The Planning and Technical Assistance Grant Program funds projects that range from strategic planning assistance, board development, organizational assessments, evaluating business models and fundraising strategies, to website and database enhancements.
Donor Name: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF)
State: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York
County: Berkshire County (MA), Columbia County (NY), Dutchess County (NY), Litchfield County (CT)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Organizations with defined projects approved by their boards are encouraged to apply. Project proposals are expected to have the ability to illustrate how investing in this capacity building strategy now will result in enhanced organizational strength, resiliency, or effectiveness and how this hoped for outcome will result in the ability to advance their mission.
Interest Area
Nonprofit capacity building.
Funding Information
Grants range up to $10,000 for a single year.
Project Examples
For information purposes only (similar projects are not guaranteed funding):
- Hire a consultant to assist your organization in strategic planning
- Hire an outside facilitator to conduct board listening sessions on roles and responsibilities
- Pay for technical assistance training in building organizational capacity (finance, HR, fundraising)
- Hire a consultant to do an organizational assessment
- Training for current staff to implement new technology (CRM, website, database, etc.)
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must:
- Be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization or operate under fiscal sponsorship of a 501(c)(3) organization.
- Be based in and serve residents of the Berkshire Taconic region of Berkshire, Columbia, northeast Dutchess and northwest Litchfield counties. Fiscal sponsors may be located outside of the region.
- Not include in its by-laws or practice discrimination against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or religious belief.
- Have a funding need that is not eligible for consideration by a Berkshire Taconic area fund or have a funding need that falls outside an area fund’s grantmaking cycle.
- Additional considerations/details/information:
- Grant funding cannot be used for fundraising, e.g., a gift to a fundraising campaign. However, the grant proposal may request a consultant to work on a Development Plan.
- Grant funding may not be used retroactively. The funding may not be applied to projects already executed.
- Priority will be given to organizations with operating budgets under $1 million annually.
- Preference will be given to organizations that have not received prior funding from this grant program.
For more information, visit BTCF.
