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The fund supports the mission of the Angkor Dance Troupe: to reserve, develop and teach the traditions of Cambodian performance arts; promote an increased understanding and appreciation for Cambodian culture through educational programs and professional public performances; support the work of Cambodian dancers in the U.S. and Cambodia; and provide in-depth, high-quality arts training and leadership development opportunity for inner-city youth.

This agency fund was created to provide annual support to Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm. Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm employs horses in a working farm environment to provide beneficial therapy for people with a wide range of physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities. The two primary programs are Challenge Unlimited and Ironstone Therapy - both using the horse's unique ability to enhance a person's movements and touch a person's heart, inspiring strength, hope and encouragement. 150 volunteers serve 450 to 500 children and adults each week, year round from more than 90 cities and towns throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

www.challengeunlimited.org

Established in 1990, The Chelmsford Business Association is a group of nearly 300 member businesses that operate in the Town of Chelmsford. The purpose of the Association's fund is to award scholarships to Chelmsford residents who upon graduation the year of the scholarship application from the Chelmsford Public High School, the Nashoba Valley Technical High School or any other accredited private high school, excluding any so-called ?charter high school? intend to pursue a degree at an accredited two or four year college or junior college.

Fight poverty throughout Greater Lowell through this agency fund, which provides annual support of Community Teamwork?s many programs.

www.comteam.org

Established in 2006 to provide unrestricted funds to advance the charitable purposes of the Cultural Organization of Lowell.

www.cultureiscool.org

A designated fund which names seven cultural, artistic, and philanthropic organizations as perpetual beneficiaries.

Established in 2002 to honor the life of Erna Fayat through support for the ArtsSave program at Lowell?s Alternative House and other programs dealing with domestic violence.

This fund supports Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Creative programs instill the independence and personal responsibility girls need to succeed in a changing world. The organization began when young women formed the War Community Service in 1917. In 1945, this organization became a charter member of Girls Clubs of America, Inc. and in 1992, the Lowell affiliate officially became Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell.

The Fund provides annual support to House of Hope, Inc. The House of Hope has provided emergency shelter and services to hundreds of homeless families in Lowell. They build courage, strength, and independence in their residents as they grapple with complicated socio-economic and health issues while providing loving care for their children.

The Kelly Brooks Memorial Scholarship Fund continues a scholarship legacy first established by the Women's City Golf Tournament Scholarship Committee to honor and memorialize Kelly Brooks. The Fund provides three scholarship awards for study at an accredited, degree-granting school, college or university to deserving females who are involved in the game of golf, or any female who is involved in high school athletics.

An agency fund to support Lifelinks' work in supporting the needs of developmentally disabled people.

http://www.lifelinks.ws

Support Lowell Catholic High School's general operating and educational mission through this permanent fund.

http://www.lowellcatholic.org/

Enable residents and visitors to learn about Lowell?s storied past with contributions to the operations and programs of the Historical Society. ecommunity.uml.edu/lhs/ The Historical Society?s mission is to collect, preserve and publish materials related to Lowell and to encourage and promote the study of the history of the city.

ecommunity.uml.edu/lhs

Established in 2007, the fund was established to provide annual support to the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust.

Help bring quality, low-cost summer evening concerts to Boardinghouse Park in Lowell.

www.lowellsummermusic.org

Ensure the Theatre continues to bring high quality programs into the region with gifts to its operating fund.

www.merrimackrep.org

Assist the efforts of MVHP to help low-income families become first-time homebuyers.

www.mvhp.org/

Support this agency that helps women build sustainable home-based child care businesses through which they can earn a living wage, while at the same time providing culturally-sensitive care to the children of Greater Lowell.

www.acrefamily.org/

Celebrate the history of quilting through the daily operation and special activities of the New England Quilt Museum. Choose any one of the endowments created by the Museum, its guilds, and individual patrons.

www.nequiltmuseum.org

Provide educational, recreational, and social opportunities to developmentally disabled children and young adults and their families with funding for the Paul Center for Learning and Recreation?s operations.

www.thepaulcenter.org

Created by the Reichheld family in 2004 to celebrate the life of Patricia Burns Reichheld, this family-centered, donor-advised fund will support a range of charitable causes in remembrance of her gracious devotion to others.

Support this artist-run organization dedicated to the creation of public art projects, exhibitions and educational programs that provide innovative collaborative opportunities for artists, youth and community members of all backgrounds, ages and abilities.

www.revolvingmuseum.org/

Support the Thoreau Farm Trust in their efforts to preserve the home where Henry David Thoreau was born and to educate the public about the legacy of this great American philosopher.

www.thoreaufarm.org/ 

This fund supports the Westford Education Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization that promotes innovative educational initiatives and champions life-long learning. It does this by building a wide community of support, fostering ideas, channeling resources and funding exceptional learning programs

Support public arts programs sponsored by the Lowell Arts Association and the Whistler House Museum of Art.

www.whistlerhouse.org

Make it possible for ?Whistler?s Mother? to keep her home in tip-top shape and fill the Museum with exhibits and community outreach programs through contributions to its endowment fund.

www.whistlerhouse.org

The Fund was established in 2007 by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce to ensure a scholarship legacy that provides meritorious women an opportunity to attain a college degree in furtherance of their careers.