Cordeiro golf tournament raises $55K for Child and Family Services

FALL RIVER — For the past 12 years, Fall River resident Anthony Cordeiro, founder of Cordeiro Insurance Agency, held an annual golf tournament raising more than $1.2 million for Child and Family Services Inc., one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts that serves more than 18,000 people each year.

This year’s 13th annual Anthony Cordeiro Golf Tournament is special because Cordeiro and his family established the Anthony F. Cordeiro Charitable Foundation to formalize his support of a families and communities in need, raising $55,000 at the tournament at Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston. Former New England Patriots Jarvis Green and Steve Grogan and celebrity artist Brian Fox were in attendance.   

The newly established foundation provides funding to nonprofit organizations serving communities in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island whose mission supports and enriches the lives of families and children. The foundation’s goal is to assist those burdened by life’s challenges by providing access to vital resources including, but not limited to, health and mental health services, food and shelter. The foundation is now accepting grant applications from area nonprofit organizations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island that align with its mission. Full guidelines and application materials are available at cordeirocharitablefoundation.org. Applications are due on or before Dec. 31.