The Community Enrichment program supports activities that enhance the vitality of the communities.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts
State: Massachusetts
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/19/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The mission is to support activities that enhance the vitality of our communities, including activities that promote local arts, culture, creativity, civic engagement, and community development.
Strong, active, and inclusive relationships between residents, the private sector, the public, and civil society organizations characterize vital communities.
Examples:
- Arts and Culture: including but not limited to art in public places, programs that encourage art in community institutions (community centers and schools), and “art for art’s sake.”
- Community development: including but not limited to community-enhancing projects, and the preservation of community heritage and history.
- Civic engagement: Advancing community cohesion and participation.
Funding Information
Grants tend to fall between $2,000 and $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a 501c3, municipality, or have a fiscal sponsor
- Activities must take place within the 33-community region
- Clearly and concisely articulate the expected impact of the grant on the community
- Meet well-defined and documented community needs
- Provide strategic and achievable goals (that can be measured and reported within and/or at the conclusion of the grant period)
- Provide evidence of suitable measurement tools to adequately track outcomes, evaluations of change and/or return on investment
- Provide a clear project budget (statement of revenue sources and uses of funds)
- One application per organization per grant program.
For more information, visit CFNCM.
