The Beveridge Family Foundation awards grants to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Hampden and Hampshire counties, Massachusetts.
Donor Name: The Beveridge Family Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: Hampden County (MA) and Hampshire County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
Mission
To preserve and enhance the quality of life by embracing and perpetuating Frank Stanley Beveridge’s philanthropic vision, through grant making incentives in support of programs in youth development, health, education, religion, art, and environment, primarily in Hampden and Hampshire counties, Massachusetts.
Purpose
From the arts, to youth development, to environmental causes, to faith-based charities, The Beveridge Family Foundation exists to fund institutions in Hampden and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts that serve the common good. These include:
- Corporations, trusts, funds or operating foundations organized and operated for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
- Board-approved not-for-profit organizations that serve poor, needy, and deserving persons, enabling such persons to become self-supporting and/or to become more productive citizens.
- Board-approved not-for-profit organizations serving the advancement or promotion of science, learning, medicine, surgery, literature, music, art or human welfare.
Support of Interests
- Annual Campaign
- Building/Renovation
- Capital Campaign
- Collections Acquisition
- Collections Management/ Preservation
- Computer Systems Equipment
- Electronic Media/ Online Services
- Emergency Funds
- Equipment
- Land Acquisition
- Program Development
- Program Evaluation
- Research
- Seed Money
- Technical Assistance
Grant Categories
The Foundation welcomes grant proposals from the following Institutional/Program Activity Areas:
- Animal Related
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
- Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
- Education
- Employment/Jobs
- Environmental Quality, Protection & Beautification
- Food, Nutrition, Agriculture
- Health – General & Rehabilitative Services
- Health – Multipurpose Associations/ Services Associated with Specific Diseases/Disorders/Medical Disciplines
- Housing/Shelter
- Human Services: Multipurpose & Other
- Medical Research
- Mental Health, Crisis Intervention
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grant Making Foundations
- Public Protection: Crime & Delinquency Prevention, Legal Administration, Legal Services
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief
- Public/Society Benefit: Multipurpose & Other
- Recreation, Leisure, Sports, Athletics
- Religion
- Science and Technology Research Institutes/Services
- Social Science Research Institutes/Services
- Youth Development
Funding Information
The maximum grant proposal amount total requested should not exceed $50,000, 25% of Total Contributions for the most recently ended fiscal year or 20% of the Project Budget.
Ineligibility Criteria
Additionally, the Foundation does not provide support when the request involves the following:
- Units of government including federal, state, county and municipal agencies, schools, colleges, universities and hospitals and their foundations
- Foreign organizations or for foreign expenditure
- Organizations that are located outside the geographically approved area of giving
- Other private foundations excluding exempt operating foundations
- Private educational institutions not attended by members of the Beveridge Family
- Federated drives and their foundations including Catholic Charities, United Jewish Appeal and the United Way.
- Furthermore, the Foundation prefers not to provide multi-year grant payments.
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