Community Foundation
Featuring the NHA’S Mexico Celebration
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) was pleased to bring back the popular cultural series and host the fourth installment of Our Nantucket, a community diversity series at the Whaling Museum, on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The event was made possible in part with a grant from the Nantucket Fund.™ read more> Featuring Swim Across America – Nantucket
The 5th Annual Swim Across America – Nantucket Island Open Water Swim takes place this weekend on Saturday August 27, 2016 at Jetties beach to raise money for on-island cancer treatment and patient care through the Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH) and Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket (PASCON). Swim Across America – Nantucket received a grant from the Nantucket Fund™ for this event and we are humbled at their efforts to help fight cancer on our Island. read more> Featuring the 2016 Nantucket Scholarship Recipients
The Community Foundation for Nantucket was proud to award $54,000 in scholarship funds to Nantucket students this year.
Featuring The Summer Boost Program
The Nantucket Fund™ provided a grant to the Nantucket Community School for their Summer Boost Program this year. The program prepares pre-K students for entering Nantucket’s public school system and exposes them to the skills needed to work in a classroom setting. We had the privilege to see this program in action and see the difference it makes for these children and families. read more> Featuring The William H. Brown Scholarship
The William H. Brown Scholarship Fund was established in the memory of Will Brown by his family in 2012. The purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to provide two scholarships of $5000 per year for four years to two graduating seniors who are Nantucket Residents. The Scholarship Advisory Committee looks for students who display creativity, moral integrity, curiosity, and the desire to learn about and contribute to the greater world. read more>
Featuring The Nantucket Coloring Book
Nantucket just got a lot more colorful this year with “A Walk Around Nantucket,” a 52-page adult coloring book, conceived by Scott Widmeyer and Alan Yount, who have been coming to Nantucket for more than 25 years.
A portion of the sales from the coloring book are being given to the Nantucket Fund™ – read more>
Featuring The Nantucket Book Foundation
Nantucket High School welcomed Morowa Yejide, author of Time of the Locust, this past April. It was an event made possible by the Nantucket Book Foundation in partnership with the Nantucket High School, and the NBF PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program, now made possible with the help of a grant from The Nantucket Fund™.
read more> Featuring The Be Well Children’s Health Fair
The Be Well Children’s Health Fair was held on March 20, 2016 at Great Harbor Yacht Club. The Fair was a direct result of a questionnaire which asked, “Has Nantucket Cottage Hospital ever considered?” An overwhelming amount of responses on the questionnaire were in favor of hosting a pediatric health fair. With the help of a committee and grant dollars from the Nantucket Fund™, planning for the event began in 2015. read more> Featuring NISHA’S Lucky Whiskers & Wags Program
The Nantucket Fund™ is the Community Foundation for Nantucket’s unrestricted source for Community Grants, directing support to local nonprofits that are providing services to Nantucketers. This is the one, unique fund where donors’ pooled resources help meet multiple needs of Nantucketers – and not just its people, but also its four-legged residents in need. read more>
Featuring The Nantucket Science Festival
The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association and the Nantucket Community School held the Second Annual Nantucket Science Festival back in March in the Nantucket High School Cafeteria. The free, family event lasted four hours and was filled with family-friendly science-related activities made possible through a grant from the Nantucket Fund™. read more>
