Grants & Funding

Urban Institute: Catalyst Grant Program
The Urban Institute and the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative have opened the Request for Proposals for the next round of the Catalyst Grant Program, due December 2. The program supports local 501(c)(3) nonprofits to launch projects using data and technology to advance racial equity in the adult criminal legal system in three front-end focus areas: prevention, policing, and prosecution.

City of Rockville: Human Services Grant
Opens November 2022. Grants annually to local organizations that partner with the city to support human services access in the city.

MD Dept. of Commerce: Child Care Capital Support Revolving Loan Fund
The Child Care Capital Support Revolving Loan Fund is a financing resource operated by the Department of Commerce, with support from the State Department of Education, to provide no-interest loans for capital expenses to child care providers who participate in the State Department of Education’s Child Care Scholarship Program.

MD State Dept. of Education: The Maryland Rebuilds Initiative
This is a competitive MSDE grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deadline for grant application submissions has been extended. Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on NOVEMBER 10, 2022

TD Charitable Foundation: Non-Profit Training Resource Fund
Through this TD Charitable Foundation funded program, nonprofits can receive a grant for approved training to increase their organization’s capacity and skillset.

Digital Lift: Software Grant
Digital Lift will provide up to a maximum of $1,000 per nonprofit for eligible requests. Applications close October 31.

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County: Wheaton Cultural Project Grants
Wheaton Cultural Project Grants (WCPG) are available to arts and/or humanities organizations and groups located in Montgomery County, MD that may or may not be incorporated as non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status and individual artists and scholars who reside in Montgomery County, MD. Grants for FY23 will be awarded for activities occurring between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Application Deadline – Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

Many Hands Grant: Grant funds must be used to serve women, children, and/or families in socioeconomic need. There are four grants each year, one in each of four focus areas–economic empowerment, education, health, and housing.

• Applications open: October 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
• Applicants will have opportunities to ask questions prior to the application deadline:
  • Written questions by email to grants@manyhandsdc.org, October 1–15, 2021.
  • Zoom meeting, on October 19, 2021, at 10:00 am.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development: Multiple Grants

• Facility and Community Improvement: The minimum grant request is $10,000 and the maximum grant request amount is $25,000. Application Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 21, 2022,​ at 5:00 PM.
• Business District and Neighborhood Safety: The minimum grant request is $50,000 and the maximum grant request amount is $100,000. Application Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 21, 2022,​ at 5:00 PM.
• Crime and Violence Intervention and Prevention: The maximum grant request is $250,000. Application Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 5:00 PM.

Maryland State Dept. of Education: The Maryland Rebuilds Initiative
This is a competitive MSDE grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deadline for grant application submissions has been extended. Applications are now due no later than 11:59 p.m. on October 18, 2022.

City of Rockville: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 
The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. This grant funds capital repairs for nonprofit facilities or group homes that serve a majority low-to-moderate-income individuals.

The City of Rockville extended the due date for new applications to Friday, October 14, 2022.

Healthcare Initiative Foundation
The FY23 HIF Annual Grantee Virtual Training will be on October 27 from noon to 1pm on Zoom. Click here to register.

WorkSource Montgomery
WorkSource Montgomery and Montgomery County’s Workforce Development Board will re-open its recovery funds application in mid-2023 for a limited time.

Montgomery County DHHS/Asian American Health Initiative
The Asian American Health Initiative has launched Healthy Communities Fund to accomplish this goal. In partnership with the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Maryland Inc. (PCC), AAHI and PCC seek to fund programs in behavioral health, senior wellness, and health & social support services.

This Request for Proposal is to solicit applications from eligible organizations to provide health services to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Montgomery County Maryland.

• Applications open:  September 1, 2022
• Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2022.

Many Hands Grant: Grant funds must be used to serve women, children, and/or families in socioeconomic need. There are four grants each year, one in each of four focus areas–economic empowerment, education, health, and housing.

• Applications open: October 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
• Applicants will have opportunities to ask questions prior to the application deadline:
  • Written questions by email to grants@manyhandsdc.org, October 1–15, 2021.
  • Zoom meeting, on October 19, 2021, at 10:00 am.

WorkSource Montgomery: Workforce Recovery Network 2.0
This funding opportunity is intended to support the expansion of existing workforce development programs serving Montgomery County job seekers and small businesses. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, WSM intends to expand our WRN by adding 10 new partner organizations to our existing network. Program models should be proven, innovative, and contribute toward Montgomery County’s local workforce recovery efforts through the provision of workforce development services to residents and small businesses negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Maryland Rebuilds
Maryland Rebuilds is a grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2022.
• Learn more here.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Therapeutic Child Care Program Grant
This new grant program will incorporate the services originally provided under the Medically Fragile grant. This grant will provide funding for non-profit, health/medical-based, child care in coordination with early education services to children with medical/special needs requiring specialized care.

• Proposals are due no later than 5 p.m. on September 30, 2022.
• Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust: Clean Water Montgomery
This grant program to support watershed restoration and outreach projects throughout Montgomery County. This program aims to promote initiatives and projects which will improve water quality in Montgomery County’s local streams and waterways through public engagement, education, and on-the-ground restoration.

• Deadline is: November 17, 2022 at 4PM EDT
• Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government: FY23 Abortion Access Grants Program
The County’s Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Grants Management are seeking applications from qualified Community Based Organizations (CBOs) providing direct services that support the right to access abortion care in the County.

• Virtual Information Session: September 9, 2022 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM
• Application Closes: October 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM

Montgomery County DHHS/Asian American Health Initiative
The Asian American Health Initiative has launched Healthy Communities Fund to accomplish this goal. In partnership with the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Maryland Inc. (PCC), AAHI and PCC seek to fund programs in behavioral health, senior wellness, and health & social support services.

This Request for Proposal is to solicit applications from eligible organizations to provide health services to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Montgomery County Maryland.

• Applications open:  September 1, 2022
• Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2022.

Many Hands Grant: Grant funds must be used to serve women, children, and/or families in socioeconomic need. There are four grants each year, one in each of four focus areas–economic empowerment, education, health, and housing.

• Applications open: October 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
• Applicants will have opportunities to ask questions prior to the application deadline:
  • Written questions by email to grants@manyhandsdc.org, October 1–15, 2021.
  • Zoom meeting, on October 19, 2021, at 10:00 am.

WorkSource Montgomery: Workforce Recovery Network 2.0
This funding opportunity is intended to support the expansion of existing workforce development programs serving Montgomery County job seekers and small businesses. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, WSM intends to expand our WRN by adding 10 new partner organizations to our existing network. Program models should be proven, innovative, and contribute toward Montgomery County’s local workforce recovery efforts through the provision of workforce development services to residents and small businesses negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Maryland Rebuilds
Maryland Rebuilds is a grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2022.
• Learn more here.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Therapeutic Child Care Program Grant
This new grant program will incorporate the services originally provided under the Medically Fragile grant. This grant will provide funding for non-profit, health/medical-based, child care in coordination with early education services to children with medical/special needs requiring specialized care.

• Proposals are due no later than 5 p.m. on September 30, 2022.
• Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust: Clean Water Montgomery
This grant program to support watershed restoration and outreach projects throughout Montgomery County. This program aims to promote initiatives and projects which will improve water quality in Montgomery County’s local streams and waterways through public engagement, education, and on-the-ground restoration.

• Deadline is: November 17, 2022 at 4PM EDT
• Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government: FY23 Abortion Access Grants Program
The County’s Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Grants Management are seeking applications from qualified Community Based Organizations (CBOs) providing direct services that support the right to access abortion care in the County.

• Virtual Information Session: September 9, 2022 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM
• Application Closes: October 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM

City of Rockville: The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal CDBG funds it will receive in fall 2023. This funding is a subset of the Montgomery County CDBG program, that is designed for nonprofits serving Rockville residents.

• Fiscal Year 2024 grants will fund projects during July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024. Click here for more information or to access the online application link. Applications are due at 11:59 PM on September 30, 2022.

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County: COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Montgomery County Government and AHCMC are providing emergency relief funds. The Arts & Humanities COVID-19 Relief Fund is available to non-profit arts and/or humanities organizations/groups and individual artists/scholars based in Montgomery County, MD experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Application Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2022 – 11:59 pm
Last Day for Questions: Friday, September 9, 2022 – 5:30 pm

Montgomery County Community Food Rescue: FY23 Mini-Grants Program
These grants are intended to provide opportunities for improving capacity and infrastructure of the local food system in all aspects of food recovery, and for innovative and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity. Montgomery County’s vision of food security is a community in which all people, at all times, have access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food, with dignity.
Applications are due by September 9, 2022. Portal closes at 7:00PM

City of Rockville: The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal CDBG funds it will receive in fall 2023. This funding is a subset of the Montgomery County CDBG program, that is designed for nonprofits serving Rockville residents.

• Fiscal Year 2024 grants will fund projects during July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024. Click here for more information or to access the online application link. Applications are due at 11:59 PM on September 30, 2022.
• There will be a technical assistance session to explain the CDBG program rules, application process and answer questions. Register here: August 30, 2022 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County: COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Montgomery County Government and AHCMC are providing emergency relief funds. The Arts & Humanities COVID-19 Relief Fund is available to non-profit arts and/or humanities organizations/groups and individual artists/scholars based in Montgomery County, MD experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Application Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2022 – 11:59 pm
Last Day for Questions: Friday, September 9, 2022 – 5:30 pm

Montgomery County Community Food Rescue: FY23 Mini-Grants Program
These grants are intended to provide opportunities for improving capacity and infrastructure of the local food system in all aspects of food recovery, and for innovative and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity. Montgomery County’s vision of food security is a community in which all people, at all times, have access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food, with dignity.
Applications are due by September 9, 2022. Portal closes at 7:00PM

Governor’s Child Care Stabilization Grant Program – Round 3
This funding opportunity is designed for licensed child care providers. Applicants may be a family home child care provider, a large family home child care provider, a child care center, or an education program under a Letter of Compliance.  It is not the intention of this program to fund the start-up of new child care programs that are not yet operating. This Grant Information Guide (GIG) and Application release – August 3, 2022. Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on August 29, 2022.

Governor’s Child Care Stabilization Grant Program – Round 3
This funding opportunity is designed for licensed child care providers. Applicants may be a family home child care provider, a large family home child care provider, a child care center, or an education program under a Letter of Compliance.  Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on August 29, 2022.

• Customer Service Support Sessions: The MSDE will hold several customer service support sessions for interested applicants on August 8, 11, 13, 15, and 16. Click here to sign up for a session.

MAFRAC Local Food Grant Application – Version 2.0 (h/t MoCo Food Council)
MAFRAC is offering funding to help local businesses and nonprofits source from local farmers and food businesses to alleviate the strain which the COVID-19 pandemic has on our food system. Applications for the next grant cycle are due by July 31, 2022.

FY23 Emerging Business District Grant Program
The purpose of the Emerging Business District Grant Program is to subsidize operations necessary to establish a non-profit commercial district management entity to conduct place making, place management, branding, and economic development activities in a neighborhood. The program must lead to the establishment of a Business Improvement District or an Urban District Corporation within Montgomery County.

WorkSource Montgomery: Grant Relief for Onboarding Workers (GROW)
GROW COVID-19 financial assistance is intended for business entities, both for-profit and not-for-profit, negatively impacted by the pandemic. WorkSource Montgomery will award grants in two tiers: one flat rate for part-time workers and one for full-time workers; meant to cover the cost of the first few weeks of onboarding training upon hiring. Learn more here.

Greater Washington Community Foundation: Summer Round 2022
Health Equity Fund

• The first grant round will invest in community practices and infrastructures that improve the prospects for economic mobility for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, people of color and other marginalized populations and the communities where they live in the District of Columbia.
• Qualified applicants are invited to submit proposals via the online application system no later than 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 25, 2022.

DIVAs Giving Circle

• Comprised of Montgomery County women who seek to enable youth to have life-changing experiences through the arts.
• Interested organizations must complete the application form no later than 5 p.m. ET on Friday, August 19, 2022.

Sharing Montgomery

• The initiative has provided support to high-impact nonprofits serving Montgomery County’s low-income residents.
• Proposals must be submitted through simplified online application. Applications are due Friday, August 5, 2022 at 5 p.m. ET.

City of Rockville:  FY2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Grant
The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal CDBG funds it will receive in fall 2023. 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.

• The online application is open for submissions and are due September 30.
• Q&A session and review of the application program eligibility requirements on August 30 at 11am.
• Applications will be due on September 30, 2022.

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Grant
The Campbell Foundation’s Chesapeake Initiative seeks to accelerate the pace of nutrient reduction in the Bay through engagement of diverse stakeholders and partnerships between agricultural interests and environmental concerns that forge new paths of working together.

• The application deadline is August 31, 2022.

MD Dept. of Housing and Community Development: Project Restore
Provides financial support to Maryland’s existing or new businesses to help incentivize commercial investment in vacant retail and commercial properties. Project Restore provides two grant opportunities for businesses, including nonprofits, that are expanding, moving to or opening in a property that was previously vacant for at least six months:

• Property Assistance Grant: Provides up to $30,000 for one year to support costs associated with rent, mortgage payment or property improvements as applicable.
• Business Operations Grant: For businesses that generate sales and use tax, provides up to $250,000 per calendar year to support capital (property improvements, equipment etc.) and operating (staff salaries, marketing, inventory etc.) costs associated with business operations in the vacant property.