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Capping off a year of meaningful community support, the Webster Five Foundation is proud to announce it has broken its annual record for charitable giving. In 2025, the Foundation awarded a total of$286,334 through 82 grants to support nonprofit organizations and community-based initiatives throughout the Central Massachusetts region, surpassing last year's total by more than $21,000.
The Foundation awards grants on a quarterly basis to nonprofit organizations and programs that expand or improve access to education, culture and the arts, social services, charitable activities and community development. In the fourth and final grant cycle of 2025, the Webster Five Foundation awarded $50,500 to the following 17 nonprofit organizations: * **Abby Kelley Foster House, Inc.**–$2,500 for the Shelter Services Program.
* **Ascentria Care Alliance**–$2,000 to support its Lighthouse Capital Campaign. * **Auburn Youth and Family Services**–$10,000 for operational support. * **Care Central VNA & Hospice, Inc.**–$5,000 to purchase a communication platform called Storiicare.
* **Edward Street**–$10,000 over 4 years to support the Master Teacher Coaching Program. * **Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll)**–$1,500 to support EforAll EparaTodos in Greater Worcester. * **Fresh Start Furniture Bank**–$1,000 and a match of up to $1,000 toward its Sweet Dreams Mattress Program.
* **Horizons for Homeless Children**–$1,000 and a match of up to $1,000 for the Central Massachusetts Playspace Program. * **NEADS, Inc.**–$1,500 toward its Breeding, Raising, Training, Placing and Supporting Service Dogs with Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities programming. * **New England Botanic Garden (Worcester County Horticultural Society)**–$2,500 for Project Bloom.
* **Open Door Arts**–$1,000 to support the Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum. * **Rachel's Table**–$5,000 for its Children's Milk Fund. * **VNA Care Network**–$1,000 toward its Community Liaison Nurses - Supporting Patients with Accessing Home-based Health Care programming.
* **WCDSA Charitable Foundation**–$1,000 toward WCDSA's Annual Winter Coat Drive. * **Worcester Community Housing Resources (WCHR)**–$8,000 for the organization's Resident Services and Support programming. * **Worcester Historical Museum dba Museum of Worcester**–$1,500 to support the organization's 2025 Harvey Ball.
* **YOU, Inc.**–$10,000 to support the Dynamy John S. Laws Youth Academy. “Central Massachusetts is home to extraordinary nonprofits doing transformative work every day,” said Brian Westerlind, President/CEO, Webster Five.
“The Webster Five Foundation’s record giving in 2025 reflects our ongoing commitment to supporting programs that strengthen our communities and improve quality of life across the region. ” Since its inception in 1996, the Foundation has awarded $4,448,904 to 314 organizations. The next round of grant recipients will be awarded in the first quarter of 2026.
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