Welcome to the HYAMS Preliminary Eligibility Questionnaire
1. An applicant must be a charitable corporation with an office and programs located in Boston or Chelsea and serving residents of those communities. The Foundation will consider an organization based outside of Boston or Chelsea only if it has a satellite office in one of these cities that offers programs, which match the Foundation's funding interests. Such organizations should request a grant for their satellite office.
2. Applicants must be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code and "not a private Foundation" under section 509(a) of the Code or have a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) determination.
3. An application from an organization previously funded by the Foundation will not be reviewed until a full report of the expenditure of the previous grant has been received. This report must be submitted using the Foundation's Online Grant Report Form.
4. The Foundation can only consider one proposal from an organization during a 12-month period for programming or operating support. (Note: Requests for technical assistance will be considered at the time of the organization's programming or operating request.) This means that if the trustees voted on an application in December, the organization cannot be considered again for support until December of the following year. Please visit the website for the Foundation's proposal due dates and application process.
5. In general, the Foundation does not make grants to:
a. individuals
b. an educational institution for its standard educational or capital programs
c. any municipal, state or federal agency
d. hospital and health center capital campaigns
e. religious organizations for sectarian religious purposes (although the Foundation will consider proposals for social ministry and/or community organizing programs of faith-based organizations)
f. curriculum development, video and film production, scholarships and conferences
g. capital campaigns
6. Applicants should be aware that if their proposal is missing any required information, it will not be reviewed or added to a board meeting agenda.