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- EIN 04-3521016
- (978) 281-2822
- 45 Middle St Apt 2 Gloucester MA 01930-5728 USA
- www.thegloucesterfund.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Philanthropy
Mission: The organization's mission is to promote civic, cultural, educational, athletic and benevolent purposes or activities in benefit of the citizens of gloucester, massachusetts. Its motto is "partnering with the community to benefit the community".
Programs: The organization's largest program service accomplishment during 2016 was its support for and on-going presentation of city-wide civic events, including concerts, fireworks displays on july 4th and labor day, the fishtown horribles parade, a kids halloween festival, a holiday historic area walk, and the santa parade.
during 2016, the organization's second largest program service accomplishment was to conserve oceanfront land situated on gloucester's back shore for public use.
during 2016, the organization's third largest program service accomplishment was to secure the historic home of gloucester sculptor paul manship to be used for an artist residency program and cultural center.
other program services during 2016 included granting of scholarships to gloucester high school graduates, assistance for a city resident severely injured in an accident, installation of solar lighting and on-going maintenance at the gloucester dog park, restoration of the city's bronze memorial plaques, environmental advocacy for the city's wheeler's point neighborhood, support for troops and veterans, on-going restoration projects at gloucester's historic city hall, improvements and restoration work at city playgrounds and historic cemeteries, support of an arts committee project to restore a civil war coat, and funding of a public health program to provide hepatitis c testing.