Capacity-Building Grants 2026
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties)
Contact:
- Address: 333 Bridge Street, Springfield, MA 01103
- Phone: 413-732-2858
- Website: communityfoundation.org
Overview:
Capacity-building grants offered by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts to strengthen nonprofit organizational capacity.
What Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 392
- Total given
- $22.44M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $5,019–$615K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 84%, Connecticut 4%, Vermont 4%. Top recipient cities: Springfield, MA; Northampton, MA; Holyoke, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 26% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Front Porch Arts Collective of Boston · Boston, MA
A: arts, culture & humanities
$615K
Castle of Our Skins Inc · Boston, MA
A: arts, culture & humanities
$615K
Jean Appolon Expressions Inc · Malden, MA
A: arts, culture & humanities
$615K
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Mass Inc · Worcester, MA
P: human services
$615K
Hyde Square Task Force Inc · Jamaica Plain, MA
O: youth development
$615K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
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