Cummings Foundation, 9/17/2025The program funds a wide variety of local causes related to human services (including housing and food security, anti-poverty, support for people with physical or intellectual limitations, employment training, assistance for foreign-born residents, legal assistance, senior citizens, strong families/communities, youth activities/services); fairness and justice (anti-hate, opportunity gap remediation, representation); education (K-12 and college, mentoring/tutoring, out-of-school time, complementary programs); health care (hospitals/clinics, mental health); and the environment (environmental education, equitable access to outdoor spaces, recycling/waste reduction, sustainable agriculture and food systems. (This program does not currently consider requests for research, land preservation, and large capital projects.) Applicant must be headquartered in the geographic areas listed; provide the majority of its services in the geographic areas listed above; not maintain offices or provide services outside Massachusetts (with the exception of Merrimack Valley nonprofits that also serve southern New Hampshire); not be regional, national, or international (even if based locally) and not be a local office/affiliate of a regional or national organization, unless it has its own EIN.
CHESS Foundation, 9/19/2025 Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in support of programming that: provides exposure to and an appreciation for nature, remove obstacles to enjoying the outdoors (i.e., transportation, trail development, raised awareness, etc.), and fosters independence, health, connection, and the adaptability of beneficiaries in the great outdoors. Special consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate how their initiatives provide ongoing programming for individuals. The foundation specifically seeks to impact individuals for whom access to nature is not easily or commonly experienced. To be eligible, applicants must be based in and serving beneficiaries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or New York; have an annual operating budget of at least $250,000; be a registered 501(c)(3) organization in the United States; have a documented track record of success in supporting the well-being of individuals and the environment; and predominantly serve low-income individuals. Organizations interested in responding to this RFP should submit a proposal via this link on or before September 19, 2025. Grant awards will be made by December 31, 2025
The Bennett Family Foundation, 9/30/2025 The Bennett Family Foundation considers grants to organizations in the Greater Boston/New England and Greater Philadelphia/Southeastern PA areas. Most grants are made in May and November. In both regions the Foundation is interested in: (1) Organizations with staff expertise in their field and who measure their impact on the population they serve (2) Smaller, local organizations (3) Organizations that can demonstrate momentum towards sustainability of programs. In most cases, preference will be given to small local projects over national programs. Grants up to $20,000.
The U.S. Soccer Foundation, 9/30/2025 and 12/31/2025The U.S. Soccer Foundation and Musco Sports Lighting support the Safe Places to Play program, aiming to provide children with accessible, high-quality soccer spaces that foster both physical activity and personal growth. Through the Soccer Fund, they offer ongoing financial support for lighting projects (including Mini-Pitch Systems™ and larger-scale soccer facilities) ensuring more youth have the opportunity to play safely, anytime.
The Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative, 9/30/2025 The Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative’s mission is to provide practical support for efforts that promote safe, responsible use of off-highway vehicles; educate the public on proper recreational land use and wildlife conservation practices; and protect appropriate and sustainable access to public lands. Support is provided to nonprofit or tax-exempt groups, including clubs and associations, public riding areas, outdoor enthusiast associations, land conservation organizations, and communities with an interest in protecting, improving, expanding, or maintaining access for safe, responsible, and sustainable use by motorized off-road vehicles.
The Toshiba America Foundation, Due Dates BelowThe Toshiba America Foundation supports high-quality STEM education in U.S. K–12 schools by funding innovative, teacher-designed projects. Teachers can apply for grants that center on project-based learning. Grants for Grades K-5: October 1, 2025; Grants for Grades 6-12 (under $5,000): September 1, 2025 and December 1, 2025; Grants for Grades 6-12 (over $5,000): November 1, 2025.
The Adolf Busch Award, 10/1/2025The Adolf Busch Award aims to recognize and honor organizations that use music to address social injustice, inequity, and lack of opportunity. The award will grant $10,000 to one organization each year in support of general operating expenses or specific projects. The award will assist organizations that focus on nurturing the musical and leadership skills of individuals, address systemically disenfranchised segments of the population, engage in grassroots initiatives that promote a pluralistic and equitable society, demonstrate a unique and thoughtful approach to the issues they address, demonstrate a meaningful organizational maturation since inception, and show a rejection of the status quo and a willingness to shape a response to systemic issues in a challenging environment. To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S.-based 501(c)(3), or an international organization with a domestic fiscal sponsor, have been established for at least three years, and have an operating budget below $3 million
Bangor Saving Bank Foundation, 10/1/2025The Foundation prioritizes strengthening Northern New England’s economies by investing in economic and workforce development. Its giving supports affordable housing, technology and innovation, and vocational training, alongside education initiatives that promote student readiness and financial wellness. Additional areas of focus include social services, health and wellness, and arts and culture to improve quality of life and build vibrant communities. Preference is given to projects that leverage resources, foster collaboration, demonstrate measurable impact, and pursue long-term, sustainable solutions. Grant range: $5,001 to $25,000.
George B. Henderson, 10/3/2025 (Regular Grant Cycle) Most grants awarded in the regular grants program will be in the $20,000-$50,000 range, but the Designators will consider all projects that fulfill the Foundation’s goals and offer outstanding benefit to the community. Grants above $50,000 are very rare exceptions. If you are applying for more than $50,000, your application should describe in detail why you are seeking a larger grant. The Designators discourage first time applicants from requesting more than $50,000.Through past grants, the Foundation has supported capital projects such as the restoration of historic buildings; creation of new public sculpture and gardens; restoration of historic monuments; and other projects that enhance quality of life and sense of place, while demonstrating design excellence. Grants are made only for projects within Boston city limits and to projects that are accessible and visible to the public. Grants are not made to individuals. Grants are made for restoration and preservation activities, but not for routine care or maintenance (as defined by National Park Service technical standards.) In 2025, the Designators are particularly interested in requests for support of permanent public art projects and projects focused on outdoor spaces. In addition, the Designators are seeking proposals from projects in neighborhoods that have not been well represented in previous grants, including but not limited to East Boston, South Boston, Mission Hill, Allston/Brighton, Charlestown, Chinatown, Mattapan, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and Roslindale.
George B. Henderson Foundation, 10/03/2025 (Mini-Grants Program) As part of their regular grant cycle in the fall, the Designators have reserved up to $40,000 in 2025 for a Mini-Grants program. This program will provide grants of up to $7,500 for immediate implementation of community and neighborhood-based public outdoor space and public art projects. Mini-grants are not available for historic preservation projects (those should apply to the full fall grants program). Funds may be requested to support purchasing of items or elements for the fabrication of permanent public art (such as murals, sculptures, installations, or other works) or for permanent improvements to outdoor public spaces (such as public or community gardens, parks, roadway islands, publicly accessible roof-top gardens, shade structures, sidewalk furnishings, or other amenities that beautify the public realm). Please note: the Mini-Grants Program is not intended to support a budget gap in a larger program that would be better suited to applying to the Regular Grants Program. Design quality and artistic value are important factors in selection, since the goal is to bring beauty to the lives of Bostonians and to Boston’s public spaces. Fees for services (such as design fees) are generally not eligible for coverage by the grant. The Designators strongly prefer that their funds support hard costs and will consider funding soft costs only if they are integral to the installed, final product (such as artist’s fees). Applications must be for projects within Boston city limits. Applicants must be qualified IRC section 501(c)(3) nonprofits, or have a qualified fiscal sponsor. The Foundation will not make grants to individuals. However, individual artists and designers, community groups, youth groups, faith-based groups, or neighborhood groups may work with a qualified nonprofit as a fiscal sponsor. Projects funded by the Mini-Grants Program must be able to be completed no later than
June 30, 2026.
The Designators will host an applicant forum on Zoom on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. over Zoom. Pre-registration is required and open to all potential applicants.
Please register here. A Zoom link will be sent the week of the meeting to all registrants. The session will be recorded for those who cannot attend “live.”
The Shubert Foundation, Dance, Arts-Related, and Shubert Scholars: 10/5/ 2025; Theater: 12/4/2025The Shubert Foundation supports the ongoing vitality of live performing arts across the U.S., prioritizing nonprofit professional theater and also funding dance organizations. Its primary focus is on providing general operating support, but it also funds arts-related organizations, leading drama departments, and new theatrical works. Grants range from $15,000 - $371,000.
Third Wave, 10/7/2205 The Mobilize Power Fund supports urgent community organizing, direct action, healing justice, mutual aid, legal needs, leadership development, and grassroots campaigns. It prioritizes organizations led by and for young women of color (cis and trans), as well as trans, queer, gender nonconforming, and intersex youth of color under 35. Grants can be made for up to $10,000; Partnership or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000.
The Impact Fund, (LOI) 10/7/2025The Impact Fund provides recoverable grants to nonprofit legal services, private attorneys, and small law firms working on cases that advance civil rights, environmental justice, and economic fairness. Grants primarily support class actions or multi-plaintiff litigation designed to create systemic change, with funding directed toward case-related costs such as expert fees and discovery. While grants must be repaid with 7% interest if costs are recovered, repayment is waived when fees are not secured. In addition to funding, the Fund also offers training to strengthen the capacity of public interest law practitioners.
The Dale Jr. Foundation, 10/31/2025 The Dale Jr. Foundation is dedicated to giving underprivileged youth the resources to improve confidence, education, and the opportunity to achieve extraordinary goals. Support focuses on the following areas: empowerment, education, wellness, hunger, and hope. Types of support include monetary donations and in-kind donations of items for auctions and raffles.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 10/15/2025The purpose of this Exploring Equitable Futures call for proposals is to support projects that seed new and unconventional ideas that could radically advance health equity for generations to come. RWJF aims to fund projects that: explore the future by researching and experimenting with ideas that are ahead of the curve or at the edge of our collective imagination; shine a light on the emerging trends and forces that are shaping our future for better or worse—and suggest ways to navigate them to mitigate harm and advance health equity; and dream big and challenge conventional wisdom to surface possibilities and uncover new paths to dismantle structural racism and build a more equitable future. These projects should address one or more of RWJF’s Prioritized Systems. RWJF is particularly interested in projects that seed new and unconventional ideas within the Health Science Knowledge System—or that reimagine this system completely. RWJF believes that the knowledge and evidence that’s needed to guide better decision making, as well as policies that influence health, must include wisdom generated and shared by communities, including those that have been traditionally ignored or undervalued. With grantees and partners, the foundation is working to transform the way we produce, share, and use health evidence so that it is rooted in equity and justice. As such, the foundation is interested in projects that explore questions such as, but not limited to: How might trends, such as artificial intelligence and decreasing trust in institutions impact efforts to transform the Health Science Knowledge System? How might a reimagined Health Science Knowledge System produce knowledge that advances health equity? In a desired future, who gets to frame research questions? How does research reflect the priorities and concerns of community members? What qualifies as evidence? How might new structures, processes, and incentives ensure the future Health Science Knowledge System produces, validates, disseminates, and applies evidence to improve health? Awards funded under this opportunity will be structured as grants. There is no set number of awards and there is no set award amount. Applicants should request the amount of funding needed to complete their proposed project—including direct and indirect costs—for the entire duration of the grant. Preference will be given to applicants that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. Submissions from teams that include both U.S. and international members are eligible.
Mass Cultural Council, 10/16/2025 In FY26 Mass Cultural Council will invest $5.7 million into the Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program, the nation’s largest grassroots cultural funding network. LCCs provide arts and cultural grants to every community in Massachusetts through the efforts of more than 2,500 volunteers. They fund some 7,500 public projects annually that include everything from field trips to lectures, festivals, and dance performances. Mass Cultural Council allocations to LCCs range from $5,700-$305,600, based on a formula that reflects state aid to municipalities.
The Alpha Phi Foundation, 10/31/2025The Alpha Phi Foundation advances women’s heart health through its Heart to Heart Grant program, which funds research and education efforts in the U.S. and Canada. Grant amount: $100,000 for clinical research and up to $25,000 for community-based education and care.
Nordstroms Foundation, 10/31/2025Nordstrom is dedicated to supporting causes that provide basic needs to youth and their families. Eligible organizations include those working in Education, Health Care, and Human Services. Educational giving is focused on literacy initiatives through 3rd grade, early childhood development, and high school readiness. Giving is also available to support youth and family safety, shelter, and food programs. Grants up to $20,000.00. Applications accepted between October 1,2025 and October 31, 2025.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) Thank Offering, 11/1/2025The Presbyterian Church (USA) Thank Offering provides grants of $5,000 to $50,000 to up to 20 projects each year. Eligible programs must address basic human needs, align with the church’s mission, and offer aid that directly responds to community-identified needs. Projects must either be new (under three years old) or established initiatives moving in a fresh, innovative direction. Grant range: $5,000 to $50,000.
The RRF Foundation for Aging, (LOI) 11/1/2025The RRF Foundation for Aging focuses on enhancing the quality of life for older adults in the U.S. through four priority areas: caregiving, economic security, housing, and social and intergenerational connectedness. Its grantmaking supports advocacy, direct service, professional training, and research to strengthen policy and practice for older adults. Key initiatives include supporting caregivers, expanding affordable housing, securing economic stability, and reducing isolation among seniors. While emphasizing these areas, the Foundation remains open to promising projects that improve well-being for older adults. Grants up to $200,000.00.
The George I. Alden Trust, 11/15/2025 The George I. Alden Trust primarily funds capital needs for smaller independent colleges and universities, with a focus on classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and technological infrastructure. It prioritizes institutions offering industrial, vocational, and professional education and may provide outright or challenge grants to broaden institutional support. First-time applicants should not expect grants in excess of $100,000.
New England Foundation for the Arts, 12/1/2025Funding is available to 501(c)3 nonprofits and schools to provide presentations of New England-based performing artists from outside a presenter's state. Activities and programs must not take place exclusively in schools during class time and must be open to the public and advertised as such. To best respond to the current state of arts presenting, deadlines may shift. Please visit the website for the most up-to-date information.
The Shubert Foundation, Dance, Arts-Related, and Shubert Scholars: 10/5/ 2025; Theater: 12/4/2025The Shubert Foundation supports the ongoing vitality of live performing arts across the U.S., prioritizing nonprofit professional theater and also funding dance organizations. Its primary focus is on providing general operating support, but it also funds arts-related organizations, leading drama departments, and new theatrical works. Grants range from $15,000 - $371,000.
The USA Swimming Foundation, 12/15/2025The USA Swimming Foundation is dedicated to saving lives and building champions, both in and out of the pool. Through its Youth and Adult Learn-to-Swim Grants, the Foundation ensures underserved and underrepresented communities gain access to life-saving swim lessons. Additionally, HBCU and Community Impact Grants foster equitable opportunities in swimming, supporting both competitive pathways and broader community engagement.
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art, 1/26/2026 The Wyeth Foundation for American Art reviews funding proposals from nonprofit institutions to support research, conservation, and exhibition programming in American art. Grants from the Foundation typically support innovative exhibitions that explore new research about American art; innovative and important museum catalogues and books; and conservation and restoration of American masterpieces. Grant are typically $5,000 to $25,000.
The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation, 12/31/2025The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide that deliver programs to support and uplift diverse communities. Its funding priorities include expanding access to education, particularly in STEM, early childhood learning, and safety. The Foundation also invests in community engagement efforts that address issues such as financial literacy, food insecurity, environmental conservation, animal welfare, and health and wellness. In addition, it supports organizations advancing equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion to create fairer opportunities for all. Annual giving: $6-$8 million.
Amazon Web Services, 9/30/2025 and 12/31/2025Amazon Web Services will consider requests from nonprofits, governments, socially-minded EdTechs, and corporate social responsibility teams seeking to build digital learning solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities. Selected organizations will receive AWS credits to build and scale learning solutions and targeted technical advising from AWS Solutions Architects. AWS supports students and learning along the continuum of kindergarten to career, including trade schools, community colleges, and universities. Up to $100 million in AWS credits and technical expertise is committed to this initiative. With these credits, organizations can leverage AWS cloud services to create online courses, learning platforms, chatbots, and other digital learning experiences
Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, Rolling The foundation invites applications to its National Grassroots Organizing Program (NGO), which offers two-year, unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year—with an average grant size of $20,000 per year—to small, constituent-led grassroots organizations across the United States and its territories. While the foundation’s broad goals are to further social and environmental justice, its primary purpose is to support the local leadership and grassroots organizing activities of our grant partners rather than any specific issues the organizations are addressing. The foundation is interested in supporting groups that are carrying out activities that build support and collective action to address impacts of inequity and injustice in their communities. The foundation is guided by common principles of community organizing. In general these include: the organization is led by the people directly impacted by the issues the organization works on, and those people have clear decision-making power; a plan with clear goals to gain rights, win collective political power, and create positive community change; an assessment of the problem being addressed and best tactics to employ; outreach, networking, and ally-gaining activities that build support and momentum; and educational activities and events that inform and motivate and build support. To be eligible, applicants must have an annual operating budget under $350,000; use grassroots, collective-action organizing campaigns as the primary strategy for creating social change; be a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status or have a fiscal agent with this status; and be U.S.-based and U.S.-focused.
Athletic Brewing Co.: Two for the Trails, None This program provides grants to nonprofit organizations for trail maintenance, waterway protection, urban greenspace improvement, and broader environmental preservation projects. Funding also supports efforts such as invasive species removal, beach clean-ups, and habitat restoration to ensure equitable access to healthy outdoor environments. Grants typically $5,000 - $10,000.
FundPlay Foundation, None FundPlay Foundation, born from the youth sports management platform LeagueApps, supports organizations nationwide that use sports to foster youth development. Its Software Grants program provides free access to LeagueApps’ management software, along with training and ongoing support. Grantees also receive a small cash donation, access to a professional community, development events, and Positive Coaching Alliance staff training. Additional benefits include discounts on impact evaluation tools, helping organizations strengthen capacity and measure outcomes effectively.
Eastern Bank Foundation, Open Support for organizations that are advancing Economic Inclusion and Mobility in our communities in five strategy areas: (1) Advancing equity in the small business ecosystem (2) Enriching early childhood development (0-5) (3) Securing safe and affordable housing (3) Promoting workforce development and (4) Innovating in economic inclusion and mobility. Impact Grants have a two-step process for consideration:
STEP 1: A Letter of Inquiry can be submitted online at any time and, if determined to be in line with our funding priorities, your organization may be invited to complete an application.
STEP 2: Complete an Application. Requests for Impact Grants may require further discussion and generally take up to 90 days for a decision, depending on the scope of the proposal.
