Safety Net Grants

About this grant

The Safety Net Grants program supports nonprofit organizations that respond to essential needs for marginalized communities and vulnerable residents in Greater Boston. The FY27 Fall round focuses on urgent basic needs including food security, health and behavioral health, direct cash assistance, and housing stabilization.

Eligibility details

• Notes: Eligible organizations must primarily serve communities historically excluded from institutional philanthropy in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties, with a focus on communities of greatest need including Boston neighborhoods (East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury), Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Lynn, Brockton, and Lowell. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) status or operate under fiscal sponsorship, have been operating for at least three years, engage in year-round programming, align with the Boston Foundation's strategic vision, not discriminate in hiring or services, respond to an essential need, and have not received a Safety Net Grant in 2026. Private non-operating foundations, 501(c)(4) organizations, and Section 501(a)(3) Type III Non-functionally Integrated organizations are not eligible. Grants are not made to individuals.

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