Background on Haymarket People's Fund
The Haymarket People's Fund (HPF), a granting agency that
advises and provides funding for grass roots, non-profit
projects and organizations, was founded in 1974 by George
Pillsbury and other young people with inherited wealth
interested in bringing about broad social change by
addressing local issues and community needs. Specifically,
HPF seeks to "help people understand the sources of social
and economic injustice in our country and how to change them;
to support people trying to take control of their lives
through challenging established power, learning how to use
leadership, and developing self-respect; and to work towards
the shared vision of a non-oppressive, life-supporting
society" (1983-1984 Annual Report).
Between 1976 and 1977, the structure of HPF evolved from
one community decision-making board in Boston to eight
autonomous boards, one for each New England state and two for
Massachusetts and Connecticut. From 1977 until 1983, one
member of each regional board sat on the New England Board
which reviewed and approved grant proposals and served as a
board of directors. In 1983, HPF established the Coordinating
Council, responsible for general administration of the fund,
developing financial and personnel policies, and fund-raising
plans.
Since 1975, the HPF of Western Massachusetts has
distributed grants and provided emergency loans to hundreds
of grassroots organizations that serve food, clothing,
shelter, health and education needs in Berkshire, Franklin,
Hampden, and Hampshire counties. They have provided
specialized services in the areas of AIDS education,
substance abuse counseling, day care, elderly care, rape
prevention and have worked to organize community support
around the rights of women, minority or ethnic populations,
workers, tenants, people with disabilities, and gay men and
women. HPF has also educated and assisted potential donors in
their investment and donation decisions.
Scope of collection
The Haymarket People's Fund records document the breadth
and variety of projects, organizations and coalitions
supported by the fund throughout its history in Western
Massachusetts and reveal social issues of concern to local
communities and the broader region over a period of 25 years.
The efforts of grantees and their impact both locally and
nationally is well-represented for particular organizations.
Records include minutes, reports, correspondence, successful
and unsuccessful grant applications, grant source
information, and grantee materials including organization
reports, publications, member lists, clippings and other
materials.
Inventory
Minutes, reports
1975-1982
Box 1: 1
Alternative Energy Coalition of Hampden
County
Box 1: 2
Amherst Community Resource Center/Western
Mass. Welfare Coalition
Box 1: 3
Associacion Latina Progresso y
Accion
Box 1: 4
Battered People's Project
Box 1: 5
Berkshire Community Education
Group
Box 1: 6
Berkshire Model Education Program
Box 1: 7
Berkshire Union of Community
Organizers
Box 1: 8
Berkshire Voices Collective
Box 1: 9
Butterfly Education Arts/Women's Media
Coalition
Box 1: 10
Casa Latina/Hampshire Community Action
Commission (Noticiero Latina)
Box 1: 11
Center for Community Access TV
(CCATV)
Box 1: 12
Che Lumumba Multicultural Community Education
Project
Box 1: 13
CISPES/Center for Reflective
Action
Box 1: 14
Committee for Childcare in Crisis
(CCC)
Box 1: 15
Community Union Rural Development
Corporation
Box 1: 16
Correctional Change Group
Box 1: 17
Council of Churches of Greater
Springfield/Committee to End Apartheid
Box 1: 18
Cultural Workers Collective
Box 1: 19
Evergreen Defense Fund
Box 1: 20
Franklin Training Corp.
Box 1: 21
Gray House, Inc./Motherhouse of Sisters of St.
Joseph
Box 1: 22
Gray Panthers/Faith Church of
Springfield
Box 1: 23
Hampshire County Employed/Unemployed
Council
Box 1: 24
Holyoke YWCA/Greater Holyoke Women's
Center
Box 1: 25
July 4th Coalition, Western Mass.
Chapter
Box 1: 26
Labor Relations and Research Center,
University of Mass.
Box 1: 27
Last Resort, The
Box 1: 28
Little Apple, The
Box 2: 29
Mass. Coalition for Occupational Safety and
Health (MassCOSH)
Box 2: 30
Mass. Organization of Disabled
Workers
Box 2: 31
Mass. People's History Project
Box 2: 32
Mobilization for Survival,
Northampton
Box 2: 33
Native American Solidarity
Committee
Box 2: 34
Necessities/Necesidades/ISIS
Box 2: 35
New England Small Farm Inst./W. Mass. Energy,
Environment and Agri. Resource Network
Box 2: 36
Northampton Veterans' Coalition
Box 2: 38
Open Door/Association for Retarded
Citizens
Box 2: 39
Parents for Peace
Box 2: 41
People for Economic Survival
Box 2: 43
People for Peace of Southern
Berkshire
Box 2: 44
Puerto Rican Congress
Box 2: 45
Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee
Box 2: 46
Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee,
Springfield
Box 2: 47
Southern Africa Solidarity
Committee/ANC
Box 2: 48
Spanish American Union/Springfield Citizens
Coalition for Justice
Box 2: 49
Springfield Health Coalition/Family Planning
Council of Western Mass.
Box 2: 50
Springfield Rape Crisis Center
Box 2: 51
Springfield Women's Union
Box 2: 52
Students United for Public
Education
Box 2: 53
Sunday News Collective
Box 2: 54
Union of Student Employees
Box 2: 56
University of Mass. Labor Community Support
Network
Box 2: 57
Urban Ministry/United Citizens Action
League
Box 2: 58
Valley Womens Martial Arts
Box 2: 59
Valley Womens Union
Box 2: 60
Western Mass. Latin American Solidarity
Committee
Box 2: 61
Western Mass. Native American
Box 2: 62
Women Against Violence in Pornography and
Media
Box 2: 63
Women's Caucus of the Northampton Committee on
El Salvador
Box 2: 64
Women's Center of North Berkshire Community
Action
Box 2: 65
Berkshire Amistad
Box 3: 1
Bernardston Country Estate Mobile Home
Tenants Association
Box 3: 3
Central America Education
Project
Box 3: 4
CIA Protest Defense Committee
Box 3: 6
Citizens for a Quality
Environment
Box 3: 7
Contruyamos Juntos/Building Peace in
Nicaragua
Box 3: 8
Cultural Images Group
Box 3: 10
Equity Institute
Box 3: 11
Florence Heights Tenants Action
Project
Box 3: 13
Franklin County M.E.N.
Box 3: 14
Franklin County Committee on Central
America
Box 3: 15
Friends of Comadre
Box 3: 16
Greenfield Area Community Land
Trust
Box 3: 17
Hampden County Women's Center
Box 3: 18
H.E.R.A. Inc. (Hotline to End Rape and
Abuse)
Box 3: 19
Housing Discrimination Project
Box 3: 20
Industrial Policy Group
Box 3: 22
Lifeline Institute
Box 3: 24
Massachusetts Anti-Hunger
Coalition
Box 3: 25
Mayor's Committee on Social
Development
Box 3: 26
Massachusetts Campaign for Jobs and
Justice
Box 3: 27
New England Central America
Network
Box 3: 28
New Neighborhood/Barrio Nuevo,
Inc.
Box 3: 29
Nicaragua: The New Dawn
Box 3: 30
No-GWEN Alliance: GWEN Project
Box 3: 31
Northampton Community Land Trust
Box 3: 32
Northern Berkshire Labor
Coalition
Box 3: 33
Northampton Committee on Central
America
Box 3: 34
Nueva Esperanza, Inc.
Box 3: 35
People With AIDS Coalition of Western
Massachusetts
Box 3: 37
Planning Committee for a State-wide Women's
Conference in Vermont
Box 3: 38
River Valley Voice
Box 3: 39
Third World Women's Task Force
Box 3: 40
University Childcare Employees
Association
Box 3: 42
Urban Ministry Inc.
Box 3: 43
Valley Women's Martial Arts
Box 3: 44
Veterans Fast for Life Support
Group
Box 3: 45
Western Massachusetts Coalition Against
Apartheid
Box 3: 46
Western Massachusetts Ecoomic Conversion
Coalition
Box 3: 47
Western Massachusetts Harvest
Brigade
Box 3: 48
Western Massachusetts Labor Committee on
Central America
Box 3: 49
Western Massachusetts Senior
Action
Box 3: 50
Worcester-Compala Sister City
Project
Box 3: 51
Workers' Legal Union
Box 3: 52
Young Hope Healers of Our Planet
Earth
Box 3: 53
Abortion Rights Fund of Western
Massachusetts
Box 4: 1
Allen Park Tenant's Association
Box 4: 2
American Friends Service Committee Western
Massachusetts Office
Box 4: 3
Anti-Displacement Project
Box 4: 4
Arise, Poor People and Welfare Rights
Organization
Box 4: 5
Cambodian American Association of Western
Massachusetts
Box 4: 6
Campaign for a Citizen's Budget
Box 4: 7
Center for Community Education and
Action
Box 4: 8
Center for Popular Economics
Box 4: 9
Central Massachusetts Senior Action Council
Chapter
Box 4: 10
Citizens Awareness Network
Box 4: 11
Clean Water Action
Box 4: 12
Community Supported Agriculture at Indian
Line Farm
Box 4: 13
Do Ask More Citizen Council
Box 4: 14
Fitchburg Spanish Council, Inc.
Box 4: 16
Franklin County Coalition for a Safe
Community
Box 4: 17
Franklin Housing Alliance
Box 4: 18
Franklin Mediation Service
Box 4: 19
Free Women's School
Box 4: 20
Innu Solidarity Committee
Box 4: 21
Juneteenth Solidarity Walk
Box 4: 22
The Learning Tree
Box 4: 23
Massachusetts Assistive Technology
Stavros
Box 4: 24
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational
Safety and Health (Mass. WOOSH)
Box 4: 25
Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Inc.
Western Massachusetts (MSAC)
Box 4: 26
Massachusetts Tenants Resource Center --
West
Box 4: 27
Men's Resource Center
Box 4: 28
Men's Resource Connection, Inc.
Box 4: 29
Middle East Peace Coalition
Box 4: 30
Millers River Self-Help Network
Box 4: 31
Natural Organic Farmers of
Massachusetts
Box 4: 32
New England Central American
Network
Box 4: 33
The New England Committee for the 1993 March
on Washington
Box 4: 34
Nipponzan Myohoji -- Peace Pagoda of
N.E.
Box 4: 35
People for a Socially Responsible
University
Box 4: 37
Pioneer Valley Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth
Group
Box 4: 38
Pioneer Valley Pro-Democracy
Campaign
Box 4: 39
Positive Development / El Arco
Iris
Box 4: 40
Progreso Latino, Inc.
Box 4: 41
Progressive Women's Network
Box 4: 42
Salvadoran Coffee Boycott
Committee
Box 4: 43
Southern Africa Working Group
Box 4: 44
Spanish-American Union
Box 4: 45
Springfield Area Central America
Project
Box 4: 46
Tibetan U.S. Resettlement
Project-Amherst
Box 4: 47
Traprock Peace Center
Box 4: 48
Valley Citizens for A Sale
Environment
Box 4: 49
Valley Trade Connection
Box 4: 50
Veterans Education Project
Box 4: 51
Western Massachusetts Community Loan Fund
Anti Displacement Project
Box 4: 52
Western Massachusetts COSH
Box 4: 53
Western Massachusetts Housing
Now
Box 4: 54
The Wetlands Action Committee
Box 4: 55
Worcester Interfaith
Box 4: 56
Worcester Latino Coalition
Box 4: 57
Worker-Ownership Resource Center
Box 4: 58
Administrative information
Search terms
Subjects
- Berkshire County (Mass.)--Social conditions--Sources.
- Citizen's associations--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
- Community power--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
- Endowments--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
- Franklin County (Mass.)--Social conditions--Sources.
- Hampden County (Mass.)--Social conditions--Sources.
- Hampshire County (Mass.)--Social conditions--Sources.
- Haymarket People's Fund (Boston, Mass.)--Archives.
- Political activists--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
- Social action--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
Contributors
- Haymarket People's Fund [main entry]
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