2024 Seize the Dream Honoree Martin Cohen
Martin Cohen can tell you a lot about health and health care in MetroWest. For 24 years, Marty led the MetroWest Health Foundation in providing close to $80 million in support of health and human service programs in the region. As the foundation’s founding President & CEO, Marty was given the task of turning the proceeds from the 1996 sale of MetroWest Medical Center into a charitable foundation that would, as its mission states, “improve the health status of the community, its individuals and families through informed and innovative leadership.”
Through Marty’s leadership the foundation’s work was more than just providing funding. Rather, the foundation served as catalyst for change, bringing government, nonprofit organizations, and individuals together to bring innovative ideas and solutions to those in need.
Over his tenure, the foundation helped to establish two community health centers, a young-adult resource center, mental health co-response units within local police departments, as well as support for many of JFS initiatives, including those focused on new immigrant families and older adults.
To honor Marty and his legacy of caring for our community, the Martin Cohen Health Initiative Fund has been created at JFS to ensure the continued support of all that Marty has done to promote awareness around the social determinants of health and will be used to fund initiatives that support the social determinates of health in our community.
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Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest
EIN: 04-2730898
JFS is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, community-based organization that serves over 7,800 people in the Boston Metrowest region each year, including extended day academic support for low income children, nutrition and basic family assistance for struggling families, citizenship and immigrant programs for new Americans and geriatric care management and other services that enable frail older adults to live independently.
JFS’ sound fiscal management practices have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.
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