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Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC)

ARC Awards – Accelerating Research through Collaboration

MLSC grant program awarding approximately $750,000 per award to fund public-private collaborations between Massachusetts not-for-profit research institutions and at least one MA for-profit life sciences company, with three tracks: Bits to Bytes (data science), Novel Therapeutics Delivery, and Women's Health. Awards support capital equipment, postdoctoral scientist hiring, and translational research

Artmorpheus

Artists Help Desk

One-on-one consultation service connecting artists with curators, gallerists, artists, outreach strategists, and other arts professionals for personalized career and business guidance.

CommonWealth Kitchen

Associated Buyers Fellowship

Provides a 6-month rotating fellowship for BIPOC-owned food businesses, offering sales, mentorship, and marketing support to help scale production and increase representation in the specialty foods industry.

Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship – Babson College

Babson Alumni Supporting Entrepreneurs (BASE)

Mentorship/consulting program connecting Babson students and alumni entrepreneurs with experienced alumni consultants for venture support.

1Berkshire

Berkshire Immigrant Entrepreneurial Support Pilot Program

2-year Commonwealth-funded pilot program supporting immigrant entrepreneurship across 32 Berkshire County cities and towns; includes collaborative partner resource allocations, WMBE certification micro-grants, ESOL programming (with Berkshire Community College), and Spanish-language interpretation services.

Cooperative Development Institute (CDI)

Business Ownership Solutions (BOS)

Technical assistance and consulting service helping employees, workers, and communities convert or launch worker-owned cooperative businesses across New England, including feasibility studies, business planning, and ongoing support.

Wachusett Business Incubator

Business Planning Technical Assistance (BOTA)

Cooperative Development Institute (CDI)

Cooperative Business Services

Ongoing business development and consulting services for existing and start-up cooperatives in the Northeast, covering governance, business planning, marketing, lending, and strategic growth.

Social Innovation Forum

CORE

CORE is a peer learning community of eight organizations from around the United States. Each of these organizations works at the intersection of funders and nonprofits to grow social impact in their region. CORE partners meet on a quarterly basis to talk about the significance of place-based work, local social impact, and social justice. The cohort has a shared leadership model in which the sixteen participants take turns co-planning each quarterly meeting.

The Carrot Project

Farm Viability and Access to Capital Fellowship