Supporting our community
How your support empowers our community
With your financial support, the Joe & Dorothy Chaves Foundation is able to fund programs within the following areas for the Portuguese-speaking community in Massachusetts:
1. Educational and developmental opportunities
2. Citizenship programs
3. Cultural enrichment
Active support
In addition to endowing a scholarship for immigrant students at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC), we are also proud to support the Portuguese School of Cambridge and Somerville (Escola Portuguesa de Cambridge e Somerville).
The Foundation is also an active supporter of citizenship classes within the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS). José Chaves was a passionate supporter of these programs and to honor his memory, we have made a long-term commitment to the MAPS Endowment (announced in May 2013). This illustrates our long-term commitment to Citizenship Services and to MAPS as they promote and support our community,
Thank you for helping us!