$133K In Sudbury Foundation Grants Support Key Town Efforts

SUDBURY, MA — A Sudbury-based foundation that provides grants to social service nonprofits in the area has awarded the town with over $100,000 for a variety of efforts.

The Sudbury Foundation periodically distributes grants to local organizations, particularly those focused on food insecurity and issues affecting children and families. The new round of grants will support town efforts like the Goodnow Library and local youth soccer, plus organizations outside Sudbury, like Wayland-based Aurelia’s Garden food program.

"The Sudbury Foundation is proud to fund and partner with these impressive organizations. This first round of grants for 2023 provides broad support for nonprofits based in Sudbury, the Town of Sudbury, as well as targeted support for local hunger relief organizations," Sudbury Foundation Executive Director Sonia Shah said in a news release.

Here are the local grants revealed Monday:

• MAB Community Services, Inc: $6,785 to sustain Sudbury's Low Vision Peer Empowerment Support Group at the Sudbury Senior Center.
• Sudbury Historical Society: $50,000 to hire a photographer to fully digitize the collection and make them digitally available for public viewing.
• Sudbury Youth Soccer: $11,500 to expand adaptive soccer programming and enrichment in Sudbury.
• Town of Sudbury: $15,000 to the Goodnow Library to add adaptive service offerings to the Library of Things, book collections, and programming.
• Town of Sudbury: $30,000 to the Board of Health to purchase gift cards for Sudbury residents for emergency basic needs.
• Aurelia’s Garden (Wayland): $2,500
• Drumlin Farm (Lincoln): $2,500
• Gaining Ground, Inc. (Concord): $15,000

The 70-year-old Sudbury Foundation gave out close to $2 million in grants in 2022 alone to nonprofits across the state.