Strategic Grant Partners
/OVERVIEW: Strategic Grant Partners supports child welfare, early childhood, family self-sufficiency, getting high-risk youth to work and college and K-12 education in Massachusetts.
FUNDING AREAS: Child welfare, early childhood, family self-sufficiency, getting high-risk youth to work and college, K-12 education
IP TAKE: There are a lot of powerful people in Boston making the wheels turn at SGP, making this an essential funder to get to know for children and family needs at the local level.
PROFILE: Established in 2002 Strategic Grant Partners (SGP) is a collaborative philanthropy involving several families and based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is both a foundation and a pro-bono consulting firm. SGP supporters include Phillip Gross, Richard and Michelle Atchinson, Seth and Beth Klarman, Jonathon and Joanna Jacobson and Niraj and Jill Shah. The foundation aims to " partner with outstanding leaders with game changing ideas that improve the lives of children and families.” It funds local efforts for child welfare, early childhood, family self-sufficiency, getting high-risk youth to work and college and K-12 education.
Strategic Grant Partners’ high-quality education grantmaking focuses on leveling the playing field for young people and improving public schools. Youth development grants focus on getting young people jobs or through college for long-term success. Child welfare grants address family restoration and family permanence, with support going towards public child welfare system reforms. SGP also provides grants to help the working poor achieve self-sufficiency by supporting outside-the-box ideas and policy work.
Grants range between about $50,000 and $1 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the state of Massachusetts. Past local grantees include Alma del Mar Charter School, BAM (Becoming a Man) and Educators 4 Excellence.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Instead, it learns about new opportunities through colleagues and welcomes introductions to promising leaders. Direct general questions to the staff at 857-202-6230.
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