The United Way of Greater New Bedford is accepting applications for its Changemaker Grant Program to help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things to help their neighborhoods and their community.
Donor Name: United Way of Greater New Bedford
State: Massachusetts
City: New Bedford
Town: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, and Wareham
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/11/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
Grant Criteria
Projects should be engaging, community driven, solutions-focused, and foster unity through community action. Volunteer groups should identify creative solutions to problems in their communities. Projects should also have the potential for long-term impact.
Changemaker projects should be working towards supporting one of the following (with rare exceptions):
- Health – To create an environment where residents, families, and communities can access the support they need to maintain or improve their health and well-being
- Education – To improve student outcomes and engage families in the education of their children so children have the opportunity for educational attainment and life success
- Financial stability – To connect individuals to opportunities that provide a pathway for economic mobility, ultimately breaking the cycle of poverty
- Basic needs – To provide direct assistance to those in urgent need of basic necessities such as food, clothing, transportation, toiletries, shelter, safety, etc.
Funding Information
- The United Way has been providing small grants up to $2,500 to help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things to help their neighborhoods and their community.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Changemaker Grants, groups and organizations must:
- Be all-volunteer
- Have an annual budget/income of $40,000 or less
- Offer projects that are specific, small in scale and with a realistic plan to improve their local community
- Have an all-inclusive membership and mission, i.e., does not exclude people on the basis of gender, race, religious differences, etc.
- Be based in New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, or Wareham.
For more information, visit Changemaker Grant Program.
