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We’re helping end the cycle of homelessness, improving the mental health of fathers, supporting a tech startup that helps nonprofit groups and uninsured people,and more. 

About Fresh

About Fresh delivers healthy food in communities and neighborhoods that need it the most. 
About Fresh
Learn how this nonprofit social enterprise is addressing food access and food insecurity.

bosWell

This social enterprise provides free record-keeping for community-based organizations.   
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Learn more about this for-profit social enterprise addressing access to health care.

EatWell Meal Kits

EatWell Meal Kits partners with community, housing and health organizations in Boston to sell affordable, SNAP-eligible meal kits in food deserts.

Eat Well

Learn how this for-profit social enterprise is increasing food security and improving community health.

Fathers' Uplift

Fathers’ Uplift is the nation’s first outpatient mental health center dedicated to paternal health and male family engagement.

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Learn more about this nonprofit social enterprise addressing social cohesion.

Fresh Truck

Fresh Truck is a mobile market that gets healthy food to neighborhoods and connects people with better health in many ways.

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Learn more about this social enterprise addressing food access and food insecurity.

Healthworks Community Fitness 

Located in a fitness desert, Healthworks is improving the well-being of women with exercise programs and health education in Boston’s Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods.
HealthWorks Community Fitness

Learn how this organization is reaching beyond the walls of their health clubs to promote health and wellness in the community.

HomeStart

HomeStart is a social enterprise focused on ending homelessness by disrupting the cycle of eviction and housing instability. 
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Learn about this nonprofit social enterprise addressing housing needs.

Housing Navigator Massachusetts

Housing Navigator Massachusetts addresses the digital information divide with an app that helps low- to moderate-income families find and apply for affordable housing in Massachusetts.

Housing Navigator Mass

Learn how this app is addressing homelessness.

Immigrant Family Services Institute

This nonprofit supports the humane integration of recent immigrants into U.S. society.
Immigrant Family Services
Learn how this organization provides academic support for children, advocates for immigrant rights and acts as a bridge for employment, health care and education services.

Ride Health

Ride Health is an app-based platform offering low-income patients in Boston and other metro and rural areas affordable and dependable non-emergency medical transportation. 
Ride Health
Learn how this app is transforming patient transportation.

Smart from the Start

Smart From the Start is closing the achievement gap between children living in the poorest and the wealthiest communities in Boston.

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Learn about this social enterprise that’s helping with social cohesion, early childhood development and education.

The Urban Farming Institute of Boston

This organization fosters a healthy food system in several food-insecure communities by turning vacant lots into urban farms that offer affordable, locally grown produce for local residents and restaurants. 

Urban Farming Institute

Learn how this nonprofit social enterprise promotes urban farming to build a healthier community.

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