Rogers Family Foundation Fund Grant

The Rogers Family Foundation Fund supports nonprofit organizations focused on education, health, human services, community development, and the arts in Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley and North Shore, as well as Southeastern New Hampshire. Eligible applicants must be tax-exempt under 501(c)(3) and not classified as private foundations. Proposal deadlines are March 1 and September 1, with specific funding interests prioritized for program support.

NOTE: The trustees meet in May and November, with proposal deadlines on March 1 and September 1 (or the next business day if on a weekend/holiday). The portal opens one month prior (February 1 and August 1). Applicants are notified shortly after each meeting, and organizations may apply only once per year.
Southeastern New Hampshire
Auburn, Atkinson, Chester, Derry, Danville, Exeter, East Kingston, Epping, East Hampstead, Fremont, Hudson, Hampstead, Kingston, Litchfield, Londonderry, Newton, Plaistow, Pelham, Raymond, Stratham, Salem, Sandown, Windham.Massachusetts’s Merrimack Valley and North Shore
Andover, Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Byfield, Danvers, Dracut, Essex, Gloucester, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Lawrence, Marblehead, Manchester, Middleton, Methuen, Merrimack, North Reading, North Andover, Newbury, Newburyport, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Swampscott, Salem, South Hamilton, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury.
The communities listed above comprised the newspaper’s circulation area and therefore serve as a geographic starting point for the foundation’s funding focus. However, these guidelines are not set in stone. From time-to-time, grants of special interest to the trustees may be made outside of this geographic area.Funding Interests
The foundation’s priority interests are:

• educationhealthhuman servicescommunity developmentthe arts in Lawrence and other towns listed above.

Eligibility

Applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a) of the Code.