The Forward Fund is accepting applications for its 2025 Feasibility Study Grant.
Donor Name: Forward Fund
State: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
A feasibility study informs the process, design, and resources needed to complete a capital infrastructure project. Additionally, feasibility studies are able to include community engagement work to inform capital infrastructure improvements within their feasibility study grant scope. Community engagement processes for non-profits within a feasibility study can help organizations tap into their represented community and understand thoughts, impacts, concerns, and other insights that an organization might be unaware of for a given capital project.
Community engagement funds within a feasibility study could be allocated toward:
- Hiring a consultant to facilitate, strategize, and/or implement a community engagement process
- Hosting community events: space rentals, incentives for community participation, translation services, food, etc.
- Outreach Materials: flyers, posters, surveys, and other engagement materials
- Non-profit staff time, up to a limit of 20% of the requested Feasibility Study grant, to manage engagement work related to a capital project.
Funding Information
Up to $10,000.
Grant Period
One year upon execution of the grant agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
The criteria below must be met for a project or organization to be eligible:
- The project is in Cambridge
- The applicant is a nonprofit organization (501c3), or a community group or organization with a fiscal (501c3) sponsor
- The applicant has control over the proposed project site, or has a letter of support from the property owner detailing a long-term lease, or other agreement
- The project will fund a capital improvement project/study that has not yet been completed, and is not intended for programming or other non-capital infrastructure work including but not limited to items such as laptops, monitors, recording equipment, furniture, etc
- The applicant can explain how the project being studied/implemented will help achieve the priorities identified in the CRA’s 2023 Strategic Plan, or the City’s Envision Cambridge citywide plan
- The project is publicly accessible, or is part of an institution with a civic/social/neighborhood mission that serves the community.
For more information, visit CRA.
