Gracelaw Simmons
Phone: 617-391-3082
E-mail: gsimmons @ gmafoundations . com

Gracelaw Simmons joined the GMA staff in 1998.  She serves as administrator of Sailors’ Snug Harbor of Boston, a grantmaking foundation with interests in elder services and the particular needs of Massachusetts fishing communities.  She is also grants advisor to the Linden Foundation, which supports services to disadvantaged and homeless families, and to the Ludcke Foundation, supporting education, health, and social services for children and families.

Before joining GMA, Gracelaw was a staff member and special projects consultant with Associated Grant Makers for more than 20 years, where she served in many capacities, including librarian, vice president for member services, and editor of several editions of the Massachusetts Grantmakers Directory.

Gracelaw is a graduate of Barnard College and has a master’s degree in Library Science from Simmons College. Her volunteer commitments include serving on the board of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, and as a Mayoral appointee to the City of Medford’s School Building Committee.  She is a past president of the Massachusetts Maternity and Foundling Hospital Corporation and of Social Justice for Women, and a former co-chair of Boston’s Women in Philanthropy.