Giving Back to the Community
The Makepeace Neighborhood Fund was established in 2004 as a way for the A.D. Makepeace Company to provide significant support to community groups providing services the company finds important. In the past three years, the company has awarded some $580,000 in grants.
Application packages for grants from the Makepeace Neighborhood Fund are now available.
Grants are available on a competitive basis to non-profit organizations and governmental agencies which provide services to residents of Wareham, Plymouth, Carver, Middleborough and Rochester. Grants are limited to $5,000 to $10,000 and must be in one of the following disciplines: education, health care, community housing, historic preservation, or environmental protection.
Applications are closed for 2008. Click here for an application packet. Grants are not available to individuals.
2007 Grant List
| Applicant | Proposal Name | Grant |
| Boys & Girls Club of Wareham | Snack Bar/Kitchen Upgrade | $8,000.00 |
| Buttonwood Park Zoological Society | School in the Zoo Environmental Education Program | $5,000.00 |
| Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity | West Wareham Build | $5,000.00 |
| Carver Public Schools | Reading Rocks Summer Program | $9,352.00 |
| Carver Public Schools | Library Laptops | $5,000.00 |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | Good Shepherd Food Pantry | $4,500.00 |
| Community Nurse & Hospice Care, Inc. | Additional care not covered by insurance | $8,000.00 |
| Evergreen House | Replacing Heating Systems & Tile Floor | $7,000.00 |
| Girl Scout Troop 174 – Wareham, MA | Safety Town | $3,000.00 |
| Gleason Family YMCA | Youth and Government Program | $4,210.00 |
| Junior Achievement of Southern Mass | Seeds of Success: Growing Hope in W & R Classrooms | $5,000.00 |
| Manomet Center for Conseration Sciences | Migratory Bird Environmental Education Programs | $8,000.00 |
| Marion Institute, Inc. | Seed to Table Program | $5,000.00 |
| Massachusetts Archaeological Society | Native American Educational Outreach Project | $4,000.00 |
| Old Colony YMCA | Strong Kids Campaign | $3,500.00 |
| Pilgrim Society/Pilgrim Hall Museum | Campaign for Pilgrim Hall Museum | $5,000.00 |
| Plimoth Plantation | Foundation for Kids | $6,000.00 |
| Plymouth Guild Inc. for the Arts | Russell Library Cultural Arts Center | $5,000.00 |
| Plymouth Public Schools | Music Immersion Program | $7,000.00 |
| Rochester Memorial School | Shake, Rattle and Roll | $8,000.00 |
| Science Department, Wareham HS | SmartBoards for Science | $9,248.00 |
| South Shore Community Action Council, Inc. | Greater Plymouth Food Resources Group | $5,000.00 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | Jump Into Diabetes Control | $5,460.00 |
| Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless | Baby Point Program | $4,000.00 |
| Wareham Early Childhood Education | Early Care and Education Subsidies | $5,000.00 |
| Wareham Gateman Baseball, Inc. | Reading Program | $4,056.00 |
| Total: | $148,326.00 | |