Adelard A. and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation Grant

The Adelard A. and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation Grant focuses on supporting organizations in arts, education, health, and environmental sectors, especially in underserved communities in Massachusetts and Northern New England. Grants typically range from $2,500 to $10,000, with an emphasis on projects that address food security, housing, and cultural access for disadvantaged populations. The foundation prioritizes initiatives that align with its current funding priorities, particularly benefiting low-income youth, Indigenous communities, and immigrants.

The AV Roy Foundation has historically supported a broad range of organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, churches, education, environmental education, food access, health, land trusts, museums, and social services. The Trustees prioritize grants serving greater Boston and underserved rural and urban communities in Massachusetts, with some additional grantmaking in other areas of Northern New England.
In an effort to ensure that applications to the Foundation closely match current giving priorities, the Trustees will give priority to Massachusetts and Northern New England applicants focused on the following:
Environment: requests focused on land conservation, in particular projects close to completion and projects resulting in easements held by accredited land trusts; environmental education; and climate change
Health and Welfare: basic human needs (with priority given to food security and housing); hospice and home health care
Arts and Culture: in particular, arts access and education for disadvantaged, elderly, or youth populations, and historic preservation
Education: schools serving youth from low income backgrounds, including independent schools
Churches providing basic needs support and other social services programming, as well as capital needs for facilities or historic preservation
Funding
Grants typically range from $2,500 to $10,000. In 2023, the average grant was $3,800. The Trustees anticipate a slightly higher average grant size this year, and fewer grants in total.

Eligibility

The Trustees prioritize grantmaking in greater Boston and/or underserved rural and urban communities in Massachusetts. Other priority states include Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.The population focus across all program areas is immigrants and refugees, Indigenous communities, youth from low income backgrounds, and the elderly.