The Foundation is
currently transitioning to a long-term strategic focus. The emerging work
represents a natural evolution of previous investments and will
remain in service of the Foundation’s current mission.
More
information about our new focus – including details about
initiative areas and grant availability - will be made available
in early 2010.
Current Funding Opportunities
Evaluation RFP - February 8, 2010
The Foundation is seeking proposals for the evaluation of
an upcoming grantmaking initiative. The initiative will be a key
component of the Foundation’s new strategic focus, which has not
yet been announced. Under this grant, the evaluator will have an
opportunity to be involved in both the early design phase of the
initiative and the evaluation of its implementation. Proposals
will be accepted until close of business (5 p.m. EST) on Monday
March 1, 2010.
For a detailed Request for Proposals for the evaluation work
only,
contact Eve Goldberg at
egoldberg@nmefdn.org or 781-348-4266
For all other inquiries,
contact Nick Lorenzen at
nlorenzen@nmefdn.org or 781-348-4239
Projected 2010 RFP Notifications
The Foundation anticipates
that new grants will be made available in 2010.
If you would like to be
notified when funding becomes available,
please register here.
Eligibility
Pursuant to its Articles of Organization, the Foundation
operates exclusively for the benefit of, and to promote the
charitable and educational purposes of, educational
organizations, including universities, colleges, secondary
schools, elementary schools, and other educational organizations
that are described in IRC Section 501(c) (3) and that are not
private foundations because they are described in IRC Section
509(a)(1) or (2). The Foundation's activities include making
grants to the public charities it supports and providing
services to those organizations. The Foundation supports only
those programs/organizations that serve students in New England
or research pertaining to education issues in New England.
The Foundation does not fund capital campaigns, endowments,
scholarships or fellowships, debt reduction or cash reserves,
building construction or renovation, and certain indirect costs.
Funding determination may
be made in one of three ways:
-
A specific
organization may be invited to apply for a grant
within an agreed upon timeframe and the proposal
is reviewed in a noncompetitive process.
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A limited number of
organizations may be invited to apply via a
Request for Proposals (RFP) or Request for
Applications (RFA) before a set deadline. The
submitted proposals/applications would then be
reviewed in a competitive process. All or a
selection of the group would be funded.
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Funding guidelines
that outline the Foundation’s requirements,
goals, and funding strategy and an open RFP or
RFA are distributed by the Foundation or by an
intermediary hired to manage a cluster of grants
and to post on appropriate websites.
Organizations determine their potential
eligibility and whether they should submit a
proposal or application before a set deadline.
All submitted proposals/applications are
reviewed in a competitive process. All or a
selection of the group are funded based on the
predetermined criteria.
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