Chinese Culture Connection Receives $50,000 from the Boston Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Mei Hung – 781-326-6316

mhung3@chinesecultureconnection.org

(MALDEN, MA) – The Chinese Culture Connection, Inc. (CCC) has received a $50,000 Safety Net grant from the Boston Foundation. This grant will enable CCC to assist members of Malden’s AAPI and immigrant communities, including seniors, to gain a sense of connectedness and belonging and to learn about and access resources to better their lives.

“These funds will allow us to continue to place substantial efforts into our popular programs and events, and to continue to expand programs to specific groups, such as seniors, who desire more cultural empowerment and connection with the greater community and American society. We address the alienation, ‘otherness,’ and isolation of our community members and help them improve mental health through community, pride in their heritage, and sharing their wisdom,” Mei Hung, CCC’s Executive Director, said.

“This Safety Net Grant will allow us to keep and maintain the best infrastructure possible for the CCC’s success: investing in our staff members with fair, competitive salaries, adding additional staff members, and ensuring work-life balance for higher staff productivity, further benefitting the Malden immigrant community with energetic career professionals,” Hung added.

Funds for this grant come from the Boston Foundation’s Fund for Boston’s Future, an endowed pool of funds built over more than a century by generous contributors who want to help the Greater Boston community thrive. Each year, the Boston Foundation distributes more than $15 million in discretionary grants and other resources from the Fund, stewarded by the Foundation’s Program staff and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Candace Burton, Safety Net Grants Program Officer at the Boston Foundation, says, "We are very happy to support Chinese Culture Connection through the Safety Net grants process. The community reviewers appreciated how CCC connected members with mental and physical health care providers, housing applications and subsidies, and other immediate needs in a culturally relevant way. This grant will allow them to reach even more seniors and help prevent social isolation.”

The Chinese Culture Connection (CCC) was founded in 1985 and is located in Malden, MA. Through diverse educational programs, cross-cultural dialogues, and special events, CCC empowers Chinese immigrants and descendants in the Greater Boston area to appreciate and retain their heritage and develop bicultural fluency while enriching others with a deeper understanding of the Chinese language and culture. To learn more about CCC’s services, including cultural education, youth empowerment, senior services, and helping improve quality of life and increase access to essential opportunities for immigrants, visit www.chinesecultureconnection.org.

The Boston Foundation (TBF) is one of the nation’s first and most impactful community foundations. Partnering with community members, donors, the public sector, businesses and nonprofits, the foundation exists to close the gaps caused by our city’s greatest disparities, to advance economic justice, and to help build a better Boston. TBF collects data, commissions research, shares knowledge, develops dynamic programs, fuels new ideas, and funds change. Their work informs public policy, catalyzes conversations, and advocates not only for change but also for repairing the historical harms of inequity. Ultimately, TBF aims to support, contribute to, and create well-being and opportunity within our communities. TBF is also one of New England’s largest grant makers, supporting nonprofits in Greater Boston through their endowment and working closely with donors to support nonprofits locally, nationally and internationally. To learn more about the Foundation and its work, visit TBF.org.