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Our Community Giving

A warm meal. A warm bed. A place to call home.

For over 60 years, community giving has been part of Northern Bank. Today, our Charitable Foundation focuses specifically on providing food, shelter and housing to families in our communities.

We believe helping our communities grow, helps us all.

Community
We invest in our communities by supporting the people who live and work here and helping them achieve their goals and dreams.
Volunteering

Our team members dedicate many hours to volunteering and supporting organizations in our communities.

Partnerships

We partner with many schools, non-profits and other charitable organizations to help them advance their mission.

Foundation

We also invest in communities in Middlesex County through the Northern Bank Charitable Foundation.

Supporting organizations and causes vital to our communities.

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Over the past few years Northern Bank has partnered with Heading Home, a non-profit that works to end homelessness in the Greater Boston area, to provide shelter and food for families in need.

In 2019, Northern Bank teamed up with New England Running Back, Sony Michel, to welcome a homeless family into their new home.

The Foundation focuses its efforts on three key areas:

  1. Assisting members of our community with housing and shelter needs
  2. Ending hunger by raising awareness and supporting our local food banks in Middlesex County
  3. Providing a variety of services, including financial literacy for children, low income residents and seniors in our community

The Foundation has awarded over $2 million to support our communities.

James E. McGarry Jr. Scholarship Fund

The Northern Bank Charitable Foundation annually administers the James E. McGarry Jr. Scholarship Fund. The $5,000 college scholarship, established in 2014, honors the late “Jim” McGarry of Woburn for his 50 years of service to Northern Bank. It also pays tribute to his lifelong affinity for local fire and police departments.

Download the 2025 James E. McGarry Jr. Scholarship application now. Apply before April 25, 2025. Applications can be emailed to McGarryScholarship@NBTC.com.

Good luck to all of the 2025 graduates!

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Interested in applying for charitable funding?

Select which type of giving best applies to your group.

Charitable Foundation
Community Sponsorship
Corporate Giving
General Description

Requests are larger contributions made to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations and are reviewed quarterly. Request should have a CRA community development component*.

Community sponsorships are contributions made to community-based organizations who then place an ad or logo on their materials, display a banner at an event, or provide some other type of advertising or recognition.

Corporate Giving contributions are smaller contributions made as donations to 501(c)(3) organizations. These do not require placement of marketing or advertising materials.

Dollar Amount

Over $2,500.00

Under $2,500.00

Under $2,500.00

Eligibility

Applicant must be nonprofit 501(c)(3), with programs that serve low to moderate income individuals, or affordable housing initiatives. Organization should service Middlesex County.

Organization should service Middlesex County.

Organization should service Middlesex County.

Organization Type

Affordable Housing, Community Services, Financial Literacy, Community Development.

Youth sports, education, town celebrations, community events, local chambers.

Youth, education, community/town celebrations, local chambers.

Application Process

Apply using the link below. Once the application is submitted, they are reviewed on a quarterly basis. If approved you will be contacted.

Apply with the link below. Once application is submitted, they are reviewed on a monthly basis. Please allow 4-6 weeks for review. If approved you will be contacted.

Apply with the link below. Once application is submitted, they are reviewed on a monthly basis. Please allow 4-6 weeks for review. If approved you will be contacted.

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Please note: Northern Bank does not make contributions of any kind to individuals, or individual fundraising efforts, organizations which are religious or political in nature, organizations which are discriminatory in their practice or in-kind donations.

*Community development is affordable housing for low and moderate income individuals; community services targeted to low and moderate income individuals; activities that promote economic development by financing small businesses (gross annual revenues of $1 million or less); and activities that revitalize or stabilize low and moderate income geographies.

Learn more about our Community Giving.

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