A group of 22 Dorchester organizations will share $140,000 in grant disbursements from the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) from money paid into a mitigation fund by Edens, the developer of the South Bay Mall, as part of a community benefits agreement when the mall expanded in 2016.

The grants were allocated by the city through an open application period late last year. There were 33 applicants who sought funding. Of those, a review committee scored the applications and approved 22 organizations various amounts of money. The BPDA signed onto the recommendations on Feb. 13.

The awardees and their funding include are Beantown Slam, $6,000; Boston Children’s Chorus, $2,500; Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, $5,290; Chess Wizards (a parent-run group at the Kenny School), $6,000; Convergence Ensemble, $5,000; Dot Art, $7,000; Design Studio for Social Intervention, $6,000; Greater Ashmont Main Street, $7,500; Hoops Collaborative, $7,000; Irish Pastoral Centre, $7,000; MassArt Foundation, $8,000.

Also, Project D.E.E.P., $6,500; Teen Center at St. Peter’s, $11,000; Vietnamese American Community of MA, $7,500; Words as Worlds, $5,040; Level Ground MMA Studio, $7,000; Ashmont Nursery School, $4,670; Boston City Singers, $5,000; Dorchester Food Co-op, $5,000; Financial Education Associates, $7,000; Newmarket BID, $7,000; Second Church in Dorchester, $7,000.

–REPORTER STAFF