Brookline’s MAB Community Services Awarded $75K Grant

BROOKLINE, MA — MAB Community Services, a Brookline nonprofit that creates opportunities for individuals with a range of disabilities, has been awarded a $75,000 Open Door grant from The Boston Foundation.

The grant will support the programs and services of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, one of MAB’s divisions. It is one of just 22 awards of its kind in this funding round and is awarded to exemplary Open Door applicants or grantees who align with one of The Boston Foundation’s field of interest funds.

"We are very grateful for The Boston Foundation's partnership and investment in the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired,” Barbara Salisbury, CEO of MAB Community Services, said in a statement. "This grant will allow MABVI to expand services and ensure that healthy aging supports are available to the growing number of older adults in Greater Boston who are living with a visual disability. The Boston Foundation's deep commitment to and leadership in ensuring equity and access for individuals with disabilities is invaluable."

"The Boston Foundation has long sought to support organizations that empower, serve and create opportunities for people with disabilities," said Orlando Watkins, Vice President and Chief Program Officer at the Boston Foundation, said in a statement. "We are pleased to be able to provide this grant to MAB Community Services to continue their vital work with a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.”

Funds for this grant come from The Boston Foundation's Permanent Fund for Boston, Greater Boston's only endowed fund focusing on the pressing needs of Greater Boston.

The Permanent Fund has been made possible by more than a century of gifts from those who seek to support innovative solutions to the region's most pressing problems since 1915.