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The Funding Update
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MassDevelopment, 1/15/2021
The
Cultural
Facilities Fund provides capital and planning grants
for acquisition, design, repair, renovation, expansion, and
construction of nonprofit and municipal cultural facilities.
LEF Foundation, 1/22/2021
Grants from the Moving
Image Fund support work created by New England-based
filmmakers that is provocative, heartfelt, and challenging in style
and substance. The program supports long-form projects with running
times of forty minutes or more in both the production and
post-production phases. Grants range from $15,000 to $25,000.
National Endowment for the
Arts, 1/27/2021
The Big Read
supports community-wide reading programs which encourage reading and
participation by diverse audiences.
National Endowment for the Arts, 2/13/2021
Grants for Arts
Projects support public engagement with, and access
to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of
art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the
arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the
fabric of community life. Grants range from $10,000 to $150,000 and
require a 50% match.
Foundation for Community Artists, Open
Multiple grant opportunities.
The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture provides an
Artist Resource Desk.
The Creative Capital blog
lists a variety of resources and opportunities.
Applications
for the Creative Capital Award open February 1, 2021.
Check this page to register for information
sessions.
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With our best wishes for the New Year, The Funding
Update will return on January 8, 2021.
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City of Boston, Open
The Boston
Resiliency Fund helps coordinate philanthropic
efforts to provide essential services to Boston residents whose
health and well-being are most immediately impacted by the
coronavirus pandemic. Funding priorities: providing food to Boston's
children, families, and seniors; providing technology to Boston
Public Schools students for remote learning; and providing support to
first responders, front-line workers, and healthcare workers so they
can effectively do their jobs and promote public health.
Applications
Still Being Accepted: City of Boston, Open
The Rental
Relief Fund will help income-eligible tenants in the
City of Boston who do not have access to expanded unemployment
benefits, or because of the nature of their jobs, the unemployment
benefits they will receive represent a significant reduction in their
actual income. Application materials are available in multiple
languages.
WHAT TO DO WHEN FACING AN EVICTION
Bob Barker Company
Foundation, Open
Grants, ranging from $5,000 to $50,000, support programs that prepare
formerly incarcerated individuals for successful reentry into
society.
Office on Violence Against
Women, 1/22/2021
Justice
for Families grants improve the response of the civil and
criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases
involving allegations of child sexual abuse. OVW expects to make 23
grants in the range of $550,000 to $650,000.
Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, 1/22/2021
Grants
of up to $500 will support youth leaders ages 5-25 across the U.S. to
turn their ideas into action and make an impact on the issue of
childhood hunger. New this year is an option for a fundraising match
grant, which includes $100 for fundraising-related costs and a $400
matching grant to a local hunger relief organization of your
choice.
National Science Foundation, 2/24/2021
The
goal of Smart
and Connected Communities is to accelerate the
creation of new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and
security, health and wellness, accessibility and inclusivity, and
overall quality of life. A total of $23.5M is available.
New England Grassroots Environment Fund,
3/15/2021
Seed
Grants
of $250 to $1,000 help volunteer groups launch and build their newly
evolving projects. Requests for this program may be submitted
throughout the year. Grow
Grants of $1,000 to $3,500 enhance the ability of
established groups to increase capacity, collaborate, and leverage
impact.
People for Bikes, 1/12/2021
Community Grants
support bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted advocacy
initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and
abilities to ride. Max award: $10,000.
Office on Violence Against Women, 2/2/2021
Legal Assistance
for Victims grants ($600,000 to $800,000) support
comprehensive services. OVW expects to award 56 grants to nonprofits.
Emergent Fund, Open
Funding priorities: Coalitions/Alliances; Mobilization; Organizing
and Advocacy; Healing, Inspiration, and Liberation; Access for
digital spaces and digital organizing. Population focus: Black,
Indigenous and People of Color. Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000.
Harry Chapin Foundation, Open
Funding priorities: Arts-In-Education Programs, Community Education
Programs; Agricultural and Environmental Programs. Funding focus:
grassroots organizations with budgets up to $500,000. Max
award: $10,000.
New
this week: National Parks Service, 1/26/2021
Save America's
Treasures grants help preserve nationally significant
historic properties and collections that convey our nation's rich
heritage to future generations. Two categories of funding:
preservation projects and collections. Eligible properties must be
either currently: 1) individually listed as a National Historic
Landmark or be a contributing property within a National Historic
Landmark district, or 2) individually listed in the National Register
of Historic Places. Grants range from $125,000 to $500,000.
New this week: New Earth Foundation, 2/1/2021
Grants support environmental
initiatives aimed at eliminating pollution and saving the planet’s
ecosystems, community efforts that create models of social sustainability,
educational innovations that prepare youth to become the socially responsible leaders
of the future, and strategies that offer economic improvement
and opportunities.
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Are
you struggling with rent or mortgage payments
because of
COVID-19?
There are resources available.
You can also
call 211.
Talk to your
landlord to create a plan.
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Massachusetts Eviction Defense Guide
Courtesy of
Greater Boston Legal Services
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City of Boston,
Open
The Reopen Boston Fund
was established to help small businesses minimize risk and manage
economic recovery. Eligible costs include Personal Protective
Equipment, safety partitions for customers and employees, and
managing outdoor space that’s approved for business use. The grants
are for brick-and-mortar businesses, with fewer than 15 employees,
where people work close to each other or to customers.
Boston Local Development Corporation, Open
The Standard
BLDC Loan Fund is available for existing businesses,
new
ventures, and businesses relocating to Boston. Loans range from
$25,000 to $150,000. The Backstreets
Boston Back-up Loan Program provides financing of up
to $250,000 for Boston companies in the industrial and manufacturing
sectors. Also, BLDC recently received a $693,000 CARES Act Recovery
Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration at the
US Department of Commerce to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund
to provide loans to coronavirus-impacted small businesses in Boston.
For more
information, contact Bill Nickerson or Gisella Soriano.
Boston
Industrial Development Finance Authority, Open
BIDFA and GreenerU have partnered to offer a financing program that
helps Boston nonprofits lower their energy bills and reach the City’s
greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Register here for the
12/9/2020 webinar on the Tax-Exempt
Lease Program.
Citizens Bank, 1/8/2021
Currently
accepting applications from nonprofits seeking funding for financial
empowerment programs that teach good financial practices in CT, MA,
MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, and VT.
MassTech Collaborative, Open
The Collaborative
Research Matching Grant supports large-scale projects
involving two or more research organizations that have the most
potential to spur innovation, cluster development, new business
formation, and job growth through industry partnerships in the
Commonwealth. All Grant Applications must include collaboration
amongst two or more universities or research institutions.
New
this week: Black Ambition HBCU Prize, 2/21/2021
Pharrell Williams has established a platform for eligible applicants
to access growth capital, pitch feedback, and mentorship. The
competition features two tracks: Business Concept and Early Business.
Prizes range from $50,000 to $250,000.
New this week: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 1/11/2021
The Elevate Initiative is designed to address structural and systemic
barriers to economic opportunity and ensure equitable outcomes in the
American workforce. Up to ten grants of between $100,000 and $300,000
will be awarded to nonprofit organizations nationwide that
demonstrate a strong commitment to intersectional racial justice, and
an ability to address economic disparities that affect Black and
Brown workers as the result of structural racism. Apply by either text or video.
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Q&A About the Second Round of Stimulus
Payments
Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that he expects people will
start receiving their payments next week.
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The
Mayor’s Office of Economic Development holds
Virtual Office Hours on Wednesdays
from 11AM to 1PM.
Learn
about becoming a City of Boston-certified Minority/Woman-Owned
Business.
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National Geographic, Open
The COVID-19
Remote Learning Emergency Fund will distribute grants
ranging from $1,000–$8,000 to individual educators to use the power
of science, social studies, and/or geography to help students
understand the challenges and impacts of critical issues.
Brown Rudnick,
Open
Community Grants
support front-line education workers in Boston, Hartford, New York
City, Providence and Washington, D.C.
Fund for Teachers, 1/21/2021
Individuals may apply for up to $5,000 and teams may apply for up to
$10,000 (while team members may be from different schools, districts
or states, all members must meet the eligibility criteria). Fellowships
should begin after the last day of school in the spring and be
completed by the first day of school in the fall, with all fellowship
related expenditures made by September 9, 2021.
Health Resources and Services Administration,
1/19/2021
Nursing
Workforce Diversity grants to nonprofit educational
institutions provide support from enrollment to graduation. The grant
term is 4 years, and the max award is $555,000 per year.
New
this week: US Education, 1/11/2021
The School Ambassador Fellowship is a one-year professional learning
community designed to improve educational outcomes for students by
leveraging the expertise of school-based practitioners in the
creation, evaluation, and dissemination of information around
national education initiatives.
New this week: JAMS Foundation, 01/11/2021
Grants support Conflict Resolution Education and training for young
people. The funding focus in 2021 is on CRE activities that increase
resilience in youth ages 16 to 18 who are in foster care, homeless
shelters, domestic violence shelters and youth correctional
facilities. Grants range from $15,000 to $40,000 in the first year;
and $20,000 if extended to a second year.
New this week: United States-Japan Foundation, 1/15/2021
Funding focus: K-12 education. Grants support innovative education
projects that help American and Japanese youth learn about each
other’s society, culture, and country as well as learn to work together
on issues of common concern. Multiple funding opportunities.
New this week: US Education, 1/21/2021
Institute of Education Sciences Small Business Innovation Research
provides up to $1.1M in funding in 2 phases: Phase I for $200,000 for
8-months for rapid prototype development and evaluation and Phase II
for $900,000 for full-scale product development and evaluation.
New this week: First Up, 1/29/2021
Terri Lynne Lokoff Teacher Awards acknowledge the critical role of
childcare teachers in providing quality early care and education.
Fifty selected teachers will each receive a $1,000 grant. Of those,
one will receive the Helene Marks Award, which includes an additional
$1,000 grant.
New this week: American Honda Foundation, 2/1/2021
Funding priorities: STEM education for youth; the environment; job
training; and literacy. Grants range from $20,000 to $75,000.
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GrantStation offers a searchable database of COVID-19
funding.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1/28 to 2/25/2021
Racial Equity
2030 is a $90 million global challenge to drive an
equitable future for children, families, and communities across the
world. Solutions may tackle the social, economic, political, or
institutional inequities we see today. Applications must embrace and
reflect the values of racial equity and justice, and proposed
solutions should be led by an experienced team that includes
communities closest to the issue as part of leadership in the
project. Teams of visionaries, change agents, and community leaders
from every sector are invited to join.
Robert F Schumann Foundation, 2/28/2021
Funding priorities: environmental sustainability, education, the arts
and humanities.
Agnes M. Lindsey Trust, Open
Funding priorities: Health, Education, Homeless Shelters and Food
Access. Applications for Camp Scholarships are due March 1, annually.
Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 and support nonprofits in Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Open
Funding priorities:entrepreneurs of color, affordable housing, early
childhood education, and workforce development.
Yawkey Foundation, Open
Funding priorities: health care, education, human services, youth and
amateur athletics, arts and culture, and conservation and wildlife.
Categories: Program
& Small Capital Grants – up to $100,000; Strategic Investment Grants
– up to $1 million, typically payable over multiple years; Transformational Capital
Grants – up to $5 million, typically payable over
multiple years.
Peace Development Fund, 12/29/2020
DeColores Rapid
Response Fund grants (average $5,000) support
grassroots, power-building organizations that are aligned with PDF’s
four pillars of grantmaking: Organizing to Shift Power; Working to
Build a Movement; Dismantling Oppression; and Creating New
Structures.
The Impact Fund, 1/12/2021
Recoverable grants in the range of $10,000 to $50,000 are awarded to
legal services nonprofits, private attorneys, and/or small law firms
who seek to advance justice in the areas of civil and human rights,
environmental justice, and/or poverty law.
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
1/15/2021
The African
American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is designed to
advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as
sites, museums, and landscapes. Grants support Capital Projects,
Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming
and Interpretation. Awards range from $50,000 to $150,000.
Les Paul Foundation, 1/15/2021
Grants support music innovation and engineering, as well as medical
research on hearing loss.
Looking Out
Foundation, 2/1/2021
Funding priorities include disadvantaged youth; health; community
development; women/gender equality; the environment; the arts; human
and civil rights; and the hungry and the homeless. Grants range from
$1,000 and $5,000.
Amgen Foundation, Open
Funding focus: Science Education and Community Life. Local grants
range from $5,000 to $50,000.
Hearst Foundations, Open
Funding priorities: Culture, Education, Health, Social Services.The
most common first grant size is $75,000.
Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation, Open
Funding priorities: Civic and Community Development, Education and
Training, Environment, Public Health. Funding focus: economically
disadvantaged populations. Grants range from $2,500 to $15,000.
New
this week: Save America’s Treasures, 1/26/2021
The Save America's Treasures Grants program helps preserve nationally
significant historic properties and collections that convey our
nation's rich heritage to future generations. The program has
separate applications for preservation projects (for properties
listed on the National Register of Historic Places for national
significance or listed as a National Historic Landmark) and for
projects involving collections (including artifacts, museum
collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art)
Boston
Foundation, 02/21/2021
New and existing nonprofit organizations in Greater Boston that are
not currently aligned with the strategies, goals and approaches
pursued in the Foundation's five Impact Areas to consider Open
Door Grants for support of their efforts to meet existing needs or
test new ideas and innovations that address the most critical challenges
and biggest opportunities facing our community. Open Door Grants are
especially focused on organizations serving and building power in
communities historically excluded from institutional philanthropy and
whose leadership reflects the communities they serve.
New this week: Truist Foundation, 3/31/2020
Funding priorities: leadership development, economic mobility,
thriving communities and educational equity. Grants support one-time
needs that are sustainable and don’t commit funds to recurring
expenditures. Capital requests will be considered when the campaign
is 60% complete toward its fundraising goal.
New this week: Santander Bank Charitable Foundation, 1/2/2021
- 10/15/2021
Funding priorities: Financial Empowerment, Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, Affordable Housing, and Healthy Neighborhoods. Max
award: $30,000. Quarterly funding decisions.
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