Application Guidelines
Applications accepted June 1st through March 1st
The Moses Kimball Fund Trustees emphasize grants to organizations which either provide jobs to disadvantaged members of the Greater Boston community, or links between educational organizations and the needy members of the adjacent communities.
The Moses Kimball Fund Trustees accept grant applications between June 1st through March 1st of each year, and the funds are allocated at the March Trustees meeting.
How to Apply:
In order to apply for a grant, we ask you to send us the following items arranged in the order listed. All documents must be printed double sided.
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Cover Sheet - signed and dated Please use the coversheet found in this link.
- If you include a cover letter, which is not required, please put it behind the cover sheet of each application.
- A proposal telling us about your organization.
- Amount you are requesting
- What you want the funding for
- A projected budget
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Most recent and prior-year audited financial statements.
- If you cannot provide audited statements, please include a statement on letterhead of why not AND include supplemental information for the last two (2) years such as unaudited statements, which are preferred over 990s *do not include both
- Income Statement and Balance Sheet for last two (2) years. (if they are not included in your financial statements)
- Copy of your IRS tax-exempt status/determination letter.
- **If you received a grant last year, insert here a year-end report giving an accounting of how the Kimball Fund's grant funds were used and a copy of your annual report**
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Optional:
- Specific and accurate financial data which measure the success of your programs, and/or program evaluations, such as year-end/annual statements.
- Binders
- Folders
- Table of contents and/or enclosure page(s)
- All applications must be received by the deadline.
- If the deadline is a weekend or holiday, all applications are due on the next business day, no exceptions.
Do not include the following:
All application information will be kept strictly confidential.
We need one (1) full hard copy of the application, including all attachments, all printed double sided. In addition, please email a PDF version of the application to moseskimballfund@lwcotrust.com. Please make sure to send ONE (1) PDF of the entire application, do not send individual PDF's of each section.
Deadlinesfor application and subsequent reporting: March 1st
If you are having trouble accessing the cover sheet, please click on the link below to download Adobe Reader.
Contact/Mailing Address:
Moses Kimball Fund
Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Office
230 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 523-6531
moseskimballfund@lwcotrust.com