Deadline: 10-Sep-20
The Boston Foundation is distributing a portion of its resources via the Open Door Grants program, which responds to expressed opportunities and needs in the communities they serve.
They encourage 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 their 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.
Areas
Funding Information
- New grant commitments through Open Door Grants are $50,000 two-year general operating support grants, paid in two equal annual installments of $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- An eligible applicant would be an existing or new organization that:
- Primarily serves and builds power in communities historically excluded from institutional philanthropy within the cities and towns of the Foundation’s catchment area;
- They are especially interested in supporting the following communities: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals and communities; immigrants (including undocumented); elders; individuals with disabilities; survivors of domestic abuse; and/or incarcerated and returning citizens.
- And meets the following criteria:
- Is not in direct conflict with the strategies, goals, and approaches pursued by the Foundation’s five impact areas.
- Has not submitted an application within the past 12 months
- Has a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit designation from the IRS or operates under the fiscal sponsorship of a tax-exempt nonprofit (Your organization is responsible for having that relationship in place before submitting an application.)
- Aligns with the Foundation’s Values Statement, which seeks to broaden participation; foster collaboration; and heal racial, ethnic and community divisions
- Does not discriminate in the hiring of staff or the provision of services on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin or disability
- While not an eligibility requirement, in using a racial equity lens in grantmaking, Open Door Grants are especially focused on supporting organizations whose leadership reflects the communities they serve, and organizations engaged in diversity, equity and inclusion practices, programs and/or initiatives.
Exclusions
- The Boston Foundation does not make grants for capital construction costs, endowments, medical or academic research, scholarships, sectarian or religious purposes, or to support candidates for political office.
- Private non-operating foundations, 501(c)(4) organizations, and Section 501(a)(3) Type III Non-functionally Integrated organizations are not eligible to apply.
- In addition, grants are not made to individual persons or individual schools. Schools must apply through their school districts and districts may submit one application every 12 months.
For more information, visit https://www.tbf.org/nonprofits/grant-making-initiatives/open-door-grants-2020
