Community Empowerment Small Grant Fund

Applications are now open for the 2026 Community Empowerment Grants. This annual program provides funding  to   local community-based organizations to expand their   impact and  strengthen programs that support men and boys across Boston’s neighborhoods.

The Community Empowerment Small Grants are awarded to local community-based organizations to scale up their work.  This year, a total of $500,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations throughout Boston's various neighborhoods. 

Application

Timeline and Information Dates:

• Application Launch Date: October 30, 2025

• Information Session: Thursday November 13, 2025, (Meeting Link)

• Application Deadline: Monday, December 1st, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. 

• Award Notification: Mid December 2025

• Grant Period: Grant-funded activities must be completed by June 30, 2026

• Reporting Due Dates: March 1st, 2026 and August 1st, 2026

• A Different Path Foundation
• AccessMA
• Afrimerican Academy 
• Apprentice Learning
• Beat the Odds
• Black Biz Dev Inc.
• Black Male Artists Collective (Union of Minority Neighborhoods)
• Blue Collar Academy
• Boston Black Hospitality Coalition
• Bottom Line
• Breaktime United, Inc.
• Cape Verdean Association of Boston/Cabral Leadership and Innovation Center
• Charlestown Community Cares
• Chill Diamond Ring Education Foundation
• Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
• Cornerstone Collaborative MA
• Daddy & Me Inc.
• Dunk the Vote/Circle of Nations Inc.
• Family Movement, Inc.
• Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
• Fathers' Uplift
• Follow Suit
• Freedom House Inc.
• Future Chefs
• Greatest MINDS Boston
• He Is Me Institute 
• Include Innovation Inc.
• Justice For Housing, Inc.
• Kings Amongst Kings
• Limitless Athletics
• Lives Are Meant To Be Changed
• Marcus Anthony Hall Educational Institute 

• 617 Peak
• A Bright Future, Inc.
• A Different Path Foundation Inc.
• Afrimerican Culture Initiative Inc
• Beantown Panthers Inc.
• Bikes Not Bombs
• Black Biz Development Group LLC
• Blue Collar Academy
• Bmen Foundation
• Boston Chargers Youth Football and Cheerleading
• Boston Pirates Youth Sports
• Boston Project Ministries
• Boston Public Schools (Generational Talent Mentoring)
• Boston Raiders Youth Football & Cheer Pop Warner Little Scholars
• Boxing Power and Fitness
• Boys Without Barriers Inc.
• Cape Verdean Association of Boston/Cabral Leadership and Innovation Center
• Children's Services of Roxbury
• Chills Diamond Ring Education Foundation Inc
• Codman Square NDC (Brothers Building)
• Concrete LYFE
• Cornerstone Collaborative MA
• Dadball Boston
• Daddy & Me Inc
• Dorchester Eagles
• Dreamcatcher Boston, Inc
• Dunk the Vote/Circle of Nations Inc.
• Family Nurturing Center of MA
• Fatherly Justice Association Corp.
• Fathers' UpLift, Inc.