Grants & Funding

HIF FY20 Capacity Building Grant Cycle

• Opens Friday, November 1, 2019
• Grantee training will be Friday, November 1st. The focus will be Technical Support training for FY20 Capacity Building applications. The training will cover: updates to the FY20 application, HIF’s budget template guidelines, and outcomes vs impacts requested in our application. Register here.

Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants

• Four different grants are being offered to help volunteer and nonprofit groups, communities, and land trusts support environmental education projects, litter removal, citizen stewardship, and solve natural resource issues in urban and rural areas.
• The deadline to apply for funding is Nov. 14, 2019.
• Awards will be announced in spring 2020.

Connections Beyond Sight and Sound Mini Grants

• offering four grant funding opportunities for families with children birth – 21 in Maryland and DC with children who have dual sensory impairment or CVI.
• Applications accepted until November 15, 2019.

Arts Residencies in Schools Grants

• support individual teaching artists and scholars trained in curriculum-based art techniques to serve students from communities that have traditionally received insufficient resources and that have limited access to arts education experiences throughout the school year.
• The award amounts for Arts Residencies in Schools Grants will range from $1,000 to $6,000.
• Click here for more information include deadlines and application.
• Webinar: Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 11am and Workshop: Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 4pm

Wheaton Cultural Project Grants

• contribute to the cultural life of Wheaton residents by providing support for arts and humanities projects in all disciplines, genres and styles, support for artists and scholars currently living or working in Wheaton, and the activation of Wheaton as a cultural destination.
• Applications available here.
• Webinar: October 2, 2019 @ 11am and Workshop: October 4, 2019 @ 4pm

Walmart – Local Community Grants

The Home Depot – Community Impact Grants

The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation – Hillman Emergent Innovation Program

• seeks bold, early-stage (pre-evidence or untested) innovations that target health and health care problems for vulnerable populations including the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, the homeless, rural populations, and others.

Arts Residencies in Schools Grants

• support individual teaching artists and scholars trained in curriculum-based art techniques to serve students from communities that have traditionally received insufficient resources and that have limited access to arts education experiences throughout the school year.
• The award amounts for Arts Residencies in Schools Grants will range from $1,000 to $6,000.
• Click here for more information include deadlines and application.
• Webinar: Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 11am and Workshop: Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 4pm

Wheaton Cultural Project Grants

• contribute to the cultural life of Wheaton residents by providing support for arts and humanities projects in all disciplines, genres and styles, support for artists and scholars currently living or working in Wheaton, and the activation of Wheaton as a cultural destination.
• Applications available here.
• Webinar: October 2, 2019 @ 11am and Workshop: October 4, 2019 @ 4pm

Walmart – Local Community Grants

The Home Depot – Community Impact Grants

The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation – Hillman Emergent Innovation Program

• seeks bold, early-stage (pre-evidence or untested) innovations that target health and health care problems for vulnerable populations including the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, the homeless, rural populations, and others.

Disability Partnerships 2019 Adaptive Equipment Grant
This is a direct grant given to an individual for the purchase of adaptive equipment to help them make their home or workplaces more accessible. Grant applications are due September 30, 2019. For more information, contact tmgallman@disabilitypartnerships.org.

Many Hands DC Grant  
Many Hands DC will accept applications for its 2020 grant cycle starting October 1, 2019. All applications must be submitted online and are due by November 15. Many Hands is a women’s grantmaking organization that makes grants in four areas: Education, Health, Housing, and Job Readiness. Click here for more information.

Greater Washington Community Foundation:  Donors InVesting in the Arts (DIVAs) Giving Circle

• accepting Letters of Inquiry from nonprofit organizations with a strong track record of serving middle and high school aged Montgomery County youth by using art as a medium to foster joy, empathy, self-awareness, the ability to bridge lines of difference, and other skills to help youth thrive.

Maryland GEAR UP Workforce Employability and Leadership Skills Program

• Applications due September 5, 2019

Protecting Religious Institutions

• Online submission deadline: May 1, 2020

Washington Area Women’s Foundation: Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative(ECEFC)

• Request for Proposals for projects in the DC metro region that improve early childhood systems infrastructure, work to ensure families have access to high-quality early education programs, and help early educators effectively meet the needs of all children.

County Government: Mini-Grants for Food Security Organizations

• mini grants range from $2,000 to $10,000 to improve capacity and infrastructure of the local food system and all aspects of food security or to support inventive and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity.
• A pre-application technical assistance conference will be held on August 14 at 10:30 a.m. at 401 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. Applications are due September 3, 2019.

County Government: Community Development Block Grant

• Organizations are limited to two applications
• Any funds awarded will not be available until on or after July 1, 2020
• The application deadline is Friday, September 13, 2019 at 4:00pm

City of Rockville: Community Development Block Grant Program

• A federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons.
• CDBG money can be used to provide grants to housing providers for housing and community development projects that benefit low- and moderate-income households or neighborhoods.
• Applications due September 16, 2019, 5pm

• A federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons.
• CDBG money can be used to provide grants to housing providers for housing and community development projects that benefit low- and moderate-income households or neighborhoods.
• Applications due September 16, 2019, 5pm

• Reminder: Summer 2019 Grant Opportunities due on July 29
• 2020 Count DMV In Census Project, Resilience Fund, and Sharing Montgomery

• Open to neighborhoods, HOAs, etc.
• Funds may be used for sidewalk enhancement, lighting upgrades, signage, fence replacement, parking lot enhancements, community block parties, and even neighborhood birdhouses

• Matching mini-grants for neighborhood events