The Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation is seeking applications for its Basic Human Needs Program.
Donor Name: Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation
State: Massachusetts
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $20,000
Details:
Focus Areas
The Social Services Program funds projects and programs whose primary focus is on:
- Shelter – including affordable housing, homebuyer education programs, foreclosure prevention and homeowner counseling programs, housing for the homeless, and emergency home repairs.
- Hunger Security – including projects and programs to provide food for low- and moderate-income and vulnerable populations. Food pantries may apply, but the request must be for a program or other initiative, with no more than 25% of grant proceeds used towards the purchase of food related to the broader initiative.
- Clothing and Basic Needs – includes projects and programs that work to provide clothing and personal hygiene products to low- and moderate-income and vulnerable populations.
- Veterans & First Responders – including projects and programs that benefit the physical and mental well-being of veterans and first responders.
Funding Information
Grant requests considered up to $20,000.
Foundation Directors will review each grant proposal for the following:
- Confirmation that the organization is reasonably financially stable, with no overwhelming threats to their continued viability
- Evidence of experienced leadership at the staff and board levels
- Program uniqueness and the needs of the target population
- Anticipated impact of the project on its participants
- The significance of the grant on the organization’s ability to implement the project
- A clear detailing of how results will be measured and communicated, and how success will be defined
- Primarily benefits those within the Bank’s communities
- The financial size and strength of the organization
- The impact of the requested grant on the organization and/or project/program to be funded
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving one or more communities served by Middlesex Savings Bank.
Communities include: Acton, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Bellingham, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dover, Dunstable, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Grafton, Groton, Harvard, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Northborough, Norwood, Pepperell, Sharon, Sherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Upton, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Westborough, Westford, Weston, Westwood and Wrentham.
For more information, visit Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation.
