The Main Street Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 Men & Boys’ Fund Grant.
Donor Name: Main Street Community Foundation
State: Connecticut
Town: Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and/or Wolcott
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/22/2023
Details:
The Men & Boys’ Fund is a community-based endowment that was established in 2016 at the Main Street Community Foundation. The Men & Boys’ Fund seeks to support local nonprofit organizations that are working to improve the lives of men and boys in the area of education, health and wellness, leadership, life skills and workforce readiness, with a focus on self-sufficiency.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding from the Men & Boys’ Fund, organizations must meet the following criteria:
- Grants are made for a charitable purpose and must serve the public to be a charitable expenditure. General Competitive Grants are awarded to 501(c)(3) not for profit organizations and 170(c)(1) public or governmental units.
- Either the organization or the program for which funding is requested, must provide a service to males of any age in the towns of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and/or Wolcott. Strong documentation must be provided from out-of-area agencies that they serve individuals from our six- town service area, and such requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- A Statement of Non-Discrimination Policy must be signed.
- Repeat requests from agencies are certainly welcome. If an organization’s request for funding is approved three years in a row, the organization is asked to wait one year before submitting another request for funding.
- Follow up reports from all closed grants must have been completed and returned to Main Street Community Foundation. If they have not, the organization will not be eligible for funding.
Grantmaking Criteria
- The Men & Boys’ Fund seeks to support local nonprofit organizations that are working to improve the lives of men and boys in the area of education, health and wellness, leadership, life-skills and workforce readiness, with a focus on self- sufficiency.
- Each request must include stated outcomes and criteria by which they will be evaluated.
- In general, grants are made for future, planned expenditures and not to cover operating deficits or previously incurred obligations.
- A proportionate amount of salaries, overhead/operational expenses can be included in the program or project budget for which funding is being requested.
- Grants for capital expenditures will be given consideration if the project is designed to directly benefit programs which meet the fund’s guidelines.
- The Main Street Community Foundation, at its sole discretion, may provide outright grants, challenge grants or grants which require matching funds.
For more information, visit MSCF.
