Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation awards grants to non-profits

Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), through its charitable foundation, awarded grants totaling $122,200 to 19 non-profits in SouthCoast Massachusetts at a recent ceremony at the Holiday Inn Taunton. All total, the bank presented $271,313 in grants to 40 non-profit organizations in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River regions, as well as the Taunton/Attleboro and Pawtucket, Rhode Island regions.
The organizations in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River region that received grants from the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation (BCSCF) are as follows:AHA! ($2,500), Argosy Collegiate Charter School ($7,500), Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford ($3,000), Holy Name School ($6,000), Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, Inc. ($2,500), Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County ($15, 000), Kennedy Donovan Center, Inc. ($8,200), Lloyd Center for the Environment ($2,500), Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford ($10,000), New Bedford Festival Theater ($5,000), New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center ($2,500), Inc., New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program ($10,000), New Bedford Symphony Orchestra ($5,000), New Bedford Whaling Museum ($10,000), Our Sisters’ School, Inc. ($10,000), The Schwartz Center ($10,000), Southcoast Mentoring Initiative For Learning Education and Service, Inc. ($5,000), uAspire ($2,500),and YMCA of Southeastern Massachusetts ($5,000).
Patrick J. Murray Jr., president of the BCSCF and president & CEO of BCSB, awarded the grants to the organizations. Also participating were Kristine Arsenault, assistant chief of staff for Jon Mitchell, mayor, City of New Bedford and representatives from the BCSCF – Southcoast Advisory Board and the bank’s branch offices in the New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River regions.
“In keeping with the bank’s mission of supporting our local neighborhoods to meet the growing needs of the population, our Foundation is proud to present grants to these 19 non-profit organizations doing good work in the Greater New Bedford and Fall River communities,” said Murray.
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-Fall River Region and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island Region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population.
Since the foundation began, more than $19 million has been committed to hundreds of different non-profit organizations. In 2017, the foundation awarded $1.8 million to various 501(c)(3) organizations.
 
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