Deadline: 01-Jul-21
The Yawkey Foundation is seeking applications for its Program and Small Capital Grants to support high-impact, strategic, and innovative nonprofit organizations in delivering on their core missions.
Program and Small Capital Grants may fund programming, one small project, or a piece of equipment aligned with a nonprofit’s purpose.
These grants are extremely competitive, and the Yawkey Foundation will receive many more compelling Initial Proposals than it will be able to fund.
Initial Proposals should demonstrate an awareness of and alignment to the Yawkey Foundation’s mission and Areas of Giving.
Additionally, the most competitive Initial Proposals will reflect a nonprofit’s strong leadership and proven impact in providing direct services and programs for unmet needs in underserved regions aligned with the Yawkey Foundation’s geographic priority areas, including Gateway Cities in Eastern Massachusetts.
Focus Areas
There are four submission periods for Program & Small Capital Grant Initial Proposals, aligned with the specific Area of Giving categories.
- Human Services
Funding Information
- Grant amounts are up to $100,000, most often paid over one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Yawkey Foundation seeks to support 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit organizations (fiscal sponsors acceptable) making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities through direct programs and services in six priority Areas of Giving: Health Care, Education, Human Services, Youth and Amateur Athletics, Arts and Culture, and Conservation and Wildlife. At this time, the Yawkey Foundation’s primary geographic focus areas are Eastern Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina.
- Note: Eastern Massachusetts includes cities and towns within the following counties: Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Middlesex and Essex.
Ineligible
The Yawkey Foundation does not fund the following:
- Organizations that are not tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)3 or 509(a)(3) Type III
- Funding for emergency response, events, conferences, sponsorships, advertisements, travel, monuments, memorials, individual requests/benefit
- Funder collaboratives, private foundations, and general endowments
- Public school districts, public and charter schools, government agencies, community/economic development corporations, political campaigns, lobbying and cause-marketing
- Religious organizations for sectarian purposes (but will fund non-religious programs of faith-based organizations)
- Athletic programs specific to individual towns, districts or counties.
For more information, visit https://yawkeyfoundation.org/how-we-give/program-small-capital/