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The Cape Cod Foundation recently awarded more than $637,000 in scholarships to 133 students from Cape Cod and the Islands who are beginning or continuing their higher education or pursuing certificate programs. They are preparing for careers in business administration, law, engineering, medicine, politics, social work, environmental sciences, education, technology, and the arts.

SOUTH YARMOUTH—The Cape Cod Foundation recently received a bequest totaling nearly $6.4 million from an anonymous donor who wanted to ensure there would be resources in perpetuity to support the community. This is the single largest bequest gift that The Cape Cod Foundation has received to date.

The Harwich Fund and The Chatham Fund have awarded a $3,500 joint grant to the Friends of Harwich Early Childhood Advisory Council to support an 8-week, in-home program beginning this month for children ages three to five who live in Harwich or Chatham.

The Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation has distributed $42,500 to five local nonprofit organizations that are addressing basic human needs, including food, healthcare, and housing for diverse, vulnerable populations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis.

The Fund for Sandwich of The Cape Cod Foundation is now accepting grant proposals from nonprofit organizations providing direct services to residents of Sandwich.

While many nonprofit organizations have had to reimagine their fundraisers this year due to social distancing, The Cape Cod Foundation’s Annual Non-Event, required few, if any, tweaks to execute.

The Cape Cod Foundation selected eight local nonprofit organizations, focused on providing food and financial assistance to residents across the Cape, to receive a total of $126,000 from the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund.

The Cape Cod Foundation continues to focus on helping vulnerable populations across the Cape by deploying an additional $115,000 to three nonprofits focused on providing food, housing, and emergency assistance to residents impacted by the pandemic. This brings the Foundation’s total giving from its Strategic Emergency Response Fund to support COVID relief to $1.04 million. The grants, which have been made over the last 12 weeks, have supported 41 local nonprofit organizations.

The Cape Cod Foundation deployed its sixth round of COVID-19 related grants, providing a total of $145,000 in funding to six nonprofit organizations operating food pantries and food delivery programs across Cape Cod.

The Cape Cod Association (CCA) recently awarded more than $440,000 in scholarships to 323 students from Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.

The Cape Cod Foundation has just deployed an additional $200,000 in relief funds to ten local nonprofit organizations providing critical services to Cape Cod communities. It has now distributed a total of $780,000 in grants from its Strategic Emergency Response Fund to 39 nonprofit organizations serving the Cape Cod region.

The Cape Cod Foundation has deployed an additional $130,000 in grants with funds received from the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund. The grants are being made to ten nonprofit organizations, selected by The Cape Cod Foundation, that provide critical services to Cape Cod residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.