Grants by County
Below you will find funds that make competitive grants through Berkshire Taconic, listed by the county of residence or service required for eligible applicants. All applications are due by 5 p.m. You may also view grants by areas of focus or application deadlines.All Counties
Berkshire County, MA
Columbia County, NY
Northeast Dutchess County, NY
Northwest Litchfield County, CT
All Counties
Artist’s Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund
Deadline: August 1
Who can apply: individual visual artists living in New England
and nonprofit organizations that wish to commission new work
or purchase existing works by mid-career artists living in New
England.
Application form & guidelines — Individuals
Application form & guidelines — Organizations
Boschen Fund for Artists
Supports visual and performing artists in the Berkshire Taconic region.
Deadline: February 1
Who can apply: artists, both creative and interpretive, in all media who live full-time in the Berkshire Taconic region.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
The Amy Clampitt Residency Program
Supports the study and appreciation of poetry and the literary arts by providing a residence for a poet in the Amy Clampitt house in Lenox, MA; presents an annual poetry festival at Edith Wharton's residence, The Mount, in Lenox, MA.
Deadline: August 1
Who can apply: Established and emerging poets and literary scholars are eligible for 6-12 month residency in the Amy Clampitt House as well as a monthly stipend.
Application form & guidelines
Emergency Relief Fund
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: social service agencies (or clergy, town supervisor, etc.) on behalf individuals and families in crisis in the Berkshire Taconic area.
Please contact Maeve O'Dea for more information at maeve@berkshiretaconic.org or 413.528.8039.
Green Pastures Fund
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations, public entities or community groups that encourage or preserve small, community-based agricultural ventures.
Application form & guidelines
Alice and Richard Henriquez Memorial Fund & Youth World Awareness Program
Deadline: April 1
Who can apply: Students ages 14-22, teachers and school staff residing in Berkshire, Columbia, Dutchess or Litchfield counties who travel internationally to study or work to help promote international peace and justice.
Application
form & guidelines (Individuals)
Application
form & guidelines (Organizations)
Previous awards
Kinderhof Scholarship Fund
Deadline: March 1
Who can apply: residents of Berkshire, Columbia or northwest Litchfield counties who have been accepted into the Kinderhof School in North Egremont, MA.
Application form & guidelines
Quality Printing Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students who have a parent or stepparent who has been a full-time employee of Quality Printing Company for not less than five years prior to the application.
Application form & guidelines
Simple Gifts Fund
Deadline: April 15
Who can apply: young people (ages 8 to 21) who are residents of the Berkshire Taconic region, interested in participating in summer enrichment programs for cultural and creative endeavors.
Application form & guidelines
Wassermann-Streit Y'DIYAH Memorial Fund
Fosters an educated understanding of the traditions and culture of Judaism.*
Deadlines: April 1 and November 1
Who can apply: individuals, schools, libraries and other nonprofit groups, in Berkshire, Columbia, Litchfield and Dutchess counties, that encourage learning about Judaism with an aim to dispel prejudice, bias and intolerance while encouraging the love of learning.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Berkshire County, MA
Adams Cheshire Educational (ACE) Partnership
Deadline: October 31
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that sustain excellence in education in the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Charles and Elinore Agar Scholarship
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors of Monument Mountain Regional High School who are entering their first year of a two-year or four-year nationally accredited college or university with a particular interest in science, engineering, history or creative writing.
Application form & guidelines
John D. Barrett Scholarship
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors of Lenox Memorial High School who are entering their first year of a two-year or four-year nationally accredited college or university with a particular interest in pursuing a career in teaching science.
Application form & guidelines
William J. & Margery S. Barrett Fund for Adams, Cheshire & Savoy
Deadline: October 1
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations, public agencies or community organizations that provide services to the residents of Adams, Cheshire or Savoy.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
William J. & Margery S. Barrett Fund for Adams, Cheshire & Savoy
Public Service Award
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: nominations for individuals who have a strong community commitment, a generous spirit and make a significant contribution, through paid or volunteer work, to the towns of Adams, Cheshire or Savoy.
Application form & guidelines
Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund
Deadline: October 1
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations, public agencies, schools or community entities. Community groups that are not incorporated may apply using another nonprofit as a fiscal agent.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Berkshire Hills Fund for Excellence
Deadline: April 7 to Superintendent of Schools Office
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that sustain excellence in education in the Berkshire Hills Regional School District.
Application form & guidelines
Caligari Family Scholarship
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors of Monument Mountain Regional High School who are entering their first year of a two-year or four-year college or university with a goal of pursuing a career in an art or design related field.
Application form & guidelines
Central Berkshire Fund
Deadline: Annual grants, September 1
Deadline: Community Impact grant, May 31, 2008
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations, public agencies or community organizations that provide services to the residents of the communities of: Becket, Cummington, Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington and Windsor.
Application form & guidelines
Community Impact grant application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Community Fund
Deadline: October 1
Who can apply: organizations serving Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Hancock or New Ashford in Berkshire County, MA. (These towns are not currently served by active Area Funds). The fund will focus its grantmaking in 2007 on capacity-building projects in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health and social services.
Application form & guidelines
Honorable James P. Dohoney Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors of Mountain Regional High School, Mount Everett Regional High School, Lenox Memorial High School or Lee High School.
Application form & guidelines
Eagle Fund & Janet's Fund
Deadline: April 15
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that sustain excellence in education in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District.
Application form & guidelines
Farmington River Initiative for Regional Excellence (FIRE)
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enrich the educational experience of the students and teachers in the Farmington River School District.
Application form & guidelines
Fund for Williamstown
Deadline: March 19
Who can apply: Individuals and nonprofit organizations or civic groups with ideas for projects to improve the quality of life for Williamstown residents.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Gateway Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that sustain excellence in education in the North Adams Public Schools.
Application form & guidelines
James and Robert Hardman Fund for North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida, MA and Stamford, VT
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations serving North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida or Stamford.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Housatonic School Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduates of the Housatonic School, their descendants and residents of Housatonic pursuing a post-secondary education.
Application form & guidelines
Lanesborough Initiative for Excellence (LIFE)
Deadline: September 30
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lanesborough School District.
Application form & guidelines
Lee Education Enrichment Fund
Deadline: December 15
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lee-Tyringham School District.
Application form & guidelines
Lenox Education Enrichment Foundation (LEEF)
Deadline: May 15
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lenox Public Schools.
Application form & guidelines
Guido Masiero Scholarship Fund (Monument Mountain Regional High School)
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors at Monument Mountain Regional High School who are entering their first year of a two-year or four-year college or university to pursue studies in physical education, health and wellness, or business studies.
Application form & guidelines
McLaughlin-Wilson Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: Preference is given to students entering their first year of higher education after high school. Applicants must have physically lived within Monterey, MA, during most of their last two years of high school. An exception may be made for boarding school students whose family residence is in Monterey and for those who are attending higher educational institutions.
Application form & guidelines
Renewal application form & guidelines
New World Fund of the Berkshires
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: individuals who are recent immigrants to the Berkshires and nonprofit organizations providing services to them.
Application form & guidelines
William J. Newton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: residents of Berkshire County who are enrolled or planning to enroll in a two-year program at a community college or a technology curriculum in a community college, technical, vocational, or trade school.
Application form & guidelines
Pittsfield Education Enrichment Fund
Deadline: October 6
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Pittsfield School District.
Application form & guidelines
Richmond Educational Enrichment Fund
Deadline: April 17
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance and enrich the educational experience in the Richmond Consolidated School.
Application form & guidelines
Rhoda Rubin Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Deadline: March 21
Who can apply: residents of Berkshire County pursuing a degree in nursing at Berkshire Community College. Applications are invited from students who are graduating high school seniors or older.
Application form & guidelines
Previous award
Esther Samuels and Mabel Cornman Educational Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating seniors from Lenox Memorial High School who will be pursuing a post-secondary education.
Application form & guidelines
SEE Fund
Deadline: April 1
Who can apply: students, school personnel and community members for projects that support educational improvements and innovations that strengthen the students’ learning experience at Mount Greylock High School.
Application form & guidelines
SEE Fund website
Seven Towns Educational Enrichment Partnership (STEEP)
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students, school personnel and community members for projects that enhance and enrich the educational experience of the students and teachers in the Central Berkshire Regional School District.
Application form & guidelines
South Berkshire County Fund
Deadline: October 1
Who can apply: nonprofits with annual operating budgets under $250,000 that improve the quality of life for residents of Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham or West Stockbridge.
Application forms & guidelines
Previous awards
William Stanley Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students who have lived within Berkshire County during at least the last two years of high school.
Application form & guidelines
Sweet Brook Scholarship
Deadline: January 31
Who can apply: employees of the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown who are planning to attend an accredited school to further their education in a field of health care that will have a direct impact on their work at Sweet Brook.
Application form & guidelines
Therapeutic Shoe Fund
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: medical and nursing professionals on behalf of individuals in Berkshire County who are elderly or disabled and need financial assistance to obtain therapeutic shoes.
Application form & guidelines
Williamstown Elementary School Endowment Fund (WESE)
Deadline: March 10
Who can apply: Teachers, students, administrators, parents and members of the community for initiatives that add to the existing programs at the school.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Pauline Young Music Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators, parents, nonprofits and members of the community for projects that provide opportunities for students in the North Adams Public School District to study and appreciate music.
Application form & guidelines
Columbia County, NY
Cha-Nel Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating high school seniors of Chatham and New Lebanon high schools.
Application form & guidelines
Chatham Education Foundation
Deadline: March 31
Who can apply: teachers, administrators, parents and community members for projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Chatham Central School District.
Application form & guidelines
Chatham Education Foundation Arts and Humanities Fund
Deadline: March 31
Who can apply: teachers, administrators, parents and community members for projects that enhance and enrich the experience of the arts and humanities for students and teachers in the Chatham Central School District.
Application form & guidelines
Fund for Columbia County
Deadline: April 1
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations, public entities or community groups that improve the quality of life for Columbia County residents.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Application
form & guideline
New Lebanon Arts and Humanities Endowment
Deadline: October 10
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community members for projects that enhance the arts and humanities experience of students and teachers in the New Lebanon School District.
Application form & guidelines
Quailwood Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating high school seniors who are full-time residents within the area of Red Rock during the two consecutive years prior to this application and have been accepted at a college or professional program.
Application form & guidelines
Quailwood Fund
Deadline: April 1
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations 501 (c)(3) or public entities for programs and projects that serve residents of Red Rock and take place in the Red Rock area.
Application form & guidelines
Quailwood Scholarship Fund for Adult Students
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: adults (18 years or older) who are full-time residents within the area of Red Rock during the two consecutive years prior to this application and have been accepted at a college or professional program either for the first time or to return to school to complete a degree.
Application form & guidelines
Quailwood Emergency Relief Fund
Deadlines: rolling
Who can apply: social service agents (or clergy, town supervisor, etc.) on behalf of individuals & families in crisis in Red Rock. Please contact Maeve O'Dea for more information at
maeve@berkshiretaconic.org or 413.528.8039.
Taconic Hills Educational Enrichment Fund (The E Fund)
Deadline: October 15
Who can apply: students, school personnel and community members for initiatives that enrich the experience of all students in the Taconic Hills Central School District.
Application form & guidelines
The E Fund website
Northeast Dutchess County, NY
Rhoda Lubalin Art Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: Graduating seniors of Webutuck Central School who intends to pursue the study of visual arts in college or other educational institution.
Application form & guidelines
Millerton Grange Scholarship Award
Deadline: May 1
Who can apply: graduating high school seniors who are residents of the Town of North East (Millerton) and plan to study agriculture or agribusiness.
Northeast Dutchess Fund
Deadline: April 1 and September 1
Who can apply: nonprofits, municipalities, community organizations or civic entities in northeast Dutchess County.
Application form & guidelines
Previous awards
Violet H. Simmons Scholarship Fund
Barbara Thorlichen Riefle Summer Enrichment Scholarship
Deadline: November 15
Who can apply: students who have graduated from Webutuck Central School and who will be enrolled in their second or third year at an accredited college or who will be enrolled in the second year of a two-year accredited college course.
Application form & guidelines
Northwest Litchfield County, CT
The Susan Fillman Memorial Scholarship for the Arts
Deadline: April 21
Who can apply: Students in the Region One School District for arts-related programs or workshops.
Application form & guidelines
Foundation for Community Health
The Foundation for Community Health is a supporting organization of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. It is dedicated to improving the health of its neighbors in the Greater Harlem Valley and the Litchfield Hills through grants and collaborative projects. For more information about the Foundation for Community Health, visit www.fchealth.org.
Adams Redd Johnson Fund
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: minority students of The Hotchkiss School in need of supplementary moneys so that they can participate in all aspects of school life.
Jane Lloyd Fund
Deadline: rolling
Who can apply: social service agencies (or clergy, town supervisor, etc.) on behalf of cancer patients and their families with financial need in Canaan, Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, Salisbury and Sharon. Please contact Maeve O'Dea for more information:
maeve@berkshiretaconic.org or 413.528.8039.
Northwest Corner Fund
Deadline: November 15
Underwrites participation of nonprofit organizations in Berkshire Taconic's Nonprofit Learning Center. Who can apply: 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving northwest Litchfield County who have operated with active programming for a minimum of 3 years.
Application form & guidelines
Armand M. Oppenheimer Environmental Fund
Deadline: April 15
Who can apply: people who have gone above and beyond their job requirements in their involvement in environmental issues, specifically in involving young people in Region One in the environment.
Application & guidelines
Region One Athletic Fund
Deadline: November 15, July 15, March 15
Who can apply: students, teachers, administrators and community
members for projects that enhance the physical and athletic experience of
students in the Region One District of Connecticut.
Application
form & guidelines
Madeleine Beattie Wildes Fund
Deadline: December 31
Who can apply: nonprofit organizations for projects that help residents of Salisbury/Lakeville with limited resources to remain in their homes safely and comfortably.
Application form & guidelines