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About Reliant Foundation
Advancing community health priorities through strategic philanthropy and collaboration.
Focus Areas
Substance use recovery and preventionChildren's and adolescent mental healthBehavioral health servicesSuicide preventionGrief counselingRecovery coachingWorkforce development in behavioral health
Who They Fund
children and adolescents (including school-aged youth)youth in foster carewomen in recovery and at-risk/low-income womengrandparents raising grandchildren (grandfamilies)clinicians and direct-care behavioral health workers (new prescribers, LICSW positions)
About Reliant Foundation
A repeated pattern stands out in Reliant Foundation Inc’s recent giving: $30,000 grants to organizations working on recovery, youth mental health, and family support across Central Massachusetts and MetroWest. The foundation backs programs that connect behavioral health services with practical supports, from residential recovery settings to school-based mental health workshops and family addiction support training. Its grants also reach organizations serving grandparents raising grandchildren, women in recovery, and children affected by parental substance use. Recent awards show a clear emphasis on community health work rooted in specific local programs. Casa Project received funding for the “Shine the Light” initiative serving children being removed from their homes due to parental substance abuse, while Gaamha was supported for family addiction support training and the R.O.O.T.S. program. Open Sky Community Services also received a grant for the Dynamic Futures program, reflecting the foundation’s interest in behavioral health and workforce pathways tied to community well-being. The foundation’s support is not limited to one service model. It includes training, direct services, residential support, and school-based interventions, all within a local Massachusetts footprint. That mix points to a funder that favors targeted, place-based health investments rather than broad regional or national programming.
What Reliant Foundation Funds
In youth and school-based mental health, Reliant Foundation Inc supported Shine Initiative with $25,000 for mental health educational workshops in schools in Leominster, Worcester, and Oxford, and also funded South Middlesex Opportunity Council with $25,000 for a social-emotional learning program. These grants show attention to prevention and school-linked supports for children and young people. Behavioral health workforce development appears alongside service delivery. Anna Maria College received $30,000 for the Jobs II program, and Open Sky received $30,000 in 2023 for encouraging youth and young adults to enter the health-related direct care worker field. Legendary Legacies also received $26,000 for a food pantry delivery system workforce initiative and mental health workforce tuition. The foundation also supports recovery-related family services. Central MA Agency on Aging received $30,000 for the grandparents raising grandchildren program, and The Heart Well Institute received $26,000 for Healing Families, focused on emotional regulation and resilience for parents and adolescents.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$991K
Total Assets
$29M
Total Revenue
$2.5M
Total Expenses
$1.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $21K, with a median of $17K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$17K
75th Percentile
$21K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KELSA ZERESKI
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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