Youth Development Volunteer Initiative
Funding Amount
$10,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Type: Grant program for volunteer engagement in youth development
Geographic Scope: Massachusetts
Purpose: Award funding to nonprofits to better engage volunteers in youth development programming.
Funding Source: AmeriCorps' Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) through the Massachusetts Service Alliance
Impact (2022 Fiscal Year Data)
As part of MSA's broader Volunteerism Initiatives:- 3,018 new volunteers recruited via MSA grants
- 35 MSA mini-grants awarded
- 7,193 youth directly supported via MSA grants
- 24 towns and cities funded by MSA
- 6,495 volunteers directly empowered
- 96,130 hours contributed by volunteers
- $2,782,355 estimated value of volunteer hours
What Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 45
- Total given
- $16.01M
- Median grant
- $217K
- Range
- $5,140–$2.94M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 91%, New Hampshire 7%, California 2%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Springfield, MA; Roxbury, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 20% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
City Year Boston · Boston, MA
Sub-grant of cncs federal funding award
$2.94M
Jumpstart for Young Children · Boston, MA
Sub-grant of cncs federal funding award
$1.69M
South Coastal County Legal Services Inc · Fall River, MA
Sub-grant of cncs federal funding award
$775K
Bpe (Boston Plan for Excellence) · Roxbury, MA
Sub-grant of cncs federal funding award
$762K
Boston University · Boston, MA
Sub-grant of cncs federal funding award
$760K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Youth programs
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