Meeting the Moment: Boston Foundation to Partner with PPLT on Safety Net Program

The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust has received a $25,000 grant from the Boston Foundation to provide direct assistance to families in Eastern Massachusetts.

“We are grateful for this continued partnership with the Boston Foundation,” said Chief Sequan Pijaki, aka Chief George Spring Buffalo. “This grant will help our Indigenous communities that are struggling to keep up with the historic rise in food, electricity and housing costs and navigate the cuts to federal services.”

Funds for this grant come from the Boston Foundation’s Permanent Fund for Boston, an endowed pool of funds built over more than a century by generous contributors who want to help the Greater Boston community thrive. Each year, the Boston Foundation distributes more than $15 million in discretionary grants and other resources from the Fund, which are largely awarded through a competitive process open to nonprofits serving the Foundation’s catchment area, stewarded by the Foundation’s Program Department staff and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.