The Educational Opportunities Program is designed to encourage organizations to provide unique and meaningful educational opportunities to youths and adults.
Donor Name: Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation
State: Massachusetts
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $20,000
Details:
Types of Programs
Programs include, but are not limited to:
- Job training and job readiness programs
- Adult education and English as a Second Language
- Credit education and home buying seminars
- Youth enrichment programs.
Funding Information
Grant requests considered up to $20,000.
Geographical Areas
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving one or more communities served by Middlesex Savings Bank.
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.
For more information, visit MSCF.
