Coaching4Change provides targeted support to struggling students in small group settings.

Silver Lining Mentoring empowers youth in foster care to thrive through committed mentoring relationships and the development of essential life skills.

The Educational Justice Institute provides educational classes and programs to incarcerated individuals.

Smart From the Start provides crisis intervention and stabilization services to families, including school readiness training.

Young Man with a Plan creates a culture of brotherhood, respect, and achievement among young men of color in Boston in order to help them access college, career and life success.

Build A Life That Works seeks to inspire women to pursue a career in the building trades as a viable path to high wage employment, excellent benefits and a better future. Since the launch of BALTW, the representation of tradeswomen in union construction apprenticeship in Massachusetts has increased from 5% to 10%. The March Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will be used for general operational purposes.

Established in 2016, Hack.Diversity partners with employers in Boston's innovation industry to not only increase the representation of Black and Latinx technologists in the field, but also evolve employers' organizational behaviors and practices to support retention and promotion of that talent. The February Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will be used for general operational purposes.

As the first YWCA in the nation, YW Boston has a history of leadership in the elimination of racism and empowerment of women. The January Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will support YW's work through InclusionBoston. YW Boston's InclusionBoston program works with organizations to create solutions to diversity, equity and inclusion challenges with the goal of creating more inclusive environments where women and people of color can succeed.

The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund was founded by a coalition of Massachusetts Black and Brown executives for the sole purpose of leveraging our individual and collective power to work together with community organizations to make transformative societal changes by addressing systemic racism and racial inequity in Massachusetts. Earlier this month, Robert Kraft donated $1 million to this fund, the largest individual donation since the organization launched.

At the end of the season, the New England Patriots Players Social Justice Funds team donated $34,000 to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless to be distributed to homeless and housing vulnerable individuals in the form of gift cards. Since 1985, the mission of BHCHP has remained the same: to provide or assure access to the highest quality health care for all homeless individuals and families in the greater Boston area.

In a trying year, Matthew Slater and Bill Belichick share the value of the team's "Monday meetings."

Patriots players, coaches, scouts, and staff donated money to their annual New England Patriots Players Social Justice Fund, and the Kraft family matched their donations for a total of over $500,000.

Devin McCourty is this year's Patriots nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year. This isn't the first time Devin has been nominated for this honor, and he, together with his brother, Jason, was also nominated for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award just this summer. Explaining what Devin McCourty means to New England goes far beyond football.

For the month of December, our valued partner, Gillette, provided a matching $100,000 grant from its "The Best Men Can Be" Fund, enabling the Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund to make donations to two organizations focused on character development and family skills for men of all ages seeking to achieve their personal best. One of the two December recipients was Father's UpLift. Fathers' UpLift provides mental health counseling, coaching, and advocacy to assist fathers with overcoming barriers (racism, emotional, traumatic, and addiction-based barriers) that prevent them from remaining engaged in their children's lives.

For the month of December, our valued partner, Gillette, provided a matching $100,000 grant from its "The Best Men Can Be" Fund, enabling the Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund to make donations to two organizations focused on character development and family skills for men of all ages seeking to achieve their personal best. One of the two December recipients was Becoming a Man. Becoming A Man (BAM) is a school-based counseling program that supports the needs of young men in grades 7-12 by emphasizing integrity, accountability, self-determination, positive anger expression, visionary goal setting and respect for womanhood.

The Patriots may not have been physically out in the community this year, but that didn't stop them from finding new ways to help out local families and organizations. Patriots players, coaches and the Patriots Foundation went above and beyond this holiday season to give back.

As the Patriots director of football/head coach administration, Berj Najarian's job keeps him behind the scenes, and most of the time, that's how he likes it. But this fall, Najarian went out of his comfort zone to shine light on an important human rights issue. An Armenian-American, Najarian joined Instagram with the intention of bringing awareness to the deadly and unrelenting drone attacks on the Armenian people by neighboring Azerbaijan.

Patriots players Lawrence Guy and Justin Bethel separately held Thanksgiving events to help communities struggling with food insecurity ensure their residents had special meals on Thanksgiving day.

Since 1976, Amos House has been a staple of the Rhode Island nonprofit community, serving the homeless, unemployed, and those who are living in poverty. Amos House helps people help themselves out of homelessness and poverty through vital services and results-oriented programs, including their Mother-Child Reunification Program. The November Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will be used to support additional full time staff and to provide updates to, and supplies for, the Mother-Child Reunification Program House.

The McCourtys announced on Twitter that, in partnership with the Players Coalition, they would be donating $50,000 to Great Egleston High School to help some families bridge "the digital divide".

In New England, the Rian Immigrant Center has been a leading resource for immigrants and refugees from more than 126 countries by providing critical legal, educational and support services. The Rian Immigrant Center empowers immigrant and refugee families on the path to opportunity, safety, and a better future for all. The October Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will be used to help Rian expand their programming and capacity to provide assistance to additional families.

California recently enacted the most transformative probation reform bill in the country called #AB1950. Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, founding partner of The Reform Alliance, had a phone call with California Governor Gavin Newsom prior to the bill passing in California.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft joins James Brown from The NFL Today pregame show to discuss social justice and the open dialogue inside the Patriots locker room. Video courtesy of CBS Sports.

Founded in 1994 by Tina Chéry after the murder of her 15-year old son, Louis, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI) serves the families of homicide victims and also trains public health professionals, law enforcement officials and religious leaders in best practices for interrupting cycles of retaliatory violence. The September Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation will support the work of LDBPI over the next two years.

Tech Goes Home empowers communities to access and use digital tools to overcome barriers and advance lives. The August Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund donation to Tech Goes Home (TGH) will give more than 680 families across Greater Boston a full year of free broadband Internet. This high-speed Internet access will allow students to participate in online learning, and homes with service will also be able to meet other critical needs, like applying for jobs and accessing telehealth resources. The combination of access, technology and training will ensure lasting digital inclusion.

Coach Bill Belichick honored Hall of Famer and trailblazer Fritz Pollard during the Patriots Season Opener on Sunday, September 13.

Matthew Slater and Brian Hoyer are the latest Patriots to weigh in on the on-going conversations about racism in this country as athletes across leagues continue to speak up. After months of protests and conversations about racism, Slater and Hoyer both said as a team, they've talked in-depth about the state of the world.

Every year Greater Boston Legal Services helps more than 10,000 low-income families and individuals secure the most basic necessities of life: shelter, safety, food, and stability. Greater Boston Legal Services received the July 2020 Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund $100,000 grant to fund an advocate at GBLS who will provide direct support to over 100 families facing eviction.

Brandon Copeland challenged media members to hold themselves accountable in their storytelling and be mindful of the stories they tell.

Devin McCourty, Jason McCourty, and James White were not scheduled to speak to the media on Thursday but did so specifically to address the racism, police brutality, and inequities that have dominated conversations this year.

In Wednesday's media availability, Cam Newton and Shaq Mason spoke about the shooting of Jacob Blake.

In partnership with Be The Change and Rock the Vote, Willie McGinest hosted an event at Roxbury Community College with several other Patriots Alumni to encourage members of the community to register to vote and check their registration status. Patriots owner Robert Kraft joined his former players in support.

In the wake of DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic posts on Instagram, Julian Edelman offered a message of "compassion, empathy and love" in a video shared on social media. Edelman also invited Jackson to have an open conversation on anti-Semitism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

On Friday, June 26, WBZ aired a special edition of Patriots All Access which featured an unfiltered dialogue with Patriots players, coaches, and personnel staff on issues of race, equality, and social justice. The show is available to watch now on Patriots.com.

Scholar Athletes was founded to build equity by closing opportunity gaps. Their programs leverage the power of sports to cultivate the discipline, confidence and social-emotional skills needed to support success in school as well as in life. They partner with under-resourced communities and school districts to serve thousands of young people across Massachusetts each year. James White participated in Scholar Athlete's 2020 Fundraising Gala Livestream in June.

The Patriots closed their offices on Friday, June 19 in recognition of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The team also posted the following video on their social media platforms.

Boston Uncornered strives to transform neighborhoods through education by ending generational cycles of urban poverty, violence and lack of opportunities. Devin McCourty was honored as the 2020 Uncornered Champion for his work with them over the past year. Boston Uncornered was a 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient and also received a $100,000 grant from the Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund in June 2020.

In June 2020, the Kraft family announced the creation of the Kraft Family/Patriots Player Collaborative Fund that would distribute $100,000 per month for 10 months to local grassroots organizations fighting for equity, working to end systemic racism and creating meaningful change in the community. The recipients will be chosen by the Kraft family in collaboration with Patriots players.

The mission of the REFORM Alliance is to dramatically reduce the number of people who are unjustly under the control of the criminal justice system – starting with probation and parole. The RERORM Alliance will leverage their considerable resources to change laws, policies, hearts and minds. Robert Kraft is a founding partner of REFORM which launched January 2019. The Patriots hosted a VIP game day experience for 50 children through REFORM in December 2019.

MissionSAFE's mission is to work with Boston's highly at-risk youth and their families to gain the skills and confidence to thrive, not just survive, and to improve their community and their world. Jonathan Jones hosted a group of teens to a holiday shoe giveaway through his Next Step Foundation.

College Behind Bars, a four-part PBS documentary film that tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States – the Bard Prison Initiative. Devin and Jason McCourty showed their support of this by hosting the premiere and a panel discussion on the documentary.

The Mattapan Teen Center is a branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston focused on helping the community of Mattapan. Among the multitude of programs offered are education, leadership and character development, life skills, and sports and recreation. Through his Wise Up Foundation, Deatrich Wise hosted his first inaugural Mattapan Block Party in the fall of 2019. Food trucks, barbers and hair braiders lined the streets for local families.

Since 1985, the mission of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless has remained the same: to provide or assure access to the highest quality health care for all homeless individuals and families in the greater Boston area. They believe it has been and continues to be medicine that matters. Boston Healthcare for the Homeless was a 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

Commonwealth Kitchen's mission is to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social and economic justice by strengthening the capacity, connections, and collective power of diverse entrepreneurs to start and grow successful food businesses. Commonwealth Kitchen was a 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

Roca's mission is to be a relentless force in disrupting incarceration and poverty by engaging the young adults, police, and systems at the center of urban violence in relationships to address trauma, find hope, and drive change. Roca's theory of change is that young people, when re‐engaged through positive and intensive relationships, can change their behaviors and develop life, education, and employment skills to disrupt the cycles of poverty and incarceration. ROCA was a Catalyst Gift recipient in July 2019. ROCA was also a 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

Boston PAL seeks to foster a culture of trust and respect between the community and the Boston Police Department through programs that promote character development, improve educational outcomes, and reduce crime. Their program "We Belong" is empowering inner-city youth to be leaders of tomorrow through public service education, community service and outreach. This leadership program provides challenging experiences to high school juniors and seniors to develop leadership skills, explore future careers, and become productive members of their communities. We Belong was a 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

Enjoy Life Education is an organization committed to empowering leadership in teens and athletes. They equip their students with the tools and positive community to be the best version of themselves and perform as resilient, confident, and vision-driven leaders. Players have used funds from the 2018 and 2019 NEP Player Social Justice Funds to send inner city youth to Enjoy Life Education's summer leadership academy.

Through research, education, and advocacy, the Center uses the power of sport to foster diversity, prevent interpersonal violence, challenge racism, sexism, and heterosexism, and empower sport-based youth development networks to create access, opportunity and sustainable impact. The Center was a Catalyst Gift recipient in October 2019.

Using wrestling as a tool and motivator, Boston Youth Wrestling teaches youth to successfully overcome socio-economic challenges that lead to educational gaps, poor health and negative community relationships, imparting skills such as self-reliance, discipline, and commitment to others that apply both on and off the mat, in school and beyond. Boston Youth Wrestling was a 2019 Patriots Difference Maker of the Week award recipient.

At Crossroads, every young person has the ability to unlock their potential and positively impact the world. It is their goal to provide guidance, resources, and confidence to young people, while also showing them respect, friendship, and an unwavering commitment to help them transform into informed individuals and leaders. For the past two summers, Lawrence Guy has donated backpacks full of school supplies to Crossroads students through his Lawrence Guy Family Foundation. Crossroads was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in June 2019.

The Ron Burton Training Village (RBTV) is a reflection of the man who built it, lived it, and passed it on. Ron Burton Sr. had a dream to create a village where kids could come to train and attain personal growth. This year-round training program is strategically designed to develop and strengthen our youth, (spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically) so they are fully equipped to overcome challenges and excel in life. Robert Kraft and many Patriots players past and present have visited the RBTV to speak with their students and offer support. In addition, the Kraft family provides financial support annually.

Breakthrough Greater Boston prepares low-income students for success in college and trains the next generation of urban teachers using a unique Students Teaching Students model. Through their six-year program, students gain a passion for learning and the perseverance and tools to succeed in college and beyond. Breakthrough Greater Boston was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in June 2019.

Tech Goes Home is an award-winning 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to empower communities to access and use digital tools to overcome barriers and advance lives. With the support and backing of the city of Boston, TGH prioritizes low-income and underserved populations, including those without technology at home, the un- or under-employed, English language learners, and individuals with disabilities. Tech Goes Home was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in May 2019.

GrowHope Foundation provides outreach, advocacy, volunteer service and funds to support projects that improve the lives of children and families. Every child and every family has the potential to succeed. GrowHope Foundation was a 2019 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award recipient.

LEO Inc. provides a safety net of services for at-risk, low-income families, stabilizing them for the short term while investing in a long-term, two-generation approach to education that promotes economic independence and family stability. They partner with individuals, children and families in Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott, and Wakefield to increase participation in programs that maximize their potential. Together they demonstrate that it is possible to break the cycle of poverty and move forward. Lynn Economic Opportunity was a 2019 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award recipient.

ABCD is a non-profit human services organization that provides low-income residents in the Greater Boston region with the tools and resources needed to transition from poverty to stability and from stability to success. ABCD was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in March 2019.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters provides effective and innovative services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, helps youth avoid a lifetime of dependency on social services, guides youth towards self-sufficiency, and enables youth to transform their lives and build fulfilling, meaningful futures. Bridge Over Troubled Waters was a 2018 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

The Codman Square Neighborhood Council is made up of residents and community partners seeking to improve living and working in Codman Square. It informs the community of opportunities to strengthen our health, families and neighborhood. It works to empower residents by increasing communication between the Codman Square community, government departments and elected officials to move Codman Square forward. Codman Square Neighborhood Council was a 2018 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

A four-year program beginning in tenth grade, Minds Matter Boston provides wrap-around services, including 2:1 mentoring, professional ACT and writing instruction, access to college-immersion summer programs, and personalized college advising, to ensure that promising students have equal opportunity to gain admission to, enroll in, and graduate from competitive four-year colleges. Minds Matter was a 2018 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

USES's mission is to harness the power of a diverse community to disrupt the cycle of poverty for children and their families. As families increase their income and assets, become more resilient and connect to a diverse network, they and their children are more likely to develop the necessary skills to disrupt the cycle of poverty. USES was a 2018 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

UTEC's mission is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected young people to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. UTEC was a 2018 NEP Player Social Justice Fund grant recipient.

Friends of the Children creates generational change by identifying youth facing the toughest challenges and matching them with professional mentors who work in their schools, homes and communities to guide them to develop their greatest potential and achieve their goals. Friends of the Children Boston was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in November 2018.

Formerly known as Operation Bootstrap, Pathways, Inc. has been an adult education provider on the North Shore for over 40 years. Today they work with adults who seek to learn or improve their English or obtain a high school equivalency, while planning out a career pathway leading to a job that pays a living wage. Our program integrates basic skills with technical and work-readiness skills, preparing individuals to be successful in the workplace or in further training. Pathways Lynn was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in September 2018.

Hyde Square Task Force's mission is to amplify the power, creativity, and voices of youth, connecting them to Afro-Latin culture and heritage so they can create a diverse, vibrant Latin Quarter and build a just, equitable Boston. We believe that communities are stronger when they create the conditions youth need to thrive. By harnessing the power, creativity, and voices of youth, they not only help them navigate the journey of adolescence but help youth become leading voices of change in their community. Hyde Square Task Force was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in August 2018.

In 1999, iD Tech Camps pioneered the very first tech camps for kids and teens. They have since grown from 280 to 50,000 students per year, spreading their Silicon Valley startup culture around the world and online. No other program has their track record of long-term student success, our passion, or our reputation as the world's go-to summer STEM educator. In 2018, Patriots players provided funding for students to receive scholarships to attend camp.

The New England Center for Arts & Technology (NECAT) provides chronically unemployed adults with a pathway to stable, long-term employment in the food services industry through comprehensive technical and job readiness training and individualized support and employment services. NECAT was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in July 2018.

De Novo provides free civil legal assistance and affordable psychological counseling to low-income people. Their services combat the effects of poverty and violence by helping clients and their children meet basic human needs for safety, income, health and housing. De Novo draws on the expertise of 140 dedicated volunteer professionals to serve their community's most vulnerable members. De Novo was a 2018 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award recipient.

EVkids empowers inner-city Boston youth with the skills and confidence needed to realize their potential. Two programs, EVkids Tutoring and EVkids Summer Camp, help low-income, academically vulnerable children and teens (grades 4-12) succeed in school and life by systematically strengthening core academic skills, organizational habits, and other life skills. EVkids was a 2018 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award recipient.

In the spring of 2018, members of the Patriots organization lobbied for a juvenile criminal justice bill in the Massachusetts legislature through a Boston Globe Op-Ed and a roundtable discussion hosted by local student journalists.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh launched Operation Exit in 2014 to give young people returning from incarceration a second chance to improve their lives by training for successful new careers in the building trades. Participants receive a stipend and individualized case management while they learn new job skills. They also have a pre-apprenticeship program, which provides skills training for 20 at-risk and proven-risk young men in order to guarantee placement in a trade career. Operation Exit was a March 2018 Catalyst Gift recipient.

Career Collaborative works to assist under- and unemployed adults with low incomes in building careers that change their lives and strengthen their families and the broader community. Career Collaborative works with young adults and adults in the Greater Boston area looking for quality jobs with benefits. They build a foundation for success with job readiness training and intensive support with job search and placement. Career Collaborative was a recipient of a Catalyst Gift in May 2017.

The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative's (DSNI) mission is to empower Dudley residents to organize, plan for, create and control a vibrant, diverse and high-quality neighborhood in collaboration with community partners. DSNI was a 2017 Myra Kraft Community MVP Grand Prize Award recipient.

Boston Debate League's mission is to integrate argumentation and competitive debate into Boston Public Schools to develop critical thinkers ready for college, career, and engagement with the world around them. Robert Kraft surprised the Boston Debate League with a Catalyst Gift in January 2017 to be able to increase participation in the program.