Amelia Peabody Foundation Grant (Massachusetts)

The Amelia Peabody Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program to increase the number, range, and depth of positive learning experiences available to materially disadvantaged young people living in the cities and towns of Massachusetts.

Donor Name: Amelia Peabody Foundation

State: Massachusetts

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/07/2022

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $50,000

Details:

The Trustees of the Foundation encourage applications from across Massachusetts, especially areas outside Boston.

Funding Information

Most grants fall in the $10,000 to $50,000 range for programs or operations. A smaller number of grants, generally in the $50,000 to $100,000 range, are typically capital improvement grants or other grants which take an organization to a new level of operations with respect to the quality or quantity of services provided.

Criteria

Grants are only made to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations for projects and programs that are carried out in Massachusetts.

They look first and most of all at the leadership of the organization. Experience has taught us that the people who lead and staff the organization are most instrumental in bringing about positive changes in the lives of the youth and families in the communities they serve.
Amelia Peabody Foundation grants only support projects and programs that are carried out in Massachusetts.
Grants are made for almost any project that serves to promote and enhance the grantee organization’s mission: for existing and new programs; for operations; capital acquisitions; for the renovation of existing buildings and facilities; for the repair, maintenance, and purchase of equipment.
Examples of organizations supported by Amelia Peabody grants are neighborhood and community centers, youth centers, charter schools, out-of-school time and sports programs, YMCAs and YWCAs, and Boys & Girls Clubs.
Examples of program types supported by Amelia Peabody grants are: work preparedness, education persistence and enrichment, mentoring and youth guidance, increased opportunities and deeper benefits for youth, facility, and technology improvements, and expansions in the number of youth or communities served.
Grants are not made directly to individuals, nor are they made for: promotional videos, endowments, independent research, seed money, advertisements, sponsorships, fundraising events, for lobbying or other items listed in the Grant Agreement. Program-related investments (PRIs), as defined by the IRS, are not made.
Grants focused outside of Boston are of particular interest to the Board. Replication of successful programs to areas outside Boston are also encouraged.
They favor grants that help organizations to leverage additional funds.
From time to time the Foundation will issue a challenge grant requiring the grantee to match funding by a specified time from other sources as detailed in the challenge. Such other sources vary from grant to grant, but have included as examples: only Board members, only individuals, only funders from the same city, only new funders and/or increased amounts from previous funders, only amounts above a given threshold. Challenges can be offered for all of an application request or a portion thereof.
They encourage applicants to consider if a directed challenge of this nature would be helpful to address any fundraising areas needing development and apply for a challenge if desired.
The Trustees may also issue a challenge to a grantee without an application request for the challenge.
They particularly favor grants to organizations that employ members of the populations that they serve.