Organizational Development Grant

The Organizational Development Grant by the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts aims to enhance nonprofit effectiveness through funding small capital needs. This initiative supports vital resources such as furniture, equipment, and technology, ensuring nonprofits can sustain their impact. Eligible organizations can apply once per program, fostering collaboration and measurable outcomes. This grant aligns with the foundation's mission to improve community life across a diverse 33-community region, emphasizing capacity-building and efficiency.

One way we do this is by awarding grants to programs, projects, and initiatives within our 33-community region.
These competitive grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations whose programs, projects, or initiatives address the grant program’s objectives and align with the funding guidance. Nonprofit organizations may apply to multiple grant programs each year, but we will only accept one application per organization per grant program.
We do allow organizations that have a fiscal sponsor to apply for our grants.
Proposal Principles
Proposals for grants are expected to address each of the following principles:
Capacity for impact: Demonstrate capacity and potential for achieving and sustaining long-term impact.Plan of action: Include a plan of action with evidence that the plan is likely to achieve its intended outcomes.Collaboration: We encourage collaboration to leverage new and/or existing resources, organizations, relationships, initiatives, and investments to improve the likelihood of significant impact, efficiency, and sustainability.Tracking impact: Include measurable objectives and outcomes with a plan and tools to monitor progress.
Grant Making
The Community Foundation annually awards grants to local nonprofits in the areas of environment and animal welfare, education and career readiness, community enrichment, organizational development, community health, and racial equity.
Organizational Development Program Objectives
For the current cycle, the organizational development grant program will support small capital needs that strengthen and improve nonprofit organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
Examples include:

• Furniture
• Equipment
• Technology
• Facility improvements

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations may apply to multiple grant programs each year, but we will only accept one application per organization per grant program.

Ineligibility

What we do not fund:IndividualsFor-profit organizationsLoans or debt reductionActivities outside our regionPolitical activityIneligible projects and expenses include, but are not limited to:Undesignated contributions to larger capital campaigns