EEOST Capital Fund

Children’s Investment Fund (CIF) and the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) are excited to announce the availability of FY24 capital funding through three programs:


Links to the application materials in COMMBUYS and more information are available 
here. EEC will award small grants between $200,000 – $500,000 to licensed, center-based programs serving low-income children. The funding is intended to support renovations that address health and safety concerns and improve quality.

CIF and EEC are also running a large grant EEOST round with grants between $500,000 and $1 million for non-profit centers only. 

We look forward to receiving your questions and applications!

Awarded Projects

FY14/FY15:

  • Beverly Children’s Learning Center, Beverly
  • Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc., Lynn
  • Community Teamwork, Lowell
  • Ellis Memorial and Eldridge House, Inc., Boston
  • For Kids Only Afterschool, Revere
  • Robbins Children’s Programs, Attleboro
  • Merrimack Valley YMCA, Lawrence
  • Tri-Community YMCA, Southbridge
  • United Teen Equality Center, Lowell
  • Valley Opportunity Council, Chicopee

FY16:

  • Aspire Development Services, Lynn
  • Brookview House, Inc., Boston
  • Community Art Center, Inc., Cambridge
  • Epiphany School, Boston
  • Guild of St. Agnes of Worcester, Inc., Webster
  • Rainbow Child Development Center, Worcester

FY17:

  • Child Care of the Berkshires, North Adams
  • Belchertown Day School, Inc., Belchertown
  • Action for Boston Community Development, Boston
  • YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford
  • Worcester Community Action Council, Webster

FY18:

  • Citizens for Citizens, Fall River
  • Crispus Attucks Children’s Center, Dorchester
  • Elizabeth Stone House, Roxbury
  • Holyoke-Chicopee-Springfield Head Start, Springfield

FY19:

  • Cape Ann YMCA/ YMCA of the North Shore, Gloucester
  • Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Lawrence
  • Greater Lowell Family YMCA, Lowell
  • Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury
  • YMCA of Cape Cod, Hyannis
  • YWCA of Central MA, Worcester

FY20:

  • Berkshire Family YMCA, Pittsfield
  • Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield, Westfield
  • Community Action Incorporated, Haverhill
  • East Boston Social Centers, East Boston
  • Guild of St Agnes, Worcester
  • Old Colony YMCA, Brockton
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC), Framingham

FY21:

  • Beverly Children’s Learning Center, Beverly
  • Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, Holyoke
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lynn, Lynn
  • Boys and Girls Club of Webster-Dudley, Dudley
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South, Brockton
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Stoneham and Wakefield, Stoneham
  • Brockton Day Nursery, Brockton
  • Catholic Charities Yawkey Child Care Center, Dorchester
  • Child Care of the Berkshires, North Adams
  • The Community Group, Lawrence
  • East Boston Social Centers, East Boston
  • Elizabeth Peabody House Association, Somerville
  • For Kids Only Afterschool, Revere
  • Greenwood Shalom Outreach Community, Inc., Dorchester
  • Hattie B. Cooper Community Center, Roxbury
  • Holyoke YMCA, Holyoke
  • Kwong Kow Chinese School, Boston
  • Old Colony YMCA, Brockton
  • PACE Head Start, New Bedford
  • Paige Academy, Roxbury
  • Pathways for Children, Gloucester
  • Small Friends of Nantucket, Nantucket
  • SMOC, Framingham
  • Square One, Springfield
  • United South End Settlements, Boston
  • Waltham Boys and Girls Club, Waltham
  • West End Day Nursery, New Bedford
  • Westfield Child Center, Brockton
  • West Springfield Boys and Girls Club, West Springfield
  • The Whitin Community Center, Whitinsville
  • YMCA of Greater Boston, Roxbury
  • YMCA of Metro North, Lowell
  • YMCA of the North Shore (Haverhill YMCA), Haverhill
  • YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford
  • YWCA of Central Massachusetts, Worcester
  • YWCA of Northeastern Massachusetts, Lawrence

FY22:

  • Action for Boston Community Development
  • Behavioral Health Network
  • Boys and Girls Club of Metro South
  • Catholic Charitable Bureau of Boston, Inc.
  • Community Art Center
  • Crispus Attucks Children’s Center
  • Ellis Early Learning
  • For Kids Only Afterschool
  • Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center
  • Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA)
  • JFK Family Service Center
  • Merrimack Valley YMCA – Methuen YMCA
  • Mystic Valley YMCA – Malden YMCA
  • Nurtury
  • South Shore Stars
  • VietAID
  • YMCA of Greater Boston
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