The Cape Cod Foundation is accepting applications for its 1 Year Targeted Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant Program.
Donor Name: Cape Cod Foundation
State: Massachusetts
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000-$25,000
Details:
The Cape Cod Foundation’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants are highly competitive. Their strategy includes awarding fewer, larger grants to increase community impact moving forward. It is not their intent to use discretionary funds as a continuous source of annual revenue for any one program or organization.
The Foundation has an obligation to be good stewards of its resources, so they work hard to ensure that they make fair and appropriate decisions. This requires detailed grant proposals and comprehensive expert review. They have made every effort to design an application process that is as transparent and efficient as possible.
The Foundation’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant Program will help grantees become more effective, far reaching, and efficient in the fulfillment of their missions through the following types of impact:
- Organizational Impact: Organizations will experience a measurable increase in knowledge, resilience, skills, and systems to expand and sustain the impact of their mission-based work
- Collective Impact: Organizations will experience a measurable increase in the depth, trust, and quantity of strategic relationships between themselves and other Cape Cod nonprofits to strengthen their individual and collective ability to collaboratively address issues impacting residents of Cape Cod
Targeted Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants will support:
- Equipment, software, trainings, consulting, and/or staff expenses that are essential to the implementation of a grantee’s capacity building project(s). Applicants may work with any consultant of their choosing.
- Executive Director or designated representative participation in peer learning network meetings with a cohort of other grantees via attendance at (1) 1.5-hour grantee award launch meeting and quarterly 2-hour peer learning network meetings. Peer learning networks aim to increase relationships, collaboration, and knowledge sharing among organizations.
- Executive Director or designated representative participation in activities to support The Cape Cod Foundation to evaluate the impact of the program. This will include but is not limited to: pre/post surveys, an annual report, and/or virtual or phone check-in(s).
Funding Information
- Targeted Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants are typically $15,000 to $25,000
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) public charities
- Organizations serving a charitable purpose that have a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3) public charity
- Faith-based organizations. They will consider proposals if: (1) services benefit all, regardless of religion; (2) services provided are not religious in nature; and (3) there is no proselytizing associated with the service.
- Civic organizations. Proposals must be project-based and of a charitable nature; the organization must have a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
- Public and private schools. They will only fund projects that exceed the school’s budget; applicant must have a letter of support from the fiscal head of the school.
- Other government agencies with project-based proposals. Applicants must have a letter of support from the fiscal head of the agency.
Note: The Cape Cod Foundation will not serve as a fiscal sponsor for any Foundation grant requests.
For more information, visit Cape Cod Foundation.
