Marblehead SPUR Awarded $75K Cummings Foundation Grant

MARBLEHEAD, MA — The Marblehead-based SPUR will use a $75,000 grant over three years from the Cummings Foundation to help enhance its mission to provide volunteer opportunities that make an impact on those in need across the North Shore.

SPUR was one of 150 nonprofits selected out of 715 applicants to share in the $30 million in this year's annual giving program.

SPUR develops volunteer opportunities, helps recruit and train area residents to become effective volunteers and provides a K-12 service-learning enrichment program that engages more than 750 local K-12 students annually.

"The Cummings Foundation grant is an investment in SPUR's work building a stronger, more resilient community for everyone," said Lynne Krasker-Schultz, SPUR's Executive Director. "This support for SPUR's work will enable us to grow both programmatically and geographically, reaching new communities and new individuals who wish to make a meaningful difference in their local community."

The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program primarily supports Massachusetts nonprofits based in and serving Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties, plus six communities in Norfolk County: Brookline, Dedham, Milton, Needham, Quincy, and Wellesley.

"Greater Boston is fortunate to have a robust, dedicated, and highly capable nonprofit sector that supports and enhances the community in myriad ways," said Cummings Foundation executive director and trustee Joyce Vyriotes. "The entire Cummings organization is thankful for their daily work to help all our neighbors thrive."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)