Grassroots Fund Grow Grants 2024

The Grow grant program is geared towards groups who have some experience implementing a project in their community. Donor Name: Grassroots Fund State: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 09/17/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Grow grants support groups to deepen their work by further developing a community vision, lowering barriers to participation, identifying new stakeholders and working to bring more voices and lived experiences into core decision-making processes.  Grow grants prioritize support for community groups who represent a broad range of voices in their community and who are not being reached by other funders. The Grassroots Fund interprets the word environment‘ broadly and provides funding for a wide range of activities. Priorities groups that are volunteer-driven or have no more than 2 full-time paid staff (80 hrs/week) groups that have an approximate annual operating budget under $100,000 Funding Information $1,000 – $4,000 Eligibility Criteria The Grow grant program is focused on community-based, local initiatives. For the Grassroots Fund that means that: groups doing local, grassroots work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont Note that groups do NOT need to have formal tax status or a fiscal sponsor.  A group only needs a bank account in the group’s name  The fund does not support Individuals National or international work Lobbying or partisan political activity Acquisition of land and/or buildings Studies with no follow-up action Publication of books or reports Micro-, mini-, re-granting programs Retroactive (pre-dating application submission) expenses For more information, visit Grassroots Fund.