The Nantucket Fund Grants (Community Grants)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Recent priority areas identified include: housing, mental health and substance abuse services, year-round public transportation, and after school care”
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
The Nantucket Fund Grants
Geographic Scope: Nantucket, Massachusetts
The Community Foundation for Nantucket's primary grant program supporting local nonprofits. The Foundation has been offering annual Community Grants for over a decade, having distributed over $200,000 in the first six years and over $450,000 in 2013 alone.
Eligibility:
- All Island 501(c)(3) charitable organizations
Focus Areas:
- Health and Human Services (historically the primary focus)
- Community programs and projects with substantial impact on quality of life
- Special projects, programs, operational support, and staffing support
- Recent priority areas identified include: housing, mental health and substance abuse services, year-round public transportation, and after school care
- Collaborative projects between agencies
Application Process:
- Annual application process
- Grants Committee provides visits to each applicant organization to discuss applications
- Selection based on community needs assessment and Foundation expertise
Contact:
- Community Foundation for Nantucket
- 9B Bayberry Court, PO Box 204
- Nantucket, MA 02554
- Phone: (508) 825-9993
- Email: info@cfnan.org
- Website: cfnan.org
- Tax ID: 13-4316755
What Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 82
- Total given
- $4.09M
- Median grant
- $28K
- Range
- $5,177–$529K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 96%, Florida 2%, New Hampshire 1%. Top recipient cities: Nantucket, MA; Siasconset, MA; New York, NY.
- 56% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
North Andover Historical Society · North Andover, MA
General
$529K
Nantucket Community Service Inc · Nantucket, MA
Human Services
$248K
Nantucket Interfaith Councilnffra · Nantucket, MA
General
$192K
Nantucket Boys & Girls Club · Nantucket, MA
Youth Services
$165K
Fairwinds - Nantucket's Counseling Center Inc · Nantucket, MA
Behavioral Health
$163K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Foundation
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