Community Development

In 2019 the Blakeley Foundation redirected much of its efforts and resources to supporting organizations working to provide food, housing, security, and counseling in and around Cape Cod, and the Greater Boston area. 

The community development organizations on this page are among those to which we are currently providing financial support.

Osterville Village Library

The Osterville Village Library is the third oldest library on Cape Cod, and remains one of its finest and most complete community libraries.
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Save Greater Dowses Beach

Save Greater Dowses Beach is a public, grassroots group working to prevent the use of this treasured local Cape Cod beach and others as sites for high-capacity electrical cables. Learn More >

Osterville Historical Museum

The Osterville Historical Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the village of Osterville. Learn More >

The Community Development Partnership

The Community Development Partnership promotes, develops and manages affordable housing; nurtures the launch and growth of small businesses; and facilitates collaboration with business, non-profit and government partners the Lower and Outer Cape. Read More>

The Family Pantry of Cape Cod

The Family Pantry is a non-profit, non-denominational organization, that works to provide clothing and nutritious food to anyone in need. Learn More>

Cape Cod Hunger Network

The Cape Cod Hunger Network (CCHN) is a growing coalition of organizations, including Cape food pantries and state and local agencies that help coordinate food security programs. Read More>

Cape Cod Children’s Place, North Eastham MA

​Cape Cod Children’s Place advocates for the Cape’s future through early education and care, family support, and community engagement. Learn More>

CHAMP Homes, Hyannis MA

Champ Homes seeks to provide shelter, build community and change lives. Learn More>

Independence House

Cape Cod’s leading domestic and sexual violence emergency housing resource, counseling, and advocacy center to address and prevent domestic and sexual violence. Learn More>

Cape Cod Veterans Outreach, Hyannis MA

Connecting veterans, their families, and the Cape and Islands community through comprehensive, life-sustaining services and support since 1983. Learn More>

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cape & Islands

The only one-to-one youth serving mentoring organization serving every town on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket & Plymouth. Learn More>

The Food Project, Lincoln MA

The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Learn More>

Haley House Soup Kitchen

The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Learn More>

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition, Mattapan MA

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition (MFFC) focuses on food access and nutrition education, physical activity, youth development, built environment, and community empowerment. Learn More>

Changing the World

In addition to its international work, Changing the World runs programs for Human Trafficking Awareness, Mental Health, and International Women’s Day, raising awareness with videos on their website and YouTube. Learn More>

More Organizations Supported by The Blakeley Foundation:

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Real Kidz Boston

Founded to bring Hope and Compassionate Help to inner-city children in the greater Boston area and children living in poverty around the world, actively doing street outreach, mentoring, home visits and after school and summer programs.
bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/May-2016/Real-Kidz-Boston.aspx

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The Town Hall: Arts & Social Justice

Created by the League of Political Education—a women’s suffragist organization—Town Hall was completed in 1921. It was built to serve as an educational meeting place for the discussion of important civic issues, and intended to be a place where lifelong learning would be at the core of all programming. Over the years, The Town Hall’s Education Outreach Program (EOP) has sent teaching artists into public schools throughout New York City, each with their own curriculum for their specific arts discipline.

In 2018, The Town Hall launched its Arts & Social Justice, a set of programs that aim to raise awareness of the world around us and examine notions of equity and equality through the artistic parallels that have shaped and defined social movements over the last century.

thetownhall.org

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Kroka Expeditions

Our granddaughter participated in two 3-4 month long outdoor expeditions during the cold winter months in northern New England and Maine and during the summer in Ecuador. This non-profit wilderness expedition school is located on a year round, organic farm in Marlow New Hampshire. We believe that consciousness and altruistic will can be brought forward through a living relationships with the natural world and by taking places within the circle of community. Blakeley Foundation provides funding of scholarships to teenagers to enable them to participate in the programs.
kroka.org