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