Deadline: 25-Feb-22
The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts (CFNCM) is seeking applications for its Environmental Preservation & Animal Welfare Program for preserving, enhancing and providing access to the natural beauty of North Central Massachusetts and on enhancing the welfare of domestic animals.
Objectives
Preserve, restore and provide public access to the natural environment of the region and to promote the humane treatment of animals through education, advocacy and services.
Proposal Principles
- Proposals for grants are expected to address each of the following principles:
- Capacity for impact: Demonstrate capacity and potential for achieving and sustaining long-term impact.
- Plan of action: Include a plan of action with evidence that the plan is likely to achieve its intended outcomes.
- Collaboration: they encourage collaboration to leverage new and/or existing resources, organizations, relationships, initiatives, and investments to improve the likelihood of significant impact, efficiency, and sustainability.
- Tracking impact: Include measurable objectives and outcomes with a plan and tools to monitor progress.
Funding Information
- While there are no set grant amounts, grants tend to fall between $2,000 and $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- They support the work of local nonprofit organizations.
- One way they do this is by awarding grants to programs, projects, and initiatives within the 33-community region.
- These competitive grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations whose programs, projects or initiatives address the grant program’s objectives and align with the funding guidance.
- Nonprofit organizations may apply to multiple grant programs each year, but they will only accept one application per organization per grant program.
- They do allow organizations that have a fiscal sponsor to apply for the grants.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals
- For-profit organizations
- Loans or debt reduction
- Activities outside the region
- Political activity
For more information, visit https://cfncm.org/nonprofits/grant-opportunities/environmental-preservation-animal-welfare