Charlestown Community Impact Fund
The Fund was created to mitigate any impacts from the development and operation of the casino.
Spring 2024 Grant Round
The Charlestown Community Impact Fund Managing Committee is happy to announce the Fund's spring 2024 awards. Over $472,000 was awarded to 47 Charlestown nonprofits and community organizations.
Thank you to all our participants and for the great work you do.
2024 Charlestown Community Impact Fund Recipients
- "e" inc. The Planet Science Action and Learning Center
- Artists' Group of Charlestown
- Battle Of Bunker Hill Parade Committee
- Boston Debate League
- Charlestown Branch Library
- Bunker Hill Associates
- Bunker Hill Knights of Columbus
- Bunker Hill Monument Association
- Charlestown Boys and Girls Club
- Charlestown Coalition/Turn It Around Youth Enrichment
- Charlestown Community Cares
- Charlestown Dogs
- Charlestown Girls Softball
- Charlestown Historic Battlefield District Committee
- Charlestown Historical Society
- Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center
- Charlestown Lions Club
- Charlestown Little League
- Charlestown Mothers Association
- Charlestown Movement Lab
- Charlestown Preservation Society
- Charlestown Resident Alliance
- Charlestown Trauma Response Team
- Charlestown Veterans History Project
- Charlestown YMCA
- Charlestown Youth Basketball
- Charlestown Youth Football & Cheer
- Charlestown Youth Hockey Association
- Charlestown Youth Soccer Association
- Courageous Sailing
- Friends of Charlestown Branch Library
- Friends of John Harvard Mall Initiative
- Friends of Memorial Hall
- Friends of Memorial Hall Veteran's Outreach Program
- Friends of Ryan "Duce" Morrissey Scholarship Fund
- Harvard Kent Parents Association
- Harvest on Vine
- J.W. Conway Bunker Hill Post 26, American Legion
- John F. Kennedy Family Service Center
- Junior Achievement of Greater Boston
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
- North End Community Health Committee
- North End Music & Performing Arts Center
- Special Townies Autistic and Exceptional Children's Program, Inc.
- The Michael P Quinn Scholarship Fund
- USS Constitution Museum
- Warren Prescott Foundation
About the Fund
A Surrounding Community Agreement (SCA) was a condition of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s gaming license approval. Following the casino’s opening and throughout the 15 year license term, an annual $2 million payment is made by Wynn MA, LLC (Encore Boston Harbor) to the City, whose purpose as described in the SCA shall include:
- Improvements to facilities within the City to facilitate water transportation and to fund staffing and other public safety initiatives related to increased use of water transportation in Boston Harbor related to the Project
- Support of Charlestown’s nonprofits, parks, after-school activities, senior programs, job training programs, cultural events and related activities that promote Charlestown’s heritage, quality of life, recreational and cultural activities
- Staffing and other public safety initiatives related to increased pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the City related to project following the opening
- Any other impacts, including any transportation infrastructure impacts and the Sullivan Square Infrastructure Project related to the Project
When the Surrounding Community Agreement (SCA) was signed by the City of Boston and Wynn MA, LLC, a one-time $1 million payment was made and has been distributed to support over 60 Charlestown nonprofits.
MANAGING COMMITTEE
The Charlestown Community Impact Managing Committee is comprised of:
- the City’s Collector-Treasurer
- District One City Councilor
- State Senator for the Middlesex and Suffolk District that includes Charlestown
- State Representative for the Second Suffolk District that includes Charlestown
- the City’s Commissioner of Public Works
- the City’s Transportation Commissioner, and
- the City’s Chief of Civic Engagement.