The Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) launched a six-month grant pilot to support seven initiatives aimed at improving immigrant well-being.
Donor Name: Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA)
State: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The mental health and holistic well-being of immigrant communities are often ignored as they experience the stress of resettling in a different country and culture, face individual and institutional discrimination, endure traumatic events, and cope with isolation. In many cases, immigrants experience challenges accessing effective non-clinical care and social support due to language barriers, cross-cultural differences surrounding beliefs, practices, and stigma around mental health, or simply not knowing about the available resources in their communities.
This investment was in direct response to the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of refugees and immigrants, which was underscored as a critical need through MOIA’s dialogues with community leaders and partners.
Grants will be disbursed to immigrant-serving nonprofits that are working across diverse immigrant communities.
Applications are encouraged from nonprofit organizations that:
- Currently provide or plan to incorporate non-clinical wellness activities in their programming to promote healing together.
- Are bridging the needs within communities through advocacy. For example, organizations seeking to offer programming that activates and empowers community members to advocate for social change and increase access to resources that improve the well-being of immigrant communities.
Funding Information
- Total Amount Available for Grants: $200,000
- MOIA is awarding funding in two tiers.
- $7,500
- $15,000.
Grant Period
January 5 – August 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
MOIA’s primary strategy with these grants is to fund grassroots, immigrant-serving nonprofits to support their programmatic capacity. Applicants must:
- Be a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization that serves Boston residents.
- If the organization is not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, they can apply with a fiscal sponsor
- Work with immigrant populations in the City of Boston and demonstrate the ability to ensure culturally and linguistically sensitive procedures throughout the program.
- Have the capacity to successfully execute the proposal’s deliverables and demonstrate that they will commit to providing an adequate number of staff, staff experience and expertise, time, and resources.
- Be in good financial standing with both the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the IRS, and be in good standing with current or previous MOIA grant reporting requirements.
- Have a clearly defined organizational structure.
- Provide data that allows for assessment of the proposal’s impact. This assessment will be developed between the grantees and MOIA.
For more information, visit MOIA.
