Grants are awarded to organizations in three issue areas: Youth, Environmental Sustainability, and Impact. See below for a list of our grants.
Youth: organizations working to improve opportunities for young people (can include out-of-school programming, interventions, and preventative programming)
Environmental Sustainability: organizations addressing climate change (can include environmental justice, community building, and research programming)
Impact: organizations that work to improve the effectiveness of the social sector (can include intermediaries and leadership development)
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust's three-year grant supports development, operations and program staff hires to help increase fundraising and expand programmatic reach.
Science Club for Girls' three-year grant supports the development, operations, and communications teams to increase fundraising and support operational infrastructure. This capacity building funding will support SFCG’s goals of reaching more girls and expanding their program geographically.
Young Man with a Plan's three-year grant supports development and operations staff hires to help increase fundraising by 70% and the number of young men served by 60% while introducing new wellness programming.
Coaching for Change's three-year grant supports the hiring of a Director of Development, the implementation of a Learning Management System and systems integration Throughout the grant period, C4C aims to increase fundraising revenue by 50% and improve organizational efficiency.
Friends of the Children, Boston's three-year grant supports increasing their fundraising capacity and resiliency, to increase fundraising by 50% over the next five years. Throughout the grant period, Friends of the Children, Boston aims to double the number of youth and families served.
Tech Goes Home's three-year grant supports expansion of their development and earned revenue teams to increase fundraising and earned revenue income. The grant will help Tech Goes Home build internal capacity to support long-term expansion and deepen their impact.
United South End Settlements' (USES) three-year grant supports USES's financial sustainability through improved fundraising and earned revenue. The grant supports development staffing needs, upgrading USES's website and working with a government affairs and relations consultant.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
Three-year capacity building grant to support Breaktime's statewide expansion through building organizational capacity and increased development efforts.
Building Audacity's three-year grant supports overall fundraising and the hiring the Strategic Partnerships Director to help scale Building Audacity's, On the Grow program. Supporting the growth of the On the Grow program will help enhance earned revenue potential for Building Audacity.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
Hale's three-year, capacity building grant supports building Hale’s digital presence through a new website, accessible applications, and targeted communications.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year challenge grant to support fundraising efforts for the Arboretum Youth Scientists program, a program of the Arboretum that works with local schools to build a pipeline of local, diverse, smart, and engaged science students.
One-year grant for general operating support.
The Loop Lab's (TLL) three-year, capacity building grant supports expanding TLL's income earning production capacity and significantly enhancing development efforts, enabling TLL to increase the annual number of media arts apprentices they graduate.
One-year grant for general operating support.
One-year grant for general operating support.
ACE's three-year grant supports increasing internal financial control and infrastructure.
Bikes Not Bombs' three-year grant supports increasing staff capacity to double the number of youth served and increase annual fundraising capacity.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Chica Project's three-year grant supports increasing the staff capacity needed to increase the number of young underserved Latinas and other young women of color and expand the program to other communities.
College Bound Dorchester's three-year grant will support creating and sustaining the Uncornered Apprenticeship program. This program will recruit and train individuals who have participated in the Uncornered program to become professional community-based mentors.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Doc Wayne’s three-year grant supports continuing to solidify the launch of The Champions Network™, empowering positive youth development professionals across communities with skills to support the mental health of youth in their care.
One year, introductory grant.
One year, introductory grant.
Manomet’s three-year grant supports embedding DEI into its education and outreach work, and to develop a sustainably funded pipeline into conservation, sustainability, and ornithology careers for diverse students and early career professionals.
Mystic River Watershed Association's (MyRWA) three-year grant supports MyRWA to build a more robust annual giving program, and to put MyRWA in a position to be able to articulate the importance of this work for all of its community members.
OrigiNation's three-year grant supports hiring development staff to increase fundraising and manage development efforts.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant to support GMA's environmental justice funder collaborative.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Silver Lining Mentoring’s (SLM) three-year grant supports increasing its communications capacity to meet the mentor recruitment and fundraising goals necessary to increase the number of young people it serves in foster care as well as reaching thousands nationwide through the SLM Institute.
One year, introductory grant.
One year, introductory grant.
One year, introductory grant.
WBUR's three-year grant supports building the reporting capacity of Earthwhile, WBUR's environmental journalism vertical and increasing Earthwhile's audience engagement through a newsletter and events.
One-year, general operating grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, general operating grant to support C2C's work during Covid-19.
General operating grant to support Catie's Closet's work during COVID-19.
One-year grant to support general operating.
General operating grant to support College Bound Dorchester's work during COVID-19
One-year, general operating grant to support Commonwealth Kitchen's work during Covid-19.
Company One's three-year grant supports an increase in fundraising and earned revenue. Through this grant, Company One will expand its in-school and community program as well as increase its individual donor base.
One-year grant to support general operating.
General operating grant to support Doc Wayne's work during COVID-19.
Fathers' Uplift's three-year grant supports enabling its facilities, services, and clinicians to become CARF certified and to increase staff and the manualization of its approach, with an overall goals of increasing earned revenue and building the capacity of its operations.
General operating grant to support Future Chefs' work during COVID-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support the Greater Boston Food Bank's work during COVID-19.
General operating grant to support Greenworks' organizational needs during COVID-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support Hale Reservation during Covid-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support Haley House's work during Covid-19.
General operating grant to support InnerCity Weightlifting's work during COVID-19.
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute's three-year grant supports increasing board capacity and staff sustainability, developing and monetizing products and increasing its overall earned income.
Three-year capacity building grant to support hiring executive staff and increase fundraising.
One-year, general operating grant to support Mill City Grows' work during Covid-19.
General operating grant to support More Than Words' work during COVID-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support musiConnects' work during Covid-19.
One-year, introductory grant.
General operating grant to support the community of Chelsea during COVID-19.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, general operating grant to support Raw Art Works during Covid-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support Roca's work during Covid-19.
One-time grant to support the communications and public relations needs of the 2020 Social Innovators due to the impact of COVID-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support The Food Project during Covid-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support UTEC during Covid-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support UFIB's work during Covid-19.
One-year, general operating grant to support WBUR's work during Covid-19.
YW Boston’s three-year multi-year grant supports doubling InclusionBoston’s program revenue, and enabling YW to increase the number of organizations that participate in InclusionBoston by at least 100%. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
Youth on Board's grant supports growing and sustaining its Climate Justice program.
Matching grant to support YouthConnect's annual partnership breakfast.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Change is Simple's three-year grant supports the creation of a teacher certification program, allowing teachers across the country to implement its innovative framework for climate and sustainability education.
College for Social Innovation’s three-year grant supports growing the annual student enrollment, increasing earned revenue and scaling towards full financial sustainability. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Two-year grant for annual memberships.
GreenRoots' three-year grant supports capacity building through the addition of staff members. This will result in an increase in individual and corporate donors and an increase in the number of residents served. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Family Nurturing Center’s three-year grant supports the organization's capacity to grow its individual giving, increase its visibility and enhance its outcome measures to include long-term results.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
InnerCity Weighlifiting’s (ICW) three-year grant supports an increase in fundraising and earned income. Through this grant, ICW is focusing on doubling the number of students served and quadrupling its client base. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
Institute for Nonprofit Practice’s three-year grant is focused on building a sustainable financial model with diversified income streams from current and new donors. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Merck Family Fund’s one-year grant supported the production of independent reports intended to inform state governmental agencies about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, including technical, adoption, and expansion issues.
One-year grant for annual membership.
Three-year grant supporting the Impact Fund, which will be used to support approximately ten companies promising gigaton-scale emission reductions.
Pace Women's Justice Center’s one-year grant supported the Center's Legal Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence program which provides comprehensive legal services to low-income domestic violence victims. This included an opportunity to leverage our funding through a matching grant.
Philanthropy Massachusetts’ two-year grant provides capacity for program expansion, hiring staff, and adding technology for virtual programming capabilities to reach more constituents. This funding includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Three-year grant focused on increasing earned revenue and increasing the number of children served.
Roca’s three-year grant supports significant capacity building and growth of their Young Mothers Program, a program that directs intensive services toward young mothers who present serious risk factors that put themselves and their children in harm’s way.
Social Innovation Forum’s three-year grant supports increasing fundraising capacity, catalyzing new donors, and increasing revenue. This includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, capacity building grant to create an earned revenue business plan.
One-year grant to support general operating.
A Better City Initiative’s three-year grant is focused on re-branding and building capacity for the Challenge for Sustainability - a program convening business sectors in metro Boston to work towards climate preparedness goals.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Catie’s Closet’s three-year grant supported the hiring staff to enable the opening of a new distribution center in Boston.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Doc Wayne’s three-year grant supports doubling its fundraising efforts, ultimately helping the organization double its impact through its Chalk Talk therapy program. This includes opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants
Two-year grant for annual memberships.
Two-year grant for annual memberships.
One-year, introductory grant.
Future Chefs’ three-year grant supports increasing fundraising and increasing the number of students served.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
Merck Family Fund’s one-year grant supported the production of independent reports intended to inform state governmental agencies about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, including technical, adoption, and expansion issues.
One-year grant for annual membership.
PRIME Coalition invests capital in companies that combat climate change. PRIME’s one-year grant supported its ability to create a charitable pool of capital to invest in companies that have an impact on global greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Pace Women's Justice Center’s one-year grant supported the Center's Legal Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence program which provides comprehensive legal services to low-income domestic violence victims. This included an opportunity to leverage our funding through a matching grant.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Resilient Coders’ three-year grant supports increasing revenue and serving more young people.
General operating grant to support Resilent Coders' work during COVID-19.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant that supported placing a Social Worker at the Boston Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant to support general operating.
College Bound Dorchester’s three-year grant supported piloting and refining the “Boston Uncornered” model. It also supported hiring staff and developing internal systems to build a foundation for sustainability. This included opportunities to leverage our funding through matching grants.
One-year grant to support general operating.
Crossroads for Kids’ five-year grant supports their campaign to transform its campus, build capacity to improve programs, pilot new initiatives, and maximize their programmatic impact.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year, introductory grant.
Merck Family Fund’s one-year grant supported the production of independent reports intended to inform state governmental agencies about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, including technical, adoption, and expansion issues.
One-year grant for annual membership.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year, introductory grant.
Silver Lining Mentoring’s three-year grant supported hiring a Major Gifts Officer for its development team to increase revenue and therefore serve more young people.
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant that supported placing a Social Worker at the Boston Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit.
One-year grant that supported court-involved children and families
One-year, introductory grant.
One-year grant to support general operating.
InnerCity Weightlifting's two-year grant supported building staff capacity at the Kendall Square location.
More than Words’ three-year grant focused on creating a sustainable revenue stream by increasing government funding and developing new earned income strategies.
Mystic River Watershed Association’s three-year grant supported expansion of The Mystic Greenways Initiative and helped increase the group’s fundraising efforts.
Social Innovation Forum’s three-year grant supported the expansion of development and program staff.
The Food Project’s three-year grant that supported increasing fundraising capacity.
One-year grant to support general operating.
One-year grant focused on expanding development capacity.
One-year grant that supported placing a Social Worker at the Boston Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit.
C2C's three-year grant focused on expanding fundraising and communications capacity.
One-year grant that supported for the Rodman Rides for Kids.
One-year grant to support general operating.
InnerCity Weightlifting's three-year capacity building grant helped launch and support the Kendall Square location. This included three matching grants to increase donors.
Manomet’s four-year grant helped reinvent the organization’s development and communications staff and functions.
Mystic Seaport’s three-year grant focused on expanding the capacity of the museum's education program.
Social Innovation Forum’s three-year grant supported the Impact Investing Track.
Wildlands Trusts' four-year grant supported building communications, public programming and fundraising operations.
YW Boston’s one-year grant supported Lead Boston and InIt programs.
