I want to thank Ursula Nowak for her post drawing attention to The Lincoln Foundation's "Bridge the Gap" fundraising campaign. The immediate need for the Battle Road Farm sewage treatment plant rebuild and resulting large special assessments has spurred us into this fundraiser. Following Ursula's post on Lincoln Talk, I received numerous requests for more information about The Lincoln Foundation and this campaign. We have updated our website: *thelincolnfoundation.net <http://thelincolnfoundation.net>* to include details our new donors are requesting. I have included some of this information here and a copy of the flyer that was mailed townwide last Saturday. I look forward to more conversations with fellow Linconites about how to better support our neighbors. You may donate by mailing a check to: The Lincoln Foundation, P.O.Box 341, Lincoln, MA 01773 or donate on our website. Thank you, Terri Morgan
The Lincoln Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 private non-profit organization. The Lincoln Foundation (LF) is a member of Lincoln’s Affordable Housing Trust and Lincoln’s Housing Coalition (LF, Housing Commission, Affordable Housing Trust, Select Board). LF works with the Town of Lincoln to facilitate the resales of affordable deed restricted homes. LF currently has four board members: Terri Morgan, President, Rhonda Swain, Treasurer, Jack Holbrook, and Justin Byrd (BRF affordable owners). We are looking to expand and diversify our board and welcome inquiries by interested Lincoln residents. The Lincoln Foundation’s current fundraising campaign “Bridge the Gap” is the first fundraising LF has engaged in since 2009. Bridge the Gap is addressing an immediate threat to keeping low-income homeowners in the affordable units that the Town created 30+ years ago. LF has stepped in to help, using our reserves, but we need to do fundraising to meet the needed payments for the next 3-10 years. Recent LF Grants made for home improvements and special assessments: 2021: Home improvement grants to Battle Road Farm owners with 80% Area Median Income (AMI) or less to make needed replacements and repairs to kitchen cupboards, countertop & sink, carpeting, HVAC. We made five grants of $5,000 each. 2022: Six grants of $6,000 to owners with Battle Road Farm owners with 120% AMI or less to make needed replacements for flooring, windows and HVAC systems, including installing heat pumps. 2022: Five grants ranging from $1,000 to $8,000 to low and very low-income seniors at MinuteMan Commons to significantly help pay their $9,000 special assessment for septic system rebuild. 2023: Seventeen grants ranging from $3,100 to $4,000 to low and very low-income owners at Battle Road Farm to significantly help pay their 2023 installment of an overall payment of ~$20,000 special assessment for sewage treatment plant rebuild and road improvements.
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