Greater Lowell Community Foundation

Personal Stories

Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro: Helping to Maintain and Grow the Merrimack Valley’s Rich Cultural Tradition

Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro

As residents of the Merrimack Valley for the past 25 years, Belinda and Evan often took advantage of the rich and diverse cultural opportunities that the region offered. Unlike Boston, where the scene is dominated by large cultural institutions with a large donor base, the Merrimack Valley's arts scene typically consists of a more diverse group of smaller and less well-known organizations. So, Evan and Belinda were especially surprised to learn that the Merrimack Valley did not have a permanently endowed Arts Fund dedicated to the support of local cultural organizations. MORE

Peter S. Stamas: Dedicated to Education in Lowell for 17 Years

Peter Stamas

Peter’s Passion: Education and civic involvement.
As headmaster of Lowell High School for 17 years, Peter shaped the minds of Lowell’s future leaders and led by example. He believed community services was the way to better our region’s quality of life. More...

2006 GLCF Grants

911 Electronic Media Arts, Inc.

$1,500.00 to produce marketing materials

Arts League of Lowell

$1,890.00 to purchase telephone, digital camera, tables and chairs.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Billerica

$2,590.00 to upgrade development software

Brush Art Gallery and Studios

$3,000.00 to redesign the office database

Challenge Unlimited, Inc.

$3,000.00 to upgrade fundraising software

Community Family

$2,170.00 to install additional servers

Community Software Lab, Inc.

$3,000.00 to purchase a new server

Community Teamwork, Inc.

$2,962.46 to support CTI's Senior Volunteer Corps

Cultural Organization of Lowell

$2,644.00 to produce a marketing brochure

Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley

$3,000.00 to support staff training

Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell

$3,000.00 to purchase a printer/copier

House of Hope, Inc.

$2,000.00 for consultant to facilitate strategic planning

International Institute of Lowell

$2,990.00 to replace an outdated photocopier

Lowell Association for the Blind

$2,500.00 to purchase a laptop for specialized services for blind people and site-specific meetings

Lowell Canalwaters Cleaners

$1,808.55 to purchase telescoping tools, safety equipment and marketing brochure

Lowell Community Health Center

$3,000.00 to establish a centralized call service center

Lowell Festival Foundation

$2,404.50 to prchase equipment to increase fundraising efforts at the Folk Festival

Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival

$2,550.00 to develop its website for marketing

Lowell Transitional Living Center

$3,000.00 for expenses associated with retreats, assessment, and strategic planning

Lowell Wish Project

$3,000.00 to equip new warehouse space

Merrimack River Watershed Council

$3,000.00 to integrate membership software and train volunteers in its use

Nashua River Watershed Association

$1,950.00 to purchase software to catalog resource materials

New England Quilt Museum

$2,000.00 to purchase equipment to facilitate public presentations

Organization for the Assabet River

$2,925.00 to organize a Walk for the River and establish a River's Edge Council

Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell

$2,790.00 to increase efficiency of direct mail campaigns

Revolving Museum

$2,100.00 to purchase digital imaging equipment for marketing and outreach

St. Julie Asian Center

$3,000.00 to upgrade computer equipment to strenghten financial infrastructure

SuitAbility

$1,000.00 to purchase a new computer

United Teen Equality Center

$3,000.00 to facilitate a fundraising effort to renovate new headquarters

Westford Against Substance Abuse (WASA)

$1,500.00 to design and print collateral media materials

2006 Water Resources Grants

Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival

$3,874.24 to organize community-based cleanup crews for Lowell's rivers and canals

Merrimack River Watershed Council

$3,874.23 to reestablish the Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Network

Lowell Canalwaters Cleaners

$614.35 to implement high school education to prevent trash collection in the canals

Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust

$3,120.00 to foster integration of ecological concerns in the Concord River Greenway

Girl Scouts of Spar and Spindle, Inc.

$1,000.00 to start an environmental education program in the Great Meadows NWR

The Walden Woods Project

$614.35 to support a pilot educational outreach project

Nashua River Watershed Association

$3,300.00 to simplify water quality data for public dissemination

People of Ayer Concerned about the Environment (PACE)

$1,464.63 to protect the Spectacle Pond Aquifer

Previous years' grants (Word document)