SafetyNet Shelter Grant Program
Funding Amount
$5,000,000 (total fund)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Funder: United Way of Massachusetts Bay in partnership with the Healey-Driscoll Administration (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
Purpose: Public health intervention to prevent families from unsheltered homelessness by rapidly identifying safe alternatives and providing flexible funding for emergency overnight shelter and necessities.
Geographic Scope: Statewide Massachusetts coverage with 9 overnight sites and 2 day sites established
Target Populations:
- Extremely low-income families with children
- Pregnant people
- Both Massachusetts residents and new arrivals
- Families requiring urgent and immediate emergency shelter
Program Components:
- Emergency overnight shelter through overflow options for state Emergency Assistance Shelter Program (EA)
- Short-term stays prior to longer-term placements
- Day services centers for families in crisis
- Transitional housing support
- Wraparound services and technical assistance to community-based organizations
Funding: $5 million deployed to community-based organizations
Impact (as of content date): Multiple sites opened by partner organizations including Catholic Charities Boston, La Colaborativa, New Healthy Mass, and others across the state
What United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 351
- Total given
- $30.03M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $5,000–$1.4M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 95%, Rhode Island 1%, New Hampshire <1%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Lynn, MA; Roxbury, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 14% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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$1.09M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Homeless
- Housing
- Family services
- Supportive housing
- Nonprofits
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