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Capacity Building Program

The Capacity Building Program funds initiatives designed to strengthen and increase the impact of local non-profits by improving their organizational capacity. Desired outcomes for non-profits selected to receive grants through this program include one or more of the following:
  • Improved governance and leadership
  • Improved staff skills
  • Improved management systems and practices
  • Completed strategic plans
  • Improved, expanded, or additional services
  • Expanded strategic assets, including financial and human resources
Successful applicants will be able to describe how their enhanced capacity will ultimately benefit the communities that they serve.

Grant requests of up to $15,000 will be considered.

Selection Criteria
  • Confirmation that the Organization is reasonably financially stable, with no overwhelming threats to continued viability
  • Evidence of experienced leadership, at both the staff and board levels
  • Clear explanation of how funds will be used to increase capacity
  • Description of how the proposed increase in capacity will benefit the organization, and in turn benefit the communities it serves
  • Clear detailing of how results will be measured and communicated, and how success will be defined
Applying for an Capacity Building Program Grant
The Foundation Directors meet semi-annually to review proposals for the Educational Opportunities Program. The proposal deadline and review schedule is as follows:

Proposal Postmarked By: Director Review
March 1, 2008 May 2008
August 1, 2008 October 2008

If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the proposal should be postmarked on the last business day prior to that date.

Find out how to apply for this grant

Learn more about eligibility requirements





Applications Due By:
  March 1, 2008
  August 1, 2008

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2006 Grant Recipients
Introduction
A Place To Turn
Acme Theater Productions
Autism Alliance for MetroWest
Caritas Communities
Communities for Restorative Justice
Domestic Violence Services of Central Middlesex, Inc.
Friends for Tomorrow of Lincoln
Greater Waltham ARC
Health & Social Services Consortium
Junior Achievement
Kids Connect of Natick
Massachusetts Audubon Society
MetroWest Outreach Connection
Samaritans of Framingham
The Doctor Franklin Perkins School
The Edinburg Center
The Golden Tones
The John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation
The Volunteer Family, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of MetroBoston
Willow Hill School
Women of Means


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