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Community Empowerment Small Grant Fund
Our fund allows community-based organizations serving the Black male community in Boston to apply for up to $20,000 in grants.
The 2025 Community Empowerment Small Grant Fund is now open! For inquiries, please reach out to BMA@boston.gov.
The seven focus areas for small grants will be:
- Mentoring and Out of School Time
- Youth and Young Adult Pathways
- Housing Mobility
- Economic Inclusion and Wealth Building
- Workforce Training and Development
- Fatherhood Engagement
- Mental Health and Wellness
Grant funds will be awarded to Boston non profit organizations providing proven or promising programs to bring their work to scale or deepen their impact serving Black men and boys throughout the City of Boston.
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Have questions? Contact:
Black Male Advancement
2024 Community Empowerment Small Grant Fund Recipients
- 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
- Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc.
- Mbadika
- MissionSAFE
- Next Leadership Development Corporation
- One Love Sports Academy
- One of 100
- Out for Good Behavioral Services, Inc.
- Panthers Legends Academic Youth
- PREPPED Inc.
- Resilient Coders
- Roxbury Action Program
- Save Our Streets - Boston
- Shelburne Community School Council Inc.
- Team New England Youth Academy
- The Blackbury Organization
- The Center for Teen Empowerment
- The Institute for Global Youth Development Programs
- The Nubian Square Foundation
- The Supreme Team
- The Teachers' Lounge, Inc.
- The Village of Recovery
- The 3 Point Foundation, Inc.
- Thrive Scholars
- Torch Light Recovery
- Urban League of Eastern MA
- Voices of Liberation Inc.
- Workforce Opportunity Resource Center
- YardTime Inc.
- Young Man with a Plan Inc.
- Youth Guidance
- YouthBuild Boston
2023 Community Empowerment Small Grant Fund Recipients
- 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.
- Follow Suit
- Greatest MINDS Boston
- He is Me Institute, Inc.
- Hoops Collaborative Youth Development Program/Herc42skills
- Justice For Housing, Inc
- Kings Amongst Kings
- Lives Are Meant To Be Changed Resource Center
- Mbadika, Inc
- Next Leadership Development
- No Books No Ball
- Not On My Watch Mentoring, Inc.
- OJFit Foundation Inc.
- One Love Sports Academy
- Panthers Legends Academic Youth Program
- READY Prep Inc.
- Roulhac Enterprises Inc.
- Score4more, inc.
- Team New England Youth Academy
- The Blackbury Organization, Inc.
- The Bradshaw Family Foundation
- The Clubhouse Network
- The Loop Lab
- The Nubian Square Foundation
- The3PointFoundation, Inc
- Torch Light Recovery Inc.
- Union of Minority Neighborhoods
- Voices of Liberation Inc
- X-MEN OF BOSTON
- Yardtime Inc
- Young Man with a Plan
Who's Involved:
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Have questions? Contact:
Black Male Advancement
