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The Foundation, a nonprofift committed to addressing the needs of children and familiesx primarilyin Massachusetts, made the announcemengt at a ceremony Tuesday in the Boston The Highland Street Foundation is making grants of $100,000 each to 20 nonprofit organizations. Recipientsz will include Career Collaborative; City Year; Cradled to Crayons; St. Francis House; Best Buddies; Jump Start for Youny Children; Mass Mentoring Partnership; Boston Rising and others. To addres the economic reality that more Massachusetts residents will be stayinb local this summer rather than takingpricehy vacations, the Foundation also announcefd its Free Fun Fridays will kick off July 3.
Ever Friday for two months, admission will be free at differenytcultural institutions. The institutions include locationsw such as the Museumof Science, Peabody Essex Museum, the Museum of Fine Springfield Museum and the Bostoh Harbor Alliance. Free Fun Fridays, a donatiom of several hundred thousanc dollars by The Highland Street Foundation, runs from July 3 untill September 4. In addition to free The Highland Street Foundatio n will beproviding 2,500 handouts for visitors, outliningh all the venues included in Free Fun Fridaysz and offering options to donat e to various charitable organizations. The Highland Street Foundation was established in 1989 byDavid J. Jr.
, founder and owner of TAD ResourcesInternational Inc.. McGrath died in 1995 but his wife JoAnh and her five children continue the work and comprise the membershi of The Highland Street Foundation The Highland Street Foundation has donatefdapproximately $100 million over the past 20 years, more than $80 millionn in Massachusetts, largely to social service organizations working in the areas of education, mentoring, healthcare, the environment and In November, The Highland Street Foundation joined the Eos Foundatio n and the Fireman Foundatio of Boston in creating a $1.
1 million Emergency Assistance Fund for nonprofitx across the state to help Massachusetts residents meet theirt food and fuel needs.