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Community Grants

Community Grants of up to $1,000 fund a defined project to enrich the Cape Ann community. Community Grants are for nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status and a budget under $200,000. Please contact us directly to tell us about your project and we often write the check the same day! A sampling of our Community Grants are featured below. 

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Annisquam Village Players provides opportunities for local Cape Ann residents, young and older, to engage and develop their talents for musical theater.

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Manship Artists Residency gives artists and the creative spirit time and space to flourish for the benefit of our community.
Photo credit: Tsar Fedorsky

Library Bookshelves

Magnolia Library & Community Center is a library and community gathering space, a central hub of the Magnolia section of Gloucester. 

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Kinship Farm expands its Grow Food for Good (GFG) program with new community garden beds and hydroponic grow towers.

Support group

NAMI Cape Ann improves the quality of life for people with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy. 

Party Decorations

Gloucester Fraternity Club hosts monthly dances for adults with special needs, drawing up to 200 people from the North Shore. 

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Kim Smith and Filmmakers Collaborative create full length film about the endangered and threatened shorebird, the Piping Plover.
Photo credit: Kim Smith

Lighthouse

The Thatcher & Straitsmouth Islands Association raises funds for the restoration and on-going maintenance of the islands.

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Biomimicry New England plants, nurtures and educates about trees with 400 Trees Gloucester project. 
Photo credit: Biomimicry New England

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Rockport Exchange introduces Power of Produce project at 2024 Rockport Farmers Markets.
Photo credit: Rockport Exchange 

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Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team produces educational coloring book for local school age students. 
Photo credit: Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team

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