Applicants are invited to apply for the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation Grant.
Donor Name: Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation
State: New Hampshire , Massachusetts
County: Coos County (NH), Grafton County (NH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/01/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation supports projects and organizations that address one or more of the Foundation’s major interests:
- To strengthen the education, independence and capabilities of young people, especially girls, and of women+ and their children;
- To support the healthy development of girls+ as the Foundation for their adult lives; and
- To protect and preserve the natural environment.
Funding Information
The Foundation’s grants generally range from $5,000 to $25,000, with an average grant of $15-20,000.
Types of Support
- The Trustees support organizations and programs that offer opportunities and services that lead to independence and self-sufficiency for women+, children and youth. The Foundation looks for efforts that stress prevention rather than remediation.
- It funds programs in education, job training, social services, economic self-sufficiency, and community organizing which will enable women+ to provide for themselves and for their children. The Trustees are particularly interested in funding organizations that can demonstrate through clear program evaluation that they have a significant impact on the lives of women+ and children in a cost-effective manner.
- Because the Trustees have a special focus on supporting programs and services for girls+, the Foundation is particularly interested in all-girls+ programs in education, enrichment, mentoring, peer leadership, sports and fitness, civic participation, teen pregnancy prevention, and avoidance of domestic violence. Mixed-gender youth programs that can establish an understanding of, and the ability to meet, girls’ needs will also be considered.
- With the exception of grants to environmental organizations in geographic areas supported by the Foundation’s benefactor, the Trustees strongly prefer to fund environmental or arts projects that also include other priorities of the Foundation, such as opportunities for girls+, education, employment or community service opportunities for low-income urban youth.
- The Trustees recognize the importance of advocacy, both as a technique for obtaining services for underserved individuals and groups, and as a means of changing public policy. In general, the Foundation chooses to fund advocacy when it is a natural outgrowth of direct services, or where it is directly tied to the major interests of the Foundation.
- Private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Awards are normally made for program support, special projects, technical assistance, staff development, and general operating support on the basis of clear.
Eligibility Criteria
With limited exceptions for environmental organizations, funding requests will be considered from Massachusetts-based non-profit organizations, as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code. Applying organizations must be based in or must serve a majority of clients from the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and/or Somerville.
For more information, visit Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation.
