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FEDERAL
GRANTS
Health Resources
& Services Administration, 8/30/2021
Now accepting applications for Health & Public Safety Workforce
Resiliency Training and Promoting Resilience and Mental Health
among the Health Professional Workforce, along with many others.
Housing & Urban
Development, 9/8/2021
The Eviction Protection Grant Program is designed to support experienced
legal service providers in providing no-cost services to low-income
tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. HUD expects to award 20 grants
ranging from $1M to $3M.
National Endowment
for the Humanities, 9/14/2021
Humanities Connection grants support innovative curricular approaches
that foster partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts
in the social and natural sciences, and in pre-service or professional
programs. NEH estimates 21 awards; $150,000 max.
National Endowment
for the Humanities, 9/28/2021
Challenge Grants support capital and digital infrastructure projects. Max
award: $750,000. A 10 percent match is required.
New This Week:
Economic Development
Administration - American Rescue Plan Act
Economic Adjustment
Assistance is designed to provide a wide range of
financial assistance to communities and regions as they respond to, and
recover from, the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, including
long-term recovery and resilience to future economic disasters. EDA
estimates 250 awards ranging from $100,000 to $10M. Apply now through 3/31/2022.
The Build Back
Better Regional Challenge is designed as a two-phase
competition to 1) help regions develop transformational economic
development strategies and 2) fund the implementation of those strategies
that will create and grow regional growth clusters. EDA estimates 55
Phase One awards ranging from $200,000 to $500,000. Apply by 10/19/2021.
The Good Jobs
Challenge will support qualified organizations to form
sectoral partnerships. These partnerships will work collaboratively to
grow regional economies and their associated workforces. EDA estimates 50
awards ranging from $1M to $25M. Apply
by 1/26/2022.
Travel, Tourism, and
Outdoor Recreation funding will provide a wide range of
financial assistance to communities and regions to rebuild and strengthen
affected industries through infrastructure and non-infrastructure
projects. EDA estimates 150 awards ranging from $100,000 to $10M. No deadline.
Library of Congress,
9/7/2021
Grants support contemporary ethnographic field research focusing on the
cultures and traditions of diverse communities across the United States.
Individuals are invited to apply. The Library of Congress estimates 10
awards in the range of $50,000 to $60,000.
Environmental
Protection Agency, 9/10/2021
Grants support capacity-building activities to address disproportionate
children's environmental health harms and risks in school or childcare
settings. EPA estimates 10 grants; max award: $200,000.
Environmental
Protection Agency, 10/5/2021
Brownfields Job Training grants support programs that recruit, train, and
place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills
needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field. EPA
estimates 15 grants; max award: $200,000.
National Institutes
of Health, 10/5/2021 to 6/16/2024
NIH seeks R01 and R34 studies that develop and test
the effectiveness of strategies for implementation and sustainable
delivery of evidence-based mental health interventions and services to
improve clinical and functional outcomes for underserved populations in
low-resourced settings in the United States.
National Institutes
of Health, 10/16/2021 to 9/7/2024
NIH seeks R01 and R34 studies for the pilot and
initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early
Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for
Children and Adolescents.
Housing & Urban
Development, 10/19/2021
Healthy Homes Production grants support a comprehensive approach to
addressing multiple housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion.
This program is separate from Lead Hazard Reduction grants. HUD estimates
25 awards, ranging from $1M to $2M, with a 10% match.
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STATE GRANTS
Department of
Housing & Community Development, 8/27/2021
Seeking proposals for legal services and representation to Local Housing
Authorities with fewer than 350 state-aided units in the Metro South and
Northeast Housing Court regions.
Department of Early
Education & Care, 9/30/2022
Childcare Stabilization Fund grants can be used for 1) personnel costs,
2) facility costs, 3) personal protective equipment and cleaning or
training costs, 4) professional development related to health and safety,
5) equipment and supplies to respond to COVID-19, 6) goods and services
necessary to maintain or resume child care services, 7) mental health
supports for children and employees.
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CITY GRANTS
New
this week:
Boston
Transportation Department, 8/16/2021
Requests proposals for
outreach & engagement services, in partnership with the City and a
design consultant, to develop and implement a transparent public
engagement and decision making process to inform the designs for specific
transportation corridors in Roxbury and Dorchester, and to ensure that
community priorities are properly reflected in those corridor designs.
Maximum contract value is $450,000 over 12 months.
African Bridge
Network + Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement + Boston
Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, 8/27/2021
Seeking applicants for
the Boston Immigrant Professionals Fellowship. This pilot program will
provide 10 placements in a three-month paid fellowship in a non-clinical
position with one of the leading hospitals in the Greater Boston region.
Mayor’s Office of
Food Access, 8/31/2021
Accepting applications
from individuals and community-based organizations interested in having a
raised bed installed at their home, property, or community site.
Department of Neighborhood
Development, Open
Applications
are still being accepted for the Rental Relief Fund. Requests up to
$15,000 are being processed by Project HOPE, Neighborhood of Affordable
Housing and Metro Housing|Boston.
Office of Workforce Development, 8/19/2021
Neighborhood
Jobs Trust-funded programs prepare workers for placement in hospitality,
banking and finance, tech, and healthcare jobs.
Mayor’s Office of
Economic Development, through 3/31/2024
Seeking proposals from consultants to provide technical assistance
services to cannabis equity applicants, under a maximum 3-year contract.
Boston Local Development Corporation, Open
Loans are available for small businesses in Boston to be used for working
capital, equipment, utilities, expansion, and other business needs. Terms
are flexible and there are no prepayment penalties. Loans range from
$10,000 to $150,000.
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FOUNDATION
GRANTS
Resilia, 8/16/2021
Resilia will award microgrants of $1,000 to 5 nonprofits that are making
an impact in their communities.
GK Fund, Now through
8/20/2021
Grants of $10,000, along with mentoring and free technology services will
be awarded to small businesses and startup companies in Massachusetts,
with a focus on BIPOC, LGBTQIA, Women and Veteran entrepreneurs.
Applicants who are not selected may still receive access to exclusive
partnerships with Wix.com, and Berkshire Bank.
Funders
Collaborative on Youth Organizing, 8/20/2021
The Organizing to Win Lab will support a nationwide range of youth-led
and multi-generational organizations that are addressing the most
pressing issues of the moment. The 2021 inaugural cohort will include 35
organizations. Max award: $25,000.
Citizens Bank,
8/20/2021
Funding priorities for this round of Champions in Action grants are
Mental Health Support & Education. Grantees receive $35,000 in
unrestricted support, plus promotional opportunities and volunteer
support.
TD Bank, 8/26/2021
The 2021 TD Challenge is focused on addressing learning loss in math and
reading among students in grades K-12 who have been disproportionately
impacted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Max award: $1M.
Petco Foundation,
8/31/2021
Grants support animal welfare organizations performing sheltering and
adoptions nationwide.
Lois Lenski Covey
Foundation, Now through 9/1/2021
Grants support to organizations that serve economically or socially
at-risk children, have limited book budgets, and demonstrate real need.
Grants range from $500 to $3000 and are specifically for books to be
distributed to PreK-8 readers through traveling bookmobile programs.
Advanced Education
Research & Development Fund, 9/1/2021
Requests proposals for the Leveraging Education Advanced Research Now
(LEARN) program, encouraging those that deeply reflect the priority
populations of Black and Latinx learners and projects that include
outcomes that will benefit Latinx or Black learners and their educators.
Proposers should consider creating deep collaborations with
community-based organizations and school districts to meet the stated
goals of this funding opportunity.
GivingTuesday,
9/1/2021
The Starling Collective welcomes applications from innovators of all
backgrounds, and is specifically designed for grassroots organizers,
activists, artists, and changemakers from under-represented and
under-resourced communities. Selected participants will engage in a
six-month peer learning community to share what’s working, what’s not;
gain access to coaching, peer support, and movement-building tools and
resources; receive a $2,000 microgrant in support of leadership
development or on-the-ground work; and have the opportunity to present
ideas or initiatives for a chance to receive additional funding with
which to grow and launch new ideas and scale positive impact in the
community.
Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts, 9/1/2021
Grants support scholarly exhibitions at museums; curatorial research;
visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations; artist
residencies and commissions; arts writing; and efforts to promote the
health, welfare and first amendment rights of artists. Recent awards have
ranged from $60,000 to $100,000.
Tomberg Family
Philanthropies, Now through 9/7/2021
Funding priorities: education and poverty alleviation. Awards can support
pilot programs, new programs, capacity building and evaluations. Letters
of inquiry have the best chance of a thorough, multi-person review
if submitted well in advance of the deadline.
Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, 9/8/2021
Non-renewable grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofits
working to make a positive impact on health or healthcare access in
Massachusetts for people with low-income and residents of Massachusetts
who have been economically, socially, ethnically, or racially
marginalized.
Cummings Foundation,
9/10/2021
Funding priorities: human services, education, healthcare, and social
justice. The Foundation will award up to 140 grants of at least
$100,000.
Mosaic, 9/10/2021
Funding focus: environmental protection and justice. Funding priorities:
movement infrastructure – vibrant connections and indispensable shared
tools across the environmental field. Awards range from $25,000 to
$500,000.
Association of
Fundraising Professionals Massachusetts Chapter + Cummings Foundation,
9/15/2021
The Cummings-AFP Fellows program will support 20 organizations from
Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex counties with education and networking
programming to help them improve their fundraising knowledge and
capabilities.
Knight Foundation,
9/15/2021
Seeking proposals for research that can inform near-term interventions
that mitigate the impacts of disinformation and targeted online
manipulation of communities of color.max award: $175,000
Graham Foundation,
9/15/2021
Grants support key points in the development of an individual's career,
including opportunities to create, develop, and communicate a project
about architecture and the designed environment that will contribute to
their creative, intellectual, and professional growth at crucial or
potentially transformative stages in their careers; support their efforts
to take positions, develop new forms of expression, and engage in debate;
and help them communicate their work in the public realm and reach new
and broader audiences. Funding categories: Production and Presentation,
max $20,000 over two years; Research and Development: max $10,000 over
one year.
TREE Fund, Now
through 9/15/2021
John Z. Duling grants provide initial funding for research and technology
transfer projects with the potential to benefit the everyday work of
arborists. Max award: $25,000 over three years. The application process
begins with a 100-word letter of inquiry.
Foundation for
Opioid Response Efforts, 9/20/2021
FORE will provide grant support for specific projects that aim to
improve, expand, and/or scale evidence-based family-, school-, and/or
community-based prevention services for children and families,
particularly for those at highest risk. Max award: $500,000/year for up
to three years.
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THE RESOURCE TABLE
There’s a new Special Enrollment Period
for the COVID-19 public health emergency. You can enroll in or change
Marketplace health insurance plans through 8/15/2021.
Fully vaccinated residents 18 and older
will have the opportunity to enter to win one of five cash prizes of $1M.
Fully vaccinated residents between 12-17 years of age may enter for the
chance to win one of five scholarship grants of $300,000.
There are three more drawings: 8/9, 8/16 and 8/23.
Resource listings for food, technology,
health, housing, and more.
Families and households that struggle to
afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic, can get connected
to jobs, healthcare services, virtual classrooms, and more.
Households may qualify for either a $50/monthly service credit or a $100
allowance toward a computer or tablet.
Apply online or contact a local broadband service provider.
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