America SCORES New England provides after-school and summer programs that combine soccer, poetry, performance, and service learning for over 500 Boston public school students. www.AmericaSCORESNewEngland.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters establishes and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships for at-risk children. www.jbbbs.org

Boston Police Athletic League (PAL) provides educational, cultural, and athletic programs in partnership with the Boston Police Department and community organizations throughout Boston. www.bostonpal.org

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester inspires young people from diverse circumstances to realize their potential by providing opportunities for growth to become contributing and responsible members of the community. www.danmarrclub.org

Catholic Charities responds to the needs of the poor and working poor, supports children and families, and assists refugees and immigrants in becoming active participants in their communities. www.ccab.org

Children’s Advocacy Center of Norfolk County (CAC) is a collaboration of public and private agencies working together on child abuse cases with the goal to provide many services in one location. www.mass.gov/da/norfolk/CAC

Community Resources for Justice (CRJ) provides counseling, treatment, education, and support to at-risk and delinquent youth and their families in both residential and community-based programs. www.crjustice.org

COMPASS offers a range of special education, prevention, enrichment and community support to economically disadvantaged youth and families with emotional, behavioral and/or learning disabilities. www.compassboston.org

Crossroads for Kids provides life-changing opportunities and experiences through residential summer camp and year-round programs for youth living in at-risk environments that can include violence, neglect and homelessness. www.crossroads4kids.org

DSS Kids Fund serves as a support system for abused and neglected children in the care of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. www.dsskidsfund.org

Epiphany School is an independent, tuition-free middle school for children of economically disadvantaged families with diverse faiths, races, cultures, and cognitive profiles. www.epiphanyschool.com

Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts collaborates with public and private partners to develop and implement programs that support children and families, create nurturing communities, and promote healthy human development. www.familynurturing.org

GROW Clinic at Boston Medical Center provides comprehensive specialty medical, nutritional, and social services, as well as assistance, to local children who are malnourished. www.bmc.org

House of Possibilities (HOPe) is building a respite home for special needs children that will be the first-of-its-kind to be built on a college campus. www.houseofpossibilities.org

The Italian Home for Children is a treatment facility offering residential and community based programs serving special needs children and their families. www.italianhome.org

Judge Baker Children’s Center works to promote the best possible mental health of children through integration of research, intervention, training, and advocacy. www.jbcc.harvard.edu

Kennedy-Donovan Center offers a range of community based services annually to over 5,000 infants, children and families with developmental disabilities and other unique challenges. www.kdc.org

The Key Program provides programs for troubled children and adolescents through a variety of outreach, prevention, and residential programs. www.key.org

Mass Mentoring Partnership is the only statewide organization dedicated to strategically expanding quality mentoring to meet the needs of youth across Massachusetts. MMP serves more than 130 mentoring programs statewide representing over 20,000 mentoring relationships. www.massmentors.org

May Institute serves children and adults with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities, brain injury, mental illness and behavioral healthcare needs. www.mayinstitute.org

MetroLacrosse provides sports-based character education programs to over 500 youth in eight of Boston’s historically underserved communities. www.metrolacrosse.com

Nativity Preparatory School is a Jesuit founded, independent, tuition-free middle school for economically disadvantaged boys of all faiths who reside in Boston's inner city neighborhoods. www.nativityboston.org

Raising a Reader promotes equal opportunity for achievement in children through daily book sharing from birth to age five, fostering healthy brain development, parent-child bonding, and early literacy skills. www.raisingareaderma.org

Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps operates a variety of clinical, community-based and residential programs for at-risk youth and their families. www.rfkchildren.org

School on Wheels of Massachusetts helps break the cycle of poverty one child at a time by providing academic support services for children experiencing homelessness. www.sowma.org