The Harold Brooks Foundation provides assistance to causes and organizations that help the largest possible number of residents of Massachusetts’ South Shore communities, especially those that support the basic human needs of South Shore residents.
Donor Name: Harold Brooks Foundation
State: Massachusetts
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2022
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that have the greatest impact on improving the human condition and/or that provide the neediest South Shore residents with “tools” to help them restore their lives. The Foundation focuses on 5 key areas: education; food, agriculture & nutrition; health; housing & shelter; and mental health.
The Harold Brooks Foundation seeks to leverage its funding by supporting programs and projects that impact large numbers of residents or that positively affect the lives of the traditionally underserved within South Shore communities. As discussed in its Mission Statement, the Brooks Foundation funds in 5 primary areas:
- Education: The Foundation supports educational programs for all ages, including but not limited to academic access; educational enrichment; and remedial programming for children, youth, adults, and senior citizens that focus on preparing individuals to achieve while in school and beyond.
- Health/mental health: The Foundation supports programming that: (1) makes care possible or expands care in response to priority community health needs of residents of the South Shore, (2) improves access to care (especially basic services) for traditionally underserved individuals or (3) prepares individuals to be independent and to assist themselves.
- Food, agriculture, & nutrition/housing & shelter: They are committed to serving the South Shore community by supporting organizations that meet the basic needs of all individuals. Their efforts are focused on (but not limited to) shelters, food programs and employment programs.
Grants are made to support program and project expenses and/or general operating support. Support for endowment campaigns is not provided. Multi-year (2-3 years maximum) requests are welcome. Only 1 request will be accepted from an organization during a 12-month period. Grants are made to organizations that serve residents of the following South Shore areas: Abington, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate, Weymouth and Whitman.
For more information, visit Harold Brooks Foundation.
