Funding Amount

$1,300,000 (total deployed)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Massachusetts Migrant Families Relief Fund

Funder: United Way of Massachusetts Bay in partnership with The Boston Foundation

Status: Program completed (2023-2024)

Purpose: Partnership to address the acute humanitarian crisis faced by migrants seeking asylum in Massachusetts while supporting local, trusted community-based organizations directly serving new arrivals.

Program Timeline: Launched in 2023, operated through 2024

Geographic Scope: Statewide Massachusetts, with particular focus on communities housing families through Commonwealth's emergency assistance program

Target Populations:

  • Migrants seeking asylum in Massachusetts

  • Families displaced from countries such as Haiti and Venezuela

  • Individuals and families experiencing political turmoil, socio-economic instability and humanitarian crises

  • New arrivals to Massachusetts
  • Funding Uses:

  • Emergency financial assistance to individuals and families

  • Essential needs including temporary accommodations, food, clothing, diapers, hygiene items, and transportation

  • Operating funding to local community-based organizations providing direct services
  • Results: Over $1.3 million raised and deployed to 32 community-based organizations

    Background: United Way has track record of distributing over $40 million in philanthropic and federal/state relief throughout COVID-19 crisis and partnerships with 12+ cities and towns including Chelsea, Haverhill and Lynn

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    immigrationhardshipfamily-servicescommunity-services

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