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Honoring Ron Rappaport

Martha's Vineyard Bank Board Chair and a true community leader.

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

To help meet the growing needs of the Martha's Vineyard community, Island Grown Initiative was awarded a $1 million grant to construct the Island Food Center. The new facility provides the Island Food Pantry with a permanent home and create essential warehouse and office space for local organizations dedicated to advancing food equity.

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Of the many nonprofits 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.
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