); Veterans Transition House ($10,000); and YMCA Southcoast ($10,000).
Patrick J. Murray, Jr., President of the Foundation and President & CEO of the Bank, awarded the grants to the organizations. “As we have moved through the pandemic, the non-profits in the New Bedford and Fall River area continue to be the glue that have held our local communities together,” said Murray. “We try and do our part by supporting these amazing organizations which, in turn, help make our communities a better place to live and work.” Murray added that the Foundation awarded $2.3 million to various 501(c)(3) organizations last year.
Also participating in the event were Paul Coogan, Mayor, City of Fall River; Shaunna O’Connell, Mayor, City of Taunton; Janet Barbosa, Director of Special Projects & Programs for the office of Jon Mitchell, Mayor, City of New Bedford; Ty Waterman, Councilman At-Large, representing the City of Attleboro; Emily Rizzo, Communications Director for the office of Don Grebien, Mayor, City of Pawtucket; and representatives from the BCSCF advisory boards and the Bank’s area branches.
Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150th Anniversary celebration. Its 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 northern Rhode Island 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.