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Grant Guidelines
2008 application form (.pdf / (free acrobat reader)
2008 application sample (.pdf / (free acrobat reader)
Grant Recipients


Grant Guidelines

The Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation, Inc. was established to ensure that children's charities throughout Massachusetts would receive the funds they require to achieve their goals.

The Board of Directors will meet annually in November to determine funding priorities. Applications are due to the Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation, Inc. by October 1, 2008.The Board of Directors of the Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation, Inc. reserves the right and power in its sole and unfettered discretion to determine recipient qualifications, funding priorities, and award such grants as the Board of Directors deem consistent with the Foundation's Articles of Organization and mission statement of improving the quality of life of children in Massachusetts.Grant recipients must be 501 (c) (3) organizations that are Massachusetts-based and child-related.


The next grant cycle begins July 1, 2008.
The application is available here in .pdf format. (free acrobat reader)

Grant decisions will be made by December 31, 2008.

Please note: We are using a new application and summary form this year.
A sample summary form as a .pdf file is available here. (free acrobat reader)

Deadline for applications is October 1, 2008.
Please note that applications MUST BE sent to our Post Office box
and plan accordingly to meet the deadline.

There is no drop off location or physical address for delivery of grant applications.
Grant decisions will be made by December 31, 2008.



Grant Recipients 2002-2007

All Dorchester Sports League
Best Buddies
Beverly School for the Deaf
Big Sisters Association of Greater Boston
Boston Amateur Basketball Club
Boston Children's Chorus
Boston City Singers
Boston Scholars Program
Bottom Line
Brockton Area ARC
C2 Mission
Cambridge Family & Children's Services
Cambridge School Volunteers
Cathedral High School
Catholic Memorial High School
Catholic Schools Foundation
Children's Advocacy Center
Children's Room
Col. Daniel Marr Boys & Girls Club
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Dianne DeVanna Center
Dorchester Eagles Pop Warner Football
Dr. Jeffery R. Bartel Scholarship
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
EnlightenNext
Epiphany School
Esperanza Academy
Express Yourself
Fall River Boys & Girls Club
Families First Parenting Programs
Family Justice Center of Boston
Family Service, Inc.
Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc
First Book Boston
Fishing Academy
Foundation for Faces of Children
Franciscan Hospital for Children
Friends for Tomorrow, Inc.
Friends of the Children - Boston
Gate of Heaven Parish & St. Brigid Parish Youth Ministry
Gavin Foundation/Cushing House
Girls, Inc. of Lynn
Girls, Inc. of Worcester
Good Sports, Inc.
Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Greater Lawrence Council of Churches
Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative
Greater Lowell Boys & Girls Clubs
Greenwood Shalom After School Program
Handi Kids
Housing Families
Hyde Square Task Force
Italian Home for Children
Joey Fund
Joshua Frase Foundation
Julie's Family Learning Program
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Katie Brown Educational Program, Inc.
Kennedy-Donovan Center
Lawrence Boys & Girls Clubs
Learning Prep School
Mary Kaye Fund
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
Massachusetts Hospital School
Massachusetts Soldier's Legacy Fund
Massachusetts Special Hockey Corp.
Massachusetts Youth Committed to Winning
Melmark New England
Merrimack Valley YMCA
MetroLacrosse
MITOAction
Mother Caroline Academy
Nativity Prep
New England Hemophilia
New England Wildlife Center
North Cambridge Catholic High School
Northshore Youth Symphony Orchestra
Notre Dame Academy
Notre Dame High School Lawrence
Parenting Resource Associates, Inc.
Parkway Youth Hockey
Penikese Island School, Inc.
Project Step
Rachel's Table - Children's Milk Fund
Raising a Reader
Raw Arts Works
Ride with Pride
Seven Hills Foundation
South Boston Pop Warner
South Shore Hospital
South Shore YMCA
Sports Museum
St. Coletta & Cardinal Cushing
St. James Education Center
St. Julie's Asian Center
Summer Search
Think:Kids
Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club
Transverse Myelitis Association
Trinity Boston
Walker Home and School
Waltham Boys & Girls Club, Inc.
YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts