The Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2023 Social Services Program.
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:
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.
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.
Ineligibility
Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation will not fund political or sectarian activities. Additionally, it will not fund organizations which utilize a fiscal agent.
For more information, visit MSCF.
