Grant Programs
The Cape Cod Foundation develops permanent and flexible endowment funds to help nonprofit organizations seize opportunities and respond to the existing and emerging needs of communities across Cape Cod. Our grantmaking is broad and supports all areas of our community: health, human services, the environment, education, the arts, and community development.
We are particularly interested in supporting initiatives that align with our ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY and respond to our PROGRAMMATIC PRIORITIES. For 2026, we continue our focus on engaging with and strengthening nonprofits. We encourage you to review these materials to learn if your initiative is a fit for funding.
Responsive Grantmaking
One of the lessons we learn early in life is: expect the unexpected. Life happens. Be prepared. The COVID pandemic certainly underscored the point for community foundations across the country. In 2020, we established THE CAPE COD FOUNDATION STRATEGIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND with discretionary funding and began building and deploying resources to help the nonprofit sector meet immediate, critical needs and support rebuilding efforts.
Since then, we have responded to many other unexpected situations with discretionary resources, bolstered by gifts from community partners, private foundations, and individual donors who have entrusted us to identify needs and make responsive grants that will have the greatest impact in the community. LEARN MORE
2026 Competitive Grant Opportunities
Land Acquisition Grants
from the Priscilla Alden Sears Memorial Fund
Applications Are Now Closed
These grants are for qualified charitable organizations and Tribal entities for financial assistance for the acquisition of land for conservation, restoration, and or preservation on Cape Cod. MORE INFO
Open Door Grants
Applications Are Now Closed
These grants are for organizations who have never received funding from The Cape Cod Foundation or for those who have not received a discretionary grant in the last five years (2021-2025).
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Catalyst Grants
Applications Are Now Closed
These grants strengthen nonprofit organizations through multi-year, unrestricted general operating support and peer-learning to ultimately build their capacity to reach the next level of organizational strength, stability, and effectiveness.
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Town Fund Grants
Grant Cycle opens on August 4, 2026 and closes September 17, 2026
(Harwich, Sandwich, Chatham) and September 24, 2026 (Falmouth)
Residents created these funds to support the important work of nonprofits in their individual communities: Chatham, Falmouth, Harwich, and Sandwich.
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Women & Girls Fund Grants
Opens Fall 2026
Check back in June for dates
These grants support initiatives that strengthen the lives of women and girls in our region. MORE INFO
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No person in the United States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, religion, creed, disability, familial status, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other improper criterion be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available by the community foundation, and any other program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds appropriated for grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance administered by the community foundation.
Together, we have invested more than $113 million in grants and scholarships in the Cape Cod Community. For good.
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508.790.3040
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South Yarmouth, MA 02664
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