The Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) today announced the launch of its annual grant-making cycle to support legal access, community-led mental health and well-being programming, and neighborhood support initiatives.
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: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The focus begins with supporting immigrants affected by a variety of social, economic, political, and climate-related barriers, with the goal of expanding programming to serve broader communities facing displacement and crisis.
Current systems often focus on short-term emergency aid, leaving communities vulnerable to recurring crises. By supporting community-driven and -centered programming, They can collectively create:
- Reliable support networks that can activate quickly during emergencies
- Stronger community bonds that increase solidarity and overall resilience
- Scalable models that can expand to meet growing needs
- Shared knowledge and resource bases that can be sustained beyond individual crises
- Networks of trust that can mobilize rapidly.
The aim with this grant is to uplift efforts to promote collective care, where community members support and help one another through an exchange of resources and services. The goal is to work together to meet each other’s needs through solidarity, while working together to overcome social, economic, and political barriers.
Funding Information
- Total Amount Available for Grants: $150,000.
- Individual organizations may apply for up to $15,000, and collaboratives/coalitions are eligible for up to $30,000.
Grant Period
Mid-November – August 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
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.
- Be able to provide data that allows for the assessment of the impact of the distributed funds.
- Have a clearly defined organizational structure.
- Provide data that allows for assessment of the proposal’s impact. Evaluation guidelines and reporting templates will be provided by MOIA.
For more information, visit MOIA.
