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Lewis Family & Organizations
45 Years of Giving

We believe in the power of philanthropy to support strong leaders and help change the world. It’s not just money—though money is important, of course. Good philanthropy is also a creative partnership, a joyful exercise of imagination, collaboration, and accountability that allows passionate dreamers to become strong leaders and true agents of change. Since 1981, we have pledged or donated $250M to people and places all over the world.

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Helping Save the Earth We Share

Helping to save the earth we share is a big fight, and we need the help of trusted friends and allies. Over the years, we have forged strong strategic partnerships with these courageous activist leaders. They inspire us to make change happen, and we are very proud to work alongside and fund these leaders.

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Where We Give

Boston Area

In the City of Boston specifically, the Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation has supported, among others, the following organizations

Organization Giving Amount
West End House Boys & Girls Club $4,246,785
Bottom Line $3,731,748
Artists for Humanity $2,667,120
City on a Hill Charter Public School $2,350,726
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, now Franklin Cummings Tech $2,000,000
The BASE $1,544,806
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School $1,505,529
Codman Academy Charter Public School $1,105,000
SquashBusters $1,025,100
Boston Children’s Museum $950,000
StreetSafe Boston $750,000
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston $730,450
Boston Collegiate Charter School $635,150
Now + There, now the Boston Public Art Triennial $492,500
Equal Justice Initiative $433,334
College Bound Dorchester, now Uncornered $405,900
Duet $400,000
Summer Search $370,000
uAspire $365,000
Friends of the Public Garden $360,000
Year Up United – Boston $315,000
Rebuilding Boston Together $254,000
GreenLight Fund – Boston $250,000
Greater Boston Food Bank $242,000
BUILD – Boston $227,150
Bowdoin Street Health Center $220,000
Team New England $210,000
Freedom House $180,000
Huntington Theatre Company $179,000
Newmarket Business Improvement District – Newmarket Jobs Initiative $156,000
Youth Options Unlimited $150,000
YMCA of Greater Boston $137,500
Tech Goes Home $130,000
Brooke Charter Schools $110,000
Boston Sparks Association $106,000
Action for Boston Community Development $100,000
Historic Boston Incorporated $100,000
Friends of the Children – Boston $92,500
The Esplanade Association $92,500
InnerCity Weightlifting $91,730
Foundation To Be Named Later $90,000
New England Center and Home for Veterans $90,000
Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School $80,000
MassArt Foundation $78,500
BCYF Shelburne Community Center $75,600
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston $75,000
Facing History and Ourselves $75,000
X-Cel Education $67,500
Epiphany Middle School $55,000
All Dorchester Sports & Leadership $50,000
One Fund Boston $50,000
Long Road to Justice $47,895
Wang YMCA of Chinatown $45,500
Freedom Trail Foundation $40,000
Generations Incorporated, now Literations $39,000
Boston Opportunity Agenda, now Opportunity Boston $35,000
CommonWealth Kitchen $34,000
Kwong Kow Chinese School $32,500
City of Boston Scholarship Fund $30,000
Mason Elementary School $30,000
Sociedad Latina $30,000
Trinity Boston Foundation, now Trinity Boston Connects $30,000
Citizen Schools $29,000
Rogerson Communities $28,000
Hour House Boston $25,000
Justice Resource Institute $25,000
Mothers for Justice & Equality $25,000
Emerson Colonial Theatre $25,000
Boston Debate League $20,000
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School $20,000
Crite Park $20,000
Jeremiah Program – Boston $20,000
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts $20,000
The Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center $20,000
Young Achievers Science & Math Pilot School $20,000
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School $18,500
TeenVoices / Women’s Express $17,500
Quest Adventures $16,500
Youth Enrichment Services $16,300
The English High School $16,000
Beacon Academy $15,800
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence $15,000
Boston Partners in Education $15,000
Friends of Clifford Park $15,000
Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center $15,000
BCYF Mason Pool $15,000
Boston Showstoppers $10,000
Catie’s Closet $10,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies $10,000
Hyde Square Task Force $10,000
Lena Park Community Development Center $10,000
Posse Foundation $10,000
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School $10,000
Silver Lining Mentoring $10,000
TechBoston Academy $10,000
Young Man with a Plan $10,000

New England

Conservation Law Foundation $725,000.00
Society of the Protection of NH Forests $750,000.00
Shoals Marine Laboratory $155,000.00
Hurricane Island $440,000.00
University of New Hampshire $367,000.00
SouthEast Land Trust of NH $385,000.00
Nature Conservancy $50,000.00
Bears Paw Greenway $2,000.00
Revision Energy $1,418,000.00
Go Logic*GO Lab $503,000.00
Citizens Count $180,000.00
Norman Bird Sanctuary $10,000.00
Solstice $10,000.00

National

Babson $10,000,000.00
Grist $225,000.00
Protect Our Winters $200,000.00
Conservation Lands Foundation $100,000.00
Friends of Cedar Mesa $305,000.00
Great Old Broads for the Wilderness $15,000.00

International

350.org $1,250,000.00
Conservation Media Group $1,217,500.00
Sacred Earth Foundation $155,000.00
One Planet $58,970.00
International Funders of Indigenous People $10,000.00
Federation Brazilian $25,000.00
Himalyan Trust $912,450.00
Wine to Water $305,525.00
Shake Hands with the World $15,000.00

Worldwide – Grand Circle Foundation
Giving back to the world we travel

The Grand Circle Foundation is traveling for change.   We help change people’s lives in the world where we travel and where we live and work. We have supported 2750 projects in 70 countries.

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We support the following areas:

WAter, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH)

Ensuring all schools and communities we visit have an adequate supply of clean water and toilets that meet or exceed local standards

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Education

Joining together with school leaders and parent committees to enhance educational resources – ranging from books and chalk to scholarships and classroom construction

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Community Development

Establishing the means for women and village leaders to create sustainable changes in their communities to become economically self-sufficient

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Renewable Energy

Working to provide solar powered electricity in schools and communities and individual solar lights for students

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Indigenous

Partnering with Indigenous groups to preserve and revive traditional culture and knowledge culture and knowledge, and to protect their lands through renewable energy and sustainable resources

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Conservation

Collaborating with strong leaders of conservation organizations to conserve land, preserve natural resources, and advocate for stewardship of the environment

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Historic Preservation

Supporting the preservation, conservation and protection of monuments, buildings and artifacts of historical significance

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Relief

Providing support to communities impacted by natural disasters

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Boston – Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation

The Lewis Family Foundation Boston works to strengthen Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan from within by helping young people from these communities’ graduate from 4-year colleges; get good paying jobs, and lead. Our goal is not only to improve these young people’s own lives; but also help them return to their neighborhoods and invest their hard-won knowledge, leadership, capital and service to make their communities stronger.

Our Areas of Work:

  1. College – double the four-year college graduation rate for young people from DRM by 2020
  2. Jobs – support partners to place 700 young people from DRM into full-time jobs earning at least $38k annual income by 2020
  3. Leadership – develop 70 community non-profit leaders to stregthn the communities of DRM
See Our Impact Report