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The Foundation was established by renowned photographer and Winchester resident Arthur Griffin to provide scholarships for young visual artists and grants to preserve and enhance the beauty of the Winchester Community. For seventy years, Arthur Griffin (1903–2001) strolled and studied the streets and paths of Winchester, his beloved adopted hometown. Here, the renowned photographer captured the spirit of New England in the brick, foliage, and sunsets of an iconic Massachusetts town.

The Chamber is a non-profit organization with a volunteer board of directors and several hundred members who pay annual dues for membership. Our members include businesses, community members, entrepreneurs, nonprofit groups, home-based companies and individuals. 

Now one of the largest foundations in New England, Woburn-based Cummings Foundation has awarded more than $260 million in grants to Greater Boston nonprofits alone. Its giving is concentrated in Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties and benefits a broad range of causes, including human services, education, healthcare, and social justice.

The Society’s objective is to provide aid, through volunteer services and through raising funds, for local charities, non-profit organizations and other groups that serve the people of Winchester.

We believe that recreation is a core element of community vibrancy and is essential to the well-being of individuals. In order to fully achieve that status, the quality of recreation facilities is of paramount importance.  When you support the Friends of Winchester Recreation, you help ensure the continuation of quality recreational programming, facilities, and equipment in our community.

Any youth in grades K-12 in Winchester, Massachusetts is welcome to join a troop or participate as an independent Juliette in our Girl Scout program. We have more than 30 troops in all the following Levels:

The Jenks Center offers cultural, educational, recreational and social service programming for residents age 55+, to promote active, healthy, and meaningful engagement and connection within the community.

The LWV of Winchester was founded the year women won the right to vote in 1920.  Initially only women could join League of Women Voter organizations.  Now, the League is open to all persons 16 years of age or older.  We are a group of volunteers who primarily provide voter services, including voter registration, candidate forums, education and advocacy on public policy.  The Winchester League is part of a three tier organization consisting of the League of Women of United States and the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.

The Legacy Winchester Project seeks to both preserve and make readily available the electronically/digitally recorded history of Winchester Massachusetts-Winchester's Legacy. The recordings include video, still images and audio recordings. We are a project of the Winchester Historical Society.