Reliant Foundation awards grants to non-profit 501(c)3 organizations. Our grants align with our focus on substance use disorder, mental health and/or behavioral health services for children and youth, and programs and initiatives which reduce stigma around these issues.
Reliant Foundation is an independent non-profit organization not affiliated with any medical group or health care facility. Please see below for a list of recent grant recipients.
2025 Grantees
The following non-profits, located throughout Central, North Central, South Central and MetroWest Massachusetts, are receiving grants from the Foundation this fall:
508 Cheers – Teen Trauma Tuesdays programming
Abby’s House – Evidence-Based Support: Women’s Services Program
African Community Education – Think/Give learning activities at Saturday Program
Addiction Referral Center – Project B.R.A.V.E. (Building Recovery Accessibility through Validation)
Adolescent Consultation Services – Youth Mental Health Services at Framingham Juvenile Court
Advocates – Clinical mental and behavioral health care to uninsured and underinsured youth
Anna Maria College – JOBS Initiative (pathway for training and student support)
Bancroft School Worcester Partnership – Worcester Partnership Program with Elm Park School
Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest – MetroWest Care Connection Program
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central MA and Metro West – Rise Together Mentoring Program at Girls Inc. and the Big Champions collaboration with CASA Project Worcester
Boston Bulldogs Running Club – Weekly Run program in Worcester to help individuals reach recovery
from substance use disorder and reduce stigma around addiction
Boys & Girls Club of MetroWest – Licensed social worker position at Framingham Clubhouse
Boys & Girls Club of Webster-Dudley – Mental health and behavioral health programs
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester – Mental health and behavioral health programs
CASA Project Worcester – Shine the Light Initiative
Center for Health Impact – Multilingual Recovery Coach training
Community Harvest Project – Nutritious foods for Worcester’s residential recovery programs
Community Healthlink – Programming at residential recovery homes, substance use disorder programs
Dismas House – Substance use prevention Initiative
Doc Wayne – Community Clinic for youth and families in the Metrowest region
Edward Street – Master Teacher Coaching Program
GAAMHA, Inc. – R.O.O.T.S. Therapeutic Farm Program at Evergreen Grove
Genesis Club – Zero Stigma Project
Girls Inc. of Worcester – Wellness Institute Program for Teen Girls
Girls on the Run Worcester County – Mind & Motion: Building Resilience in Girls across Central MA
Jeff’s Place – Children’s Bereavement Center
Jeremiah’s Inn – Renovations for the new Edward Street Residential Recovery Program
Latin American Health Alliance – Bilingual Recovery Coach Training
Legendary Legacies – Legacy transport program
MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children – Survivor services program for children and youth
MARE (MA Adoption Resource Exchange) – Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Caregiver Training
Series and a TBRI Family Support Group
Nehoiden Street Films LLC – Funding for a public screening of Shattered Ice in Worcester followed by community conversations with an expert panel to encourage conversations about mental health and suicide.
Open Sky Community Services – Inner Voice Outer Change self-empowerment model at THE PLACE for
Empowerment
Our Bright Future – Our Bright Future SEL Coordinator
Pernet Family Health Services – Pernet Youth Program
Rainbow Child Development Center – Mental Health Program for Underserved Children
Regional Environmental Council – YouthGROW Program
Recovery Collaboration Project – Program support services including sober housing scholarships and
outreach supplies
Revive of the USA – Sustaining programs and services at Recovery homes in Leominster and Worcester
for women and men
RFK Community Alliance – Behavioral health services for children
Ready Inspire Act – Sisters Leading Sisters Peer Support
RISE Above – Pro-social opportunities that improve mental and physical health and build resiliency for
children in foster care
Riverside Community Care – Pediatric Behavioral Health Urgent Care (PBHUC) Program
Safe Exit Initiative – Harbor Drop-in Center support
Senior Connection Inc. – Carelink: Mobile Mental Health for Grandfamilies
Seven Hills – Expansion and full implementation of a Social Disconnection Specialty Practice within the
Seven Hills Behavioral Health system of care
Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services – Reducing barriers to clinical help for vulnerable populations
Spark Kindness – Addressing the Emotional Health and Resilience of Children, Youth and Families Project
Spoonfuls – Food recovery and hunger relief work in MetroWest to Recovery homes
The Club: Lunenberg Teen Center – GROW SMART Initiative-gaining resilience and overall wellness
through skills mastery and resilience training
UMass Chan Medical School – Dynamic Futures workforce development program
Veterans Inc. – Recovery Coach and Mobile Case Management Position
Westborough Connects – Together We Thrive: connecting community to strengthen mental and
behavioral health
Whitin Community Center – WCC Youth Outreach and Social Skills Program
Worcester Addresses Childhood Trauma – Trauma Training Tuesday Series
Worcester RISE for Health – Ubuntu: RISE’s behavioral health program
Worcester State University – Peer to Peer Healthy Minds Initiative for WSU Students
YMCA of Central MA – Behavioral Health Clinician at the Montachusett YMCA
Youth Villages Massachusetts – LifeSet program for young people aging out of foster care
YWCA of Worcester – Social emotional health support in the early education and care center
For more information about Reliant Foundation, or about how you can make a difference in the lives and health of our community, visit: www.reliantfoundation.org.