Program and Small Capital Grants support high-impact, strategic, and responsive nonprofit organizations in delivering their core missions through discrete and timebound projects.
Donor Name: Yawkey Foundation
State: Massachusetts, South Carolina
County: Barnstable County (MA), Bristol County (MA), Essex County (MA), Georgetown County (SC), Middlesex County (MA), Norfolk County (MA), Plymouth County (MA), Suffolk County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Program & Small Capital Grants help address an immediate need that is critical to the organization’s work.
Funding Information
Grant amounts are up to $100,000, most often paid over one year.
Geographical Areas
Eastern Massachusetts includes cities and towns within the following counties: Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Middlesex and Essex; and Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Ineligibility
The Yawkey Foundation does not fund the following:
- Organizations that are not tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)3, Private Operating Foundations, and organizations that are 509(a)(3) Type III – Non-functionally integrated.
- Organizations that have an operating budget under $500,000
- Organizations that are not tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)3 or 509(a)(3) Type III
- Funding for specific positions or salaries to recruit/engage specific employees or staff persons
- Funding for emergency response, events, conferences, sponsorships, advertisements, films/documentaries, travel, individual requests/benefit
- Funder collaboratives, pass-through/intermediaries, 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 (excludes non-religious programs of faith-based organizations)
- Athletic programs specific to individual towns, districts or counties
- Scholarships for elementary, middle and secondary schools
- International organizations and international programs “pass-through” funds.
For more information, visit Yawkey Foundation.
