Balfour Foundation- Educational Organizations Grants

The Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, established in 1973, focuses on educational support for underserved populations in New England. It offers scholarships for employees of the Balfour Company and their families, as well as funding for organizations that provide educational services in Attleboro and surrounding areas. The Foundation prioritizes programs aimed at college readiness and success, particularly for first-generation and low-income students, and encourages multi-year funding requests to enhance nonprofit sustainability.

Educational scholarships to employees of the Balfour Company, as well as to their children and grandchildrenOrganizations serving the people of Attleboro, with special consideration given to those organizations that provide educational, human services and health care programming for underserved populationsEducational organizations that serve New England
The Foundation's educational funding is generally focused on organizations or programs that provide support for underserved or under-represented populations to prepare for, access and succeed in higher education, including 2-year and 4-year institutions.
It is clear that Mr. Balfour was interested in supporting students for successful completion of college. As such, the Foundation focuses its grantmaking in the New England area on programs that support college readiness, access, and success. The Foundation is most interested in programs that support students all the way into and through post-secondary credential attainment (2- or 4-year credentials). Programs within institutions of higher education aimed at attracting, supporting, and retaining (through successful completion) under-served and under-represented populations are also of interest. In this area, we will consider applications that request scholarship funds, if those scholarships are part of a broader set of services and supports.

Eligibility

Educational organizations may submit general operating support requests; however, we discourage general operating applications from organizations or programs with annual operating budgets of over $10 million. Small program-related capital expenses may be included in general operating or program requests.In the college readiness, access, and success area of work, the Foundation makes grants throughout New England, and will consider applications that fit that priority and serve residents of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and/or Rhode Island. Applicants must be one of the following entity types: 501(c)(3) public charity (but not a Type III nonfunctionally integrated supporting organization), a municipality or other unit of local government (e.g., a public health department), a federally recognized Tribal government, or a religious organization.We will also consider applications for research projects that would allow the field to learn important information about achieving stronger post-secondary completion, particularly for under-represented populations such as first generation or low-income students. In rare instances we will consider applications in the pre-K through Grade 12 space that address issues of whole school reform and/or system reform.

Ineligibility

We will not consider general operating requests from public schools, including public charter schools. In the education area, the Foundation does not generally see its role as one of sustaining funding over long periods of time. In general, the Foundation is also not interested in providing general operating support for private schools.In addition, please note that the following programs are not priorities for the Foundation and unlikely to be competitive:K-12 out-of-school programming such as traditional after-school or summer programsPrograms whose major focus is K-12 drop-out preventionGeneral community education programs such as community-based arts or dance programsGeneral K-12 enrichment or academic tutoring programsPrograms whose major focus is college matriculation (i.e., success is measured on how many students matriculate at college, rather than how many complete)Land acquisition/preservation requests (Attleboro)
General human services grants in any geographic area other than Attleboro, MA