State Street Foundation
The State Street Foundation makes grants for nonprofits and non-governmental organizations, with a focus on creating lasting economic benefits in the communities where their employees live and work. The Foundation invests in high-performing nonprofits that achieve measurable results in basic education, college success and credentials, and employability. The Foundation also shares The Loop Lab’s commitment to promote leadership efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion, including real efforts to address equity gaps based on race, ethnicity, socio-economic status.
In addition to providing essential support for our flagship Media Arts Apprenticeship program, State Street has also provided employee volunteer and consulting support, working in partnership with Loop Lab employees to develop the structure and design of our newsletter. The Foundation also was a primary sponsor for the very first Loop Lab Apprentice Showcase, held at The Brattle Theatre in December 2022.
Devonshire Foundation
The Devonshire Foundation is a Boston-based private family foundation that seeks to create measurable and sustainable impact by supporting ready-for-growth programs addressing social and environmental issues. The Foundation focuses on helping organizations build their capacity to have greater reach and better outcomes with a more sustainable future, providing multi-year capacity-building funding to organizations that address one or more of its mission areas:
Programs serving economically disadvantaged children and young adults
Supporting environmental sustainability and justice
Increasing the impact of the nonprofit sector
The Foundation is providing essential multi-year support, enabling The Loop Lab to significantly build its organizational and program capacity as we seek to expand the reach and impact of our media arts programming and Loop Lab Studio services throughout Greater Boston.
The capacity building and operating support provided by both foundations, in partnership with our other supporters, has also positioned The Loop Lab to formally establish program operations at a new location in downtown Boston. On behalf of the board, staff and apprentices that we serve, we would like to sincerely thank both foundations for their critical philanthropic support of The Loop Lab.