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Montgomery County COVID-19 Food Access Capacity Building Grant
The Montgomery County COVID-19 Food Assistance Capacity Building Grant opened yesterday. To access the grant in the online portal, click here. Search for ‘COVID-19 Food Assistance Capacity Building Application.’
The Capacity Building Grant funding will be used to assist Food Assistance Providers to improve their infrastructure and increase their ability to provide food access to hard-to-reach communities in Montgomery County during the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future. Nonprofits can apply for up to $85,000.
Applications for the grants are due by noon on Monday, August 3, 2020, and funds will be distributed beginning Thursday, August 13, 2020.
Early Care and Education Initiative Recovery Fund Assistance
Webinar/Info Session
Nonprofit Montgomery is offering the following free webinar to help you apply for this funding. We will go through the entire application and take questions during the webinar.
- Tuesday, July 7, 11am: Click here to register.
Recordings of the webinars are on our website. Click here to see the updated PowerPoint presentation.
Phone and Email Support
Please call 301-349-6373 (or email ECEI.Relief@gmail.com) to ask a question or speak with a consultant. We will respond as quickly as possible. by the end of day at the latest.
In addition to English, we can offer assistance in Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Amharic, and Tigrinya.
One-on-One Consultations
Let us walk you through the application. Please book an appointment with one of our consultants. In addition to English, we can offer assistance in Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Amharic, and Tigrinya.
You can sign up for a 30 or 60 minute consultation.
Funding and Grant Opportunities
Franca Brilliant’s Presentation
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (Just reopened!)
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, small business owners are able to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance of up to $10,000. This advance is designed to provide economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. This loan advance will not have to be repaid. Recipients do not have to be approved for a loan in order to receive the advance, but the amount of the loan advance will be deducted from total loan eligibility.
U.S. Treasury and SBA Released the final PPP Loan Forgiveness Application
The application includes the changes made in the Paycheck Flexibility Act. SBA has also introduced a great EZ Forgiveness Application version as well as a full application version. This EZ form will make it much simpler to complete your forgiveness application form without doing complicated calculations.
Local: COVID 19 Early Care and Education Initiative (NEW!)
- Reopening expenses and losses due to COVID 19. Up to $75K for one site to $250K for 4 or more sites.
- Covers family child care homes and centers, for profit and nonprofit
- Must be located in County, 60% of children served are County residents, children from birth to age 5, able to open by 8/31.
- Priority for those serving low income families, children with special needs; zip codes 20877, 20886, 20902, 20877, 20906; participants in MD EXCELS program.
- Click here for the press release.
Mead Family Foundation: Special COVID-19 Grant (NEW!)
- TOPICAL PRIORITIES: Crisis prevention in children and youth (including mental health and well being), Career exploration and training for youth, healthy eating and healthy lifestyle, or distance learning and technology
- SCOPE OF FUNDING: Applicants should limit funding to a single-year request in the range of $10,000-$20,000. An applicant may not submit more than one grant request.
- Letter of Inquiry (LOI): LOIs are due no later than 11:59 PM EST on Friday, July 10th,
2020 via Foundant. - Click here to see more information.
PEPCO/Rock Creek Conservancy Sustainable Communities Grant
- Deadline 7/31, • Environmental Stewardship, up to $10K, Resources to minimize impacts to environment during emergency.
Groundswell Rapid Response Funds
- Support for women of color/trans led organizations to meet urgent needs, $1.5K to $15k, no deadline
Mosaic Rapid Response Infrastructure RFP
- Due 7/2, Support to eligible nonprofit organizations, up to $10K
- For tools, technology, training, other resources for remote work
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation CARES ACT Organization Relief
- Support for arts organizations including staff salary, facilities costs, artist fees
- Up to $20K, due 6/22
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Grants
- Support to help youth with disabilities develop leadership/employment skills
- $10K to $75k per year for up to three years, open 7/15 – 10/15
Walmart Foundation Grants
- Access to Healthier Food
- Up to $5K, deadline 12/31, funding locally determined
Bank of America Funding, Due 6/26
Tomberg Family Philanthropies, open July 27
- support projects in the areas of education, the environment, health and poverty alleviation
Wednesday’s Covid-19 Response Call – June 10
Wednesday’s Covid-19 Response Call
Here’s the video and a few take aways below. This meeting featured Leonard Howie, CEO, Worksource Montgomery (former Labor Secretary of Maryland); Kendra Kanty, Sr. Account Manager, Unite Us; Franca Brilliant, Nonprofit Consultant, and more.
Take Aways from Wednesday’s Meeting:
Updated Relief Opportunities by Franca Brilliant, Nonprofit Consultant
Click here to see Franca’s presentation with links
FEMA Public Assistance Program – MEMA will be on the 6/17 meeting to answer questions.
Reimbursement of up to 75% of expenses for COVID 19 response
Minimum $3,300, due by 6/26
Questions to: publicassistance.mema@maryland.gov
Mid Atlantic Arts Council grants: through 6/22
DOL Susan Harwood Training Grants
Three programs, all due 7/20
Maryland Humanities mini-grants
support for public humanities projects, documentaries, and civic education
$1,200, due 7/1
USDA SNAP improvements, 6/15
Links to Funding Opportunities
Federal
Paycheck Protection Program
https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program
FCC Telehealth
https://www.fcc.gov/covid-19-telehealth-program
NEH Grant
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=326458
USDA Feeding Reimbursement
http://www.ccresourcesinc.org/how-to-qualify/
State
MD Community Health Resources Commission
https://health.maryland.gov/mchrc/Pages/notices.aspx
Maryland Humanities CARES Act Emergency Relief Fund
County
Telework Assistance Fund
https://thinkmoco.com/telework-assistance-fund
Montgomery County COVID-19 Food Access Grant
PPE request
https://montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/emmr-form.html
Private
Philip L Graham
https://plgrahamfund.org/grant-portal-login/
Emergent Fund
https://www.emergentfund.net/apply
Herb Block
https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/grant-programs/encouraging-citizen-involvement
Open Road Alliance
https://openroadalliance.org/covid-19/
Borealis
https://borealisphilanthropy.org/grantmaking/disability-inclusion-fund/
Booz Allen
https://boozallenfoundation.org/innovationfund/
GWCF
Current covid-19 related grant opportunities
Breakdown of Federal funding coming to Maryland through the Coronavirus stimulus (does not include info on how to get this funding)
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs-Current/Federal%20Coronavirus%20Response.pdf
FCC Telehealth
FCC is providing reimbursements for nonprofits and public health care providers. This is not a grant but if you qualify and are doing this work you should consider applying.: https://www.fcc.gov/covid-19-telehealth-program
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities grants
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=326458
Booz Allen Innovation Fund, now through June 5, up to $100K
https://boozallenfoundation.org/innovationfund/
RFP: Borealis Foundation—disability inclusion fund, open through May 6
https://borealisphilanthropy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DIF-Rapid-Response-RFP.pdf
RFP: Spencer – grants for research on education, systems change, deadlines 5/4, 5/18, 6/8
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-grants-on-education-covid-19-related-special-grant-cycle
Philip L Graham Fund accepting applications, focus is health and human services (dominant), education and arts and humanities
https://plgrahamfund.org/grant-portal-login/
Open Road Alliance, Grants and Loans—direct impact on COVID 19
https://openroadalliance.org/covid-19/
Caplan Foundation–Innovation in early childhood welfare and education and parenting education (new ideas not support for current programming)
http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps/rfp11145-caplan-foundation-for-early-childhood-invites-letters-of-intent
ICYMI: Weekly COVID-19 Response Meeting
On April 8, Nonprofit Montgomery hosted its fourth weekly meeting with county leaders including Councilmember Navarro and Councilmember Glass. Attendees were able to hear about the public health Emergency Grant legislation and updates on how safety-net clinics are responding to COVID-19. Click here to watch the webinar.
A few take aways:
Q. Do you know anything about the progress of making unemployment benefits available to self-employed people?
A. Yes, the federal stimulus expands unemployment benefits to self employed / independent contractors
Q.Outpouring of cloth mask creation by the community has been great. How can residents, especially seniors, obtain masks? Is there an organization making them available at little or no cost?
A. Yes! Montgomery Volunteer Center can provide more information about this.
Q: Is there a link for the Federal assistance program catered specifically to the Child Care Providers?
A. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/coronavirus/acf-covid-19-stimulus
Q. Is there a way to find out more easily the language capacity for the different domestic violence providers in the County, as well as for the mental health providers?
A: JCADA uses a language line for the phone, and the amazing folks at Ayuda for live translation.
MD Division of Unemployment Insurance
The website for the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation has this statement online: Please do NOT yet submit an application if you are self-employed, an independent contractor, gig worker, have insufficient work history, and/or believe you may be eligible. Our system is currently not set up to process these types of applicants, as they are formerly considered ineligible. If you do submit an application, it will be denied. To receive an e-mail once the new application is ready, please sign up online.
Grants and Funding Opportunities
Maryland Higher Education Commission
College Preparation Intervention Program (CIPP) – Due March 6, 2020
Grants and Funding Opportunities
City of Takoma Park Community Grants Program
The City of Takoma Park is currently accepting applications for its Community Grants Program now through Thursday, March 12, 2020. Projects that provide greater access to the arts and sciences in Takoma Park are eligible for up to $10,000 in financial support.
Funding for FY21 is available for projects taking place between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. For more information contact Jennifer Hale, Grants Coordinator.
Greater Washington Community Foundation Spring 2020
RFP OPENS: FEBRUARY 3, 2020
- Fund for Children, Youth, and Families
- Spring Creek Environmental and Preservation Fund
- Partnership to End Homelessness RFI related to advocacy efforts