Forest Foundation Grant

Forest Foundation Grant is a grant from the Forest Foundation that funds new and emerging nonprofit organizations in Greater Boston focused on supporting under-resourced youth and families, with an emphasis on social service agencies meeting critical community needs.

The Foundation offers three distinct programs: regional operating grants to new and emerging nonprofits in Greater Boston (by invitation only); FF Ventures grants open to undergraduate students, recent graduates, and founders of emerging nonprofits in New England and New York State; and paid summer internship fellowships placing students at nonprofit organizations.

Regional grants prioritize small social service agencies serving BIPOC and under-resourced communities. Award amounts range from $5,000 to $30,000. The regional grant program is invitation-only; FF Ventures proposals are submitted via an open proposal form.

Program Description and Details Professional Development Days FF Ventures Proposal Form Intern Team Proposal Form We are fostering the next generation of non-profit leaders through paid summer fellowships, venture grants to leaders with new initiatives, and regional operating grants to new and emerging non-profits with dynamic executive teams.

Through our mission, we are committed to fostering the next generation of leaders for the Common Good through paid summer non-profit internships, venture grants to young leaders with new initiatives, and regional operating grants to new and emerging non-profits. Forest Foundation yearly supports up to 65 paid summer internships at exceptional non-profit organizations in Greater Boston.

Accepted interns are paired with non-profits whose missions align with the intern’s passion, skill sets, and academic path. Forest Foundation, through its FF Ventures initiative, invites grant proposals from current undergraduate college students, recent college graduates, and others who have created an emerging or new non-profit in the New England/New York states.

Forest Foundation makes grants to new and emerging non-profits in Greater Boston and is by invitation only. We support small social service agencies meeting critical need in under-resourced communities, with a focus on youth and families. The Trustees and staff of Forest Foundation stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Today, as in the long history of the United States, the lives of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) have been harmfully impacted by structural racism, lack of education and opportunity, health disparities, and direct violence. We pledge to continue and more fully support those that are targets of this inequity and violence.

In our 27 years of grant making, we have directly supported non-profits who work to uplift the neediest and most diverse communities. Since 2007, through our Intern Program and Ventures grants, we have sponsored a diverse generation of future leaders who will have a lasting presence in the non profit, public health, education, and business sectors.

FF Ventures Grants Since 2013 Regional Grants Since 1993 Forest Foundation was started in 1993 as a grant making foundation focused on new, small, and emerging non-profits supporting under- resourced youth and families in Essex County, Massachusetts. It has evolved into a regional grant maker with a sharp focus on the leadership development of undergraduate college students in the non-profit sector.

We currently support 65 summer non-profit internships in Greater Boston, make venture grants to young leaders and their initiatives in New England and New York State, and continue to make regional grants to new and emerging social service agencies in Greater Boston.

Program Description and Details Professional Development Days Program Description and Details Professional Development Days FF Ventures Proposal Form Intern Team Proposal Form