Grants

Community Grant

Community Grants are available to local community organizations, nonprofits, or schools that engage or partner with Northeastern students, faculty, and/or staff in select in CCE programs. The goal is to fund programs and events that benefit our neighborhoods and build a strong relationship between Northeastern and the surrounding community.

To be eligible to apply for this grant, you must be a Boston-area based community organization, nonprofit, or school that has engaged with Northeastern University students, staff, or faculty in one of these CCE programs over the past five years: service-learning courses, NU|ACES, Community Volunteers Program, Northeastern Service Day, or Jumpstart.

Contact: communityservice@northeastern.edu

Awards

Neighbors Uplifting Neighbors Award

Now in its third year, the Neighbors Award is intended to financially support active resident-led initiatives in our local neighborhoods.

Community Engagement Award

This award recognizes exceptional partnerships involving students, neighborhood organizations, and/or residents, faculty, and staff from the campus and community. It honors individuals or groups that are committed to creating reciprocal partnerships that are mutually respectful, socially and ethically responsive, strategic, and purposeful.

To nominate a partnership that includes any of the groups listed above, explain in the nomination form (1) how the partnership has enhanced the campus or community, (2) how the partnership is representative of any or all of the following: commitment to creating a reciprocal relationship that is mutually respectful, socially and ethically responsive, strategic, and/or purposeful, and (3) how the partnership has focused on working toward creating a just, equitable, and sustainable future. Nominations are reviewed by a committee of Northeastern students and staff members.

Community Engagement Awards were paused for 2020.

Community Service Leadership Award

This award recognizes Northeastern graduating seniors who have made lasting contributions to the Office of City and Community Engagement, university campus, and local communities over multiple years. The 2020 award recipients were recognized at the virtual Student Life Awards in April in partnership with the Center for Student Involvement.

Nominations are collected by CCE staff and community partner organizations where students have served.

Contact: communityservice@northeastern.edu

Service-Learning Course-Community Collaboration Award

This award celebrates excellence in the Service-Learning Program at Northeastern. It honors individuals or groups who went above and beyond their prescribed roles to contribute to a meaningful partnership that benefits the community while enhancing student learning and/or faculty scholarship.

Each year, the Service-Learning Program asks our network to nominate any collaboration of students, faculty, or community partners for this award. The award was paused in 2019–2020 while we reimagine how to celebrate and honor exceptional partnerships.

Contact: service-learning@northeastern.edu

The Red Wagon Award

This recognizes an individual who embodies the mission of the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship and supports the development of emerging leaders.

Anyone in the MPF network can nominate an individual.

As a result of COVID-19, Pass the Wagon was canceled for 2019 through 2022. However, the program is slated to continue in 2023.

Contact: masspromisefellows@northeastern.edu

Suit Awards

The Suit Awards recognize students in NU|ACES who have demonstrated exceptional service. Like the suits of a card deck, there are four types of Suit Awards. The highest honor is the Ace of Spades: Global Citizen Award, which is reserved for students who have dedicated time throughout their college careers to becoming more engaged citizens and community members.

The criteria for each Suit Award can be found here. To be considered, NU|ACES students must submit an application. Honorees are invited to the Suit Awards dinner at the end of the academic year.

The highest honor in the program is the Ace of Spades: Global Citizen Award, for students who have dedicated time each year throughout their college careers to becoming more engaged citizens and community members locally, nationally, and abroad. 2020 was the first year that students were eligible for the Ace of Spades.

Contact: communityservice@northeastern.edu

Recognitions

City and Community Engagement and associated staff, faculty members, and students have received the following recognitions from our campus and community partners.