Cabot Family Charitable Trust: Next deadline Feb. 1, 2012
The Cabot Family Charitable Trust makes grant awards to nonprofit organizations working in the arts and culture, education and youth development, environment and conservation, health and human services, and for the public benefit. The trust provides funding for general support, as well as for specific programs and activities and capital campaigns. For more information, visit www.cabwel.com.

NEW Bill Russell Mentoring Grant: Next deadline Feb. 12, 2012
In partnership with the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and the Bill Russell Legacy Project, Mass Mentoring Partnership is pleased to announce the release of the Bill Russell Mentoring Grant Program 2012 Request for Proposals (RFP). The 2012 program focus is investing in Boston-based mentoring programs that include a connection to academic success. For the grant period between May 2012 and May 2013, the Bill Russell Mentoring Grant Program will award a minimum of $50,000 in total funding for up to four youth mentoring programs that match caring adult mentors with Boston youth between 6 and 18-years-old. Download the application and RFP.

NEW Yawkey Foundations Scholars Program: Next deadline Feb. 15, 2012
The Yawkey Scholars Program is a need-based, college scholarship program for students with unique life circumstances who participated in a sustained mentoring relationship during high school. There are several requirements for this scholarship - most notably a student must be a current senior at an accredited high school in Massachusetts, and accepted to and plan to attend a private four-year college or university in Massachusetts beginning in Fall 2012. For more info, click here.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation Toolbox for Education Grant Program: Next deadline Feb. 17, 2012
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation funds the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program, which has supported thousands of grassroots community and school projects in the communities where Lowe’s does business. This year, the grant program will give priority to projects that address basic needs among schools and parent groups. To apply, click here.

CVS Caremark Community Grants: Next funding cycle Jan. 1 - Oct. 31, 2012
The CVS Caremark Community Grants program has three priority areas: children with disabilities; public schools offering inclusive academic or enrichment activities for children of all abilities; and health care for the uninsured. CVS awards funds to nonprofit organizations for programs targeting children with disabilities, programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services, public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play. In addition, the company makes some contributions to organizations that provide uninsured individuals with needed care, in particular programs where the care received is of higher quality and delivered by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs. For more information, click here.

Essex County Community Foundation: Deadlines vary
ECCF has a number of different grant making funds with deadlines throughout the year. The details of these funds can be found at http://www.eccf.org/grantguidelines41.html.

Bank of America Philanthropic Management: Deadlines vary
Separate from the funding Bank of America gives through its corporate Foundation, Bank of America Philanthropic Management serves as trustee, co-trustee or agent to a wide variety of discretionary charitable foundations. These foundations' donors have granted Bank of America the authority to design their grantmaking programs and carry out the philanthropic mission of the foundations. For a complete listing of these nearly 100 foundations, as well as detailed information about the grant making focus of each, go to https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic.

Mabel Louise Riley Foundation: Deadlines quarterly
The Foundation's current priorities include:

• Education and social services for disadvantaged children and adolescents.
• Community development that will benefit low-income and minority neighborhoods, including job development and training, housing, historic preservation, the urban environment, and the arts.
• Citywide efforts in Boston and vicinity that will produce cultural improvements and benefits.
• Grants that, despite some risk, offer a potential of high impact or significant new benefits for a community. The Foundation is especially interested in leveraging its grants by funding a new program that can become self-sufficient or may serve as models for other areas.
• Preschool reading programs.
• Improvement of race relations and safety issues.

For more information, visit www.rileyfoundation.com

The Catalyst Fund for Nonprofits: Deadline rolling
The Catalyst Fund for Nonprofits is a unique five-year fund created through a partnership of the Boston Foundation, Boston LISC, The Hyams Foundation, and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, and managed by Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF). It will be a source of financial and technical advisory support as a catalyst for promising voluntary collaborative ventures and mergers among nonprofit organizations. It will initially be focused on support to Greater Boston nonprofits, with the goal of developing a permanent resource infrastructure to support nonprofit collaborations—rooted in best practices and data-based outcome metrics. Click here for more information.

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation: Deadlines rolling
The Foundation supports local organizations that provide basic human services to residents of eastern Massachusetts. Grant recipients generally provide services in the following areas: affordable housing, homelessness prevention, job readiness, family and children, human services, and community healthcare. The foundation accepts two types of grant requests: Community Grants and Partnership Grants. For more information, click here.

Lego Children's Fund: Deadlines quarterly
The LEGO Children’s Fund will provide quarterly grants for programs, either in part or in total, with a special interest paid to collaborative efforts and to providing matching funds that leverage new dollars into the receiving organization. The foundation awards grants to organizations, including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on under-served youth. More information can be found at http://www.legochildrensfund.org/Guidelines.html.

TD Charitable Foundation: Deadline rolling
The TD Charitable Foundation is providing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for employees to attend classes and courses that will enhance job performance. Organizations must have a mission or a focus that promotes one of the following:

• Affordable housing for low-to-moderate-income individuals;
• Increased economic (small business) development;
• Financial literacy for low and moderate-income youth, individuals, or families; and
• After-school or extracurricular programming for low- and moderate-income children.

Classes and courses must be pertinent to the job the employee performs and they may be one day classes or part of a certification program; attendance at conferences is not eligible.

To apply, click here.

Bank of America Local Grants: Deadline rolling
The majority of Bank of America's local grant making programs have no deadline; applications are reviewed throughout the year at regularly scheduled local market leadership meetings. To be considered for a local grant, your organization should be aligned with the funding priorities in your market. For information on specific priorities, or to apply, click here.

Brown Rudnick's Community Grants Program: Deadline rolling
Brown Rudnick's Community Grants Program subsidizes small projects designed to improve inner-city education in Boston, Hartford, Providence, New York, or Washington, D.C. To get more information and the full RFP, click here.

Google Grants: Deadline rolling
The Google Grants program supports organizations sharing our philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. For more information, click here.

The Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation: Deadline quarterly
The Foundation’s primary focus will be to support organizations and programs in the New York and Boston metropolitan areas which provide opportunities for children from birth through the elementary years. For more information, click here.

The Lynch Foundation: Deadline rolling
The Lynch Foundation provides assistance to programs primarily in Massachusetts with an emphasis on education; culture and historic preservation; healthcare and medical research; and religious and educational efforts of the Roman Catholic Church. For more information, click here.

John Hancock Financial Services Offers Support for Programs Serving Boston Youth and Families: Deadline rolling
The mission of John Hancock in the community is to provide the greatest level of support for Boston youth and families most in need. John Hancock serves the community by providing program grants that directly serve Boston youth and families in need. John Hancock does not typically fund general operating support, capital campaigns, building renovations or endowments. For more information, visit www.johnhancock.com/about/community.html.

Northeastern Students4Giving Grants to Programs Supporting Families at Risk: Next deadline TBA
Northeastern Students4Giving (NS4G) is a collaborative effort among Northeastern University students committed to making a positive and lasting impact in the communities where they live and learn. The group makes small grants to community-based nonprofit organizations that address critical economic and social challenges facing the Boston neighborhoods of Mission Hill, Fenway, Roxbury, and the South End. The priority for the 2010 funding cycle is households at risk due to financial insecurity, with preferences to proposals that demonstrate how a small infusion of cash can make a meaningful difference in efforts to support low-income families with dependents in the targeted communities.

To apply, click here.

Roots Cause Social Innovation Forum: Next deadline TBD
The Social Innovation Forum provides a unique opportunity for innovative nonprofit organizations to gain visibility, expand their networks, and build capacity. This year, the Social Innovation Forum has once again partnered with leading local funders to feature organizations in five social issue tracks. Through this five-track framework, we aim to identify true Social Innovators, nonprofits that are generating effective, enduring solutions to social problems that impact communities in greater Boston.

Benefits to Chosen Social Innovators. We will select one Social Innovator for each of our social issue tracks. The chosen Social Innovators will present their social impact models to leaders from Boston’s public, private, and nonprofit sectors at the Social Innovation Forum’s Showcase event on Thursday, May 5th, 2011. In addition, each Social Innovator will receive:

• $10,000 from the sponsoring Track Partner with an additional $5,000 the following year upon completion of the key measures process
• Support over the course of one year that includes consulting, coaching and in-kind services valued at $100,000

For information about the five tracks and how to apply, click here.

Citizens Bank Foundation: Next deadline TBD
Each quarter, Citizens Bank focuses on a specific social concern and chooses a community organization as a Champion in Action. Each Champion in Action receives a grant from the Citizens Bank Foundation, as well as coverage from NECN, including public service announcements and television profiles; volunteer support from Citizens Bank and NECN; public relations support; and promotional support, including advertising in Citizens Bank branches, on Citizens Bank ATMs, on the website, and the NECN website. Click here for more information.

Saffron Circle: Next deadline TBA
Saffron Circle, a giving circle of multi-generational and multi-ethnic Asians in greater Boston, is pleased to announce that it will be accepting applications for its fifth year of grant making. Grants will target both emerging and established organizations and programs serving Asians throughout Massachusetts. Proposals are due on March 14, 2011, and grants will be announced in May 2011, during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Funding guidelines and more information about the Saffron Circle can be found at www.saffroncircle.org.

Verizon CITE New England Scholarship: Next deadline TBA
Verizon welcomes applications from African - American U.S. citizens who are currently in their senior year of high school. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better (based on a 4.0/5.0 maximum scale). Additionally, applicants must:

• be a resident of ME, NH, VT, RI or MA
• be a graduating high school senior accepted by an accredited college/university or presently attending a four-year college through the junior year
• provide two letters of recommendation
• provide an official copy of a high school or college transcript
• present a copy of their college acceptance letter prior to receipt of the scholarship award
• write a 300 word essay

Get the application here.

Liberty Mutual Foundation: Next deadline TBA
The goals of the Liberty Mutual Foundation Education Initiative are to improve the educational achievement and educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth in the cities of Boston and Lawrence.  Furthermore, the Education Initiative intends to locate and support educational programs that build on prior academic successes. The Liberty Mutual Foundation aims to achieve these goals by taking the following actions:

• Expand academic opportunities for low-income and limited English proficient (LEP) students by funding out-of-school time educational programs, extended learning in-school programs, vocational and technical-training programs and programs that emphasize and highlight the path to further education.
• Support elementary programs that seek to prevent the “achievement gap” by employing results-based curricula and focusing on basic literacy and/or numeracy.
• Broaden educational options for limited English proficient (LEP) students by increasing the number and quality of programs in Boston and Lawrence that provide English language instruction, especially those organizations that exhibit a special focus toward children and adolescents.

Click here for more information.

Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Program: Next deadline TBA
Since 2004, through Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, Bank of America has invested more than $110 million in nonprofit organizations across the country and provided nearly 500 organizations with strategic leadership development training. By combining leadership development with mission-based funding to organizations addressing critical needs across the country, BOA hopes to strengthen the economic and social health of the communities we serve.  

The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative is divided into three categories of awards:

• Neighborhood Builders® – Provides $200,000 in general operating support grant funding and leadership training over two years to two neighborhood non-profit organizations, in each market, working to promote vibrant neighborhoods.
  
• Local Heroes - Recognizes and honors five community heroes in each market; recipients are able to direct a $5,000 contribution to an eligible non-profit of their choice.
  
• Student Leaders® - Recognizes five exemplary junior or senior high school students with a passion for community service.  Each student participates in an eight-week paid summer internship with a community-based organization, as well as a week-long Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
  

To learn more, visit www.bankofamerica.com/neighborhoodexcellence.

Irving Community Fuel Grant Program: Next deadline TBA
The Irving Community Fuel Grant Program is a corporate giving program that supports projects in education, environment, and community need within Irving Oil retail service areas. In the field of education, the program supports initiatives ranging from early childhood education to afterschool mentorships for teens.  For more information click here.

SunLife Rising Star Award: Next deadline TBA
To be considered for a Sun Life Rising Star Award, your organization should:

• be designated as not-for-profit and tax-exempt as defined by the Internal Revenue Service code,
• operate within (or within 40 miles of) one of the following locations: Boston, MA; Detroit, MI; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA; or South Florida (includes the following counties: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Broward, Lee, Hendry, Collier, and Monroe),
• directly benefit secondary school youth, ages 21 and younger, in the area of education engagement and matriculation rates,
• have demonstrated fiscal soundness,
• have clearly stated and measurable goals and objectives,
• seek funding for specific program support, and
• have at least a 3-year track record of success.

Each organization will also be required to nominate a student for a Sun Life Rising Star Award. Students may be nominated only through their supporting nonprofit organization. For more information, click here.

BJ's Charitable Foundation: Next deadline TBA
The mission of BJ’s Charitable Foundation is to enhance and enrich community programs that primarily benefit children and families. The majority of BJ’s Charitable Foundation giving is focused on organizations that:

• Promote the safety, security and well-being of children and families;
• Support education and health programs;
• Provide community service opportunities; and
• Aid in hunger and disaster relief.

To apply, click here.

Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation Youth Program Evaluation grants: Next deadline TBA
The Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation has announced the availability of evaluation grants for innovative youth programs (birth to 25 years of age) to fund studies that document successful programs. Grants are designed to fund the evaluation of innovative youth programs or services with the purpose of identifying which programs and services are most effective. The foundation seeks to support programs that are innovative and have a potentially replicable service concept; are offered by small or medium nonprofit organizations (operating budget of less than $5 million); promote scholastic, professional, athletic, and/or other excellence in youth; and provide youth with new opportunities for health, personal growth, and success in the greater metropolitan areas of Baltimore, Boston, Madison, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Click here for more information.

Best Buy @15 Community Grants Program: Next deadline TBA
Through the @15 Community Grants Program, Best Buy teams across the United States select non-profit organizations that provide positive experiences to help teens to excel in school, engage in their communities, and develop leadership skills. Best Buy seeks applications from organizations that are serving a diverse population of young teens in the areas of learning, life skills, leadership or relationship development. Special consideration will be given to programs that:

• Serve a diverse population in local or regional communities
• Build social, academic, leadership and/or life skills in early adolescents (primarily ages 13-18)
• Show positive results against a demonstrated community need
• Reach at-risk children in working families

Click here for more information.

Wal-Mart State Giving Program: Next deadline TBA
The Wal-Mart Foundation has four areas of focus: education, workforce development/economic opportunity, health and wellness, and environmental sustainability. For more information, visithttp://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving.

Paul and Edith Babson Foundation: Next deadline TBA
The areas for funding consideration include: entrepreneurship and economic development; culture, education and leadership development; and environment and community building. For more information, visithttp://www.babsonfoundations.org/peguidelines.htm.

Verizon Foundation: Next funding cycle TBA
The Verizon Foundation supports programs that address the following focus areas:

• education
• literacy
• domestic violence prevention, and
• technology for healthcare and healthcare accessibility

To apply, click here.

Palm Foundation Cash Grant: Next deadline TBA
The Palm Foundation will make cash grants to non-profit organizations that focus on issues directly related to the education of youth at risk—particularly those that have also submitted applications to the Palm Foundation for product donations and anticipate the need for financial assistance to support their product-donation proposals. In additions, preference will be given to organizations with a strong underserved outreach component. The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting the following organizations and programs:

1. Magnet and alternative schools and/or programs/organizations/institutions serving disadvantaged youth; and
2. Projects that assist children with special education needs (e.g. autism, cognitive disabilities) and programs that support student progress (e.g. the development and implementation of individualized education plans for children in foster care).

For more information, click here.

Bank of America Student Leaders: Next deadline TBA
Opportunities are available to eligible high school juniors and seniors through this unique program. Student Leaders receive an eight-week paid summer 2012 internship with select nonprofits as well as a week-long, all-expense paid trip to the Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. in July 2012. To be considered as a Student Leader, the applicant must:

• Currently be a junior or senior in high school
• Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leadership Summit in Washington, DC (July)
• Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit/charitable organization
• Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• Be a student in good standing at his/her school

Visit Bank of America's website for more information.

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