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Asian Community Fund general grants

Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation

NontraditionalParticipatory grantmaking

An AAPI-community-built fund inside the Boston Foundation making general operating grants to Massachusetts organizations serving AAPI communities, with explicit priority for very small and first-time applicants.

Indicative award
$5k–$25k (total award)Grants are primarily $5,000–$25,000; the fund states it may consider other levels at its discretion.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual fiscal-year cycle; the FY26 application closed 24 April 2026 at 5:00 pm. No future deadline is published on this page.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
Massachusetts-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, or applicants using a qualifying fiscal agent. Priority goes to organizations with annual budgets under $500,000, groups serving underrepresented AAPI communities, and first-time applicants — which effectively rules out a university as applicant. Projects primarily benefiting communities outside Massachusetts are ineligible; event sponsorships, capital campaigns, endowments and religious activity are excluded. Up to three consecutive years of funding, then a one-year pause.
SSWR clusters
Topics
general operating support · organizational stability · community solidarity · massachusetts aapi communities
Apply at
https://www.tbf.org/nonprofits/grant-making-initiatives/asian-community-fund/asian-community-fund-fy26-grant-applications
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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