Competitive Grant Programs
Overview
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 collaborative initiatives that respond to our PROGRAMMATIC PRIORITIES. The programmatic priorities feed into the organizational strategy outlined in our recently published report: Connecting Cape Cod. We encourage you to read through these materials to learn if your initiative is a fit for funding.
2025 Grant Opportunities
The Foundation will be offering Open Door Grants, Town Fund Grants and a new Flexible Funding Grant in 2025. For more information, click on the link to the specific grant program below and carefully review the requirements, eligibility criteria, and deadlines for each opportunity.
Review the webinar (below) for detailed information and the “Resources for Applicants” link (also below) for information about the grant portal and how to apply.
Open Door Grants
Not Currently Accepting Application
Grant Cycle Closed May 5, 2025
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 (2020-2024).
MORE INFO
Flexible Funding Grants 2025
Applications Are Open
Application Deadline: August 21, 2025
A special, limited opportunity to access funding to respond to urgent needs in response to the end of pandemic-era public or private funding, or to other funding changes. Open to prior SERF fund grantees OR to organizations supporting the Arts, Animals, or the environment. MORE INFO
Spring 2025:
Competitive Grantmaking Program Pre-Recorded Webinar
Town Fund Grants
Applications will open August 4, 2025
Residents created these funds to support the important work of nonprofits in their individual communities: Chatham, Falmouth, Harwich, and Sandwich.
MORE INFO
Capacity-Building Grants
Not currently accepting applications. Applications will open in 2026.
These grants support initiatives that help nonprofits reach the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity. MORE INFO
Women & Girls Fund Grants
Not currently accepting applications
These grants support initiatives that strengthen the lives of women and girls in our region. MORE INFO
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
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 $106 million in grants and scholarships in the Cape Cod Community. For good.
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South Yarmouth, MA 02664
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