Community Impact Grants.

Find out more about the 2024 recipients and read their winning essays.

$1 Million Capacity-Building Grant for Island Grown Initiative's New Island Food Center

To meet the growing need of the Martha's Vineyard Community, Island Grown Initiative has been rewarded a $1 million grant to construct the Island Food Center. The new building will not only give the Island Food Pantry a permanent location, but also provides appropriate warehouse and office space for local organizations working in food equity.

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Of the many non-profits funded in prior years, larger awards included grants for the following:

• Martha's Vineyard Little League - a grant to cover the cost of player uniforms and hats, new equipment and supplies, and a limited number of scholarships.
• Penikese Island School - a grant to provide 4th- 12th graders from Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard access to place based experiential education on a remote, 75-acre uninhabited island.
• Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group - a grant to support this all-volunteer group's mission to provide emotional and financial support to Island cancer patients and their families.
• Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center - a grant to fund scholarships for year-round Island students.
• Neighborhood Falmouth - a grant to support scholarships to this community-based nonprofit membership organization with the mission to help seniors live independently.
• Falmouth Housing Trust - a grant to support the organization's mission of developing and maintaining sustainable, affordable workforce housing for the benefit of Falmouth residents.
• Great Pond Foundation - a grant for MV Cyano, a collaborative initiative among the Island Boards of Health and the Great Pond Foundation to monitor cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) on Martha's Vineyard.