IMPACT
As Medfield's Community Foundation, MFi empowers residents to fundraise and give to local non-profit causes they care about. With 99% of your donation directly supporting the initiative of your choice, giving to MFi is the most impactful way to support your hometown.
By the Numbers: 2001 – 2024
Celebrating over 23 years of high impact community fundraising by volunteers!
Over $5,000,000 raised for over 50 projects and nonprofit initiatives benefitting the Medfield community to date.
Over $760,000 raised for the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund, enabling 14 grants totaling over $100,000 given to Medfield nonprofit organizations and initiatives, providing important funding for their work.
Thousands of walkers, runners and volunteers have participated in the Angel Run, raising over $280,000 to support the Medfield Foundation and its Community Assistance Fund, helping people in need.
Hundreds and hundreds of volunteers have been involved with MFi to make Medfield a better place.
Over 14 years, 129 Extraordinary Volunteers have been celebrated at the MFi Volunteer Awards.
Over 60 high school students have participated in MFi’s Youth Leadership Program, inspiring the next generation to care and make a difference.
Building Community: 100%
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Legacy Fund Impact Report
Give for the future while benefitting today! Since its inception in 2018, over $760,000 has been raised for the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund Endowment enabling nearly $100,000 in grants to Medfield nonprofit organizations and initiatives.
Through its competitive “Pitch It!” grant process, the Legacy Fund has provided an important source of funding to the following community programs:
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
Towards design of proposed Art Center at Medfield State Hospital
Friends of Medfield Rail Trail
Towards conversion of former Bay Colony Railroad into multi-use recreational corridor
Medfield Cares About Prevention
To hire a grant request writer, winning $625,000 in federal funding to design a strategy and hire a substance abuse professional for 5 years
Friends of MHS Theatre Society
To purchase a new cyclorama drop for Medfield High School stage
Medfield Outreach
To conduct a Community Needs Assessment survey and strategy
Peak House Heritage Center
To conduct an archeological survey and curate exhibition of objects
Sustainable Medfield
To develop a comprehensive strategy to educate & support town residents in ways to make Medfield a more sustainable community
Hinkley Helpers
To rebuild Hinkley Park into a fun, safe and inclusive playground
Kingsbury Grist Mill
To fund a new roof and support a working turbine
Medfield TV
To purchase new equipment and technology for community TV
Zullo Gallery
To create Augmented Reality art
Friends of the Dwight-Derby House
For the East Parlor Project, illuminating the Hat Making Shop of Mary Townsend Derby
Medfield TV
To purchase podcasting equipment for their new Digital Audio Education and Oral History Project
Peak House Heritage Center
To create a Traveling Trunk Exhibit in collaboration with the curriculum of Wheelock School
And the work continues! Give to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund. Make an Impact, Leave a Legacy.
Camp Fund Impact Report
Bringing joy to kids’ faces, MFi’s Camp Fund has helped Medfield families with financial difficulties give their child the opportunity to build cherished memories, positive experiences, life-long friendships and experience the wonder of nature. Established in 2017, MFi’s Camp Fund has provided over 265 enriching weeks of summer camp over the past eight years.
CURRENT COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES
INITIATIVES
MFi's impact benefits all demographics of the Medfield community by empowering motivated volunteers to improve public places and causes they care about.
Medfield
Helping Hands
Supports Medfield families in temporary crisis using their data base of helpful volunteers.
Medfield Fireworks
& Celebration
Currently raising funds for a future celebration.
PAST COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES
INITIATIVES
Over the past 22 years, MFi has partnered with many community initiatives ranging from public art projects to local parks, all of which have enriched the lives of Medfield residents and strengthened our community.
Council on Aging Senior Bus
"The Bus for Us," MFi's first project, provided important funding for Council on Aging's very first bus, without raising taxes, during a time of expensive school renovations.
MHS Field, Track and Bleachers
Replaced MHS's dilapitated track, bleachers and announcer hut, complimenting the new turf field.
MHS Turf Field of Dreams
MHS's first turf athletic field, fundraised by parents of athletes, to replace the original field which was built on wetlands and was often muddy and hazardous.
Dale Street Playground
Replaced MHS's dilapitated track, bleachers and announcer hut, complimenting the new turf field.
MHS Athletic Fund
To support athletes and teams at MHS.
Angel Run (Natasha Domeshek
Fund)
Created by the family and friends of a beloved third grader, funding scholarships based on kindness for her class of 2012.
Natasha Domeshek Library Fund
For the Wheelock School Library book collection, in honor of Natasha who loved to read.
Festival Fund
For Medfield Park & Rec. to host Spring Fest and Fall Fest musical performances.
Friends of Recreation
To offset Medfield Park & Rec. expenses for landscaping, programming, equipment and capital improvement.
Medfield
Skate Park
Fundraising in hopes of building a recreational skate park.
Art in Public Places
Making art a part of the every day experience in Medfield.
Straw Hat Park
Transforming an underutilized grassy area into an inviting gathering space in the heart of downtown.
Veterans Recognition Fund
To purchase and display plaques and monuments to recognize the contribution of Medfield veterans.
Saw Mill Brook Conservation Fund
For the maintenance of this open space owned by the Town.
MFi Covid Relief Fund
Helping residents heavily impacted in this unprecedented time.
Medfield Youth Community Collaborative
A collaboration to support youth, eventually splitting into what is now MCSP and MCAP.
Medfield Night Fireworks
We will provide information about this section soon.
These community initiatives have complemented other volunteer-led efforts in town including school improvement projects, land acquisition, and arts and cultural events resulting in a better Medfield for all.