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2024-05-20T16:29:21-04:00May 17th, 2024|Events, MoCo|

The FY24 Community Grants review and awarding process is complete with Notification Letters sent to all applicants. The Office of Grants Management (OGM) received over 310 applications with the value of requests totaling nearly $50 million with less than six million available for awards; an 8.5 to one ratio of requests received to funds available. The full list of award winners in pdf format may be downloaded here.

Montgomery County and the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC) have launched the Nonprofit Preservation Fund (NPF) to preserve affordable housing. The NPF will be funded with $50 million by Fiscal Year 2025 to provide low-interest interim loans to support nonprofit developers and HOC in acquiring and preserving naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH).

The Montgomery County Council’s public hearing on the Great Seneca Plan, Connecting Life & Science, is on June 12 at 7 p.m. at The Universities at Shady Grove. To testify at a Council public hearing and submit written, audio or video testimony, please use the following link: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/testify.html, or call 240-777-7803.

IRA Direct Pay Webinar for Maryland Tax Exempt Entities
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in clean energy in U.S. history. Most of the investment comes through tax incentives. Under a novel provision known as “direct pay” or “elective pay”, tax exempt entities can benefit from these tax incentives.

Easter Seals DC VA MD Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy for Disability and Military Communities.

County Executive Marc Elrich has appointed Easterseals Cohen Clinic Director Grace Caulfield to the Commission on Veterans Affairs, bringing an expert voice in high-quality, accessible veterans mental healthcare to the Commission. As director of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals, Caulfield has successfully worked with prominent veteran and military leaders to ensure veterans quickly receive help at Easterseals.

Maryland Market Rate and Cost of Care Survey
The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood is requesting your help to estimate the cost of child care, both current costs and the “true cost” for a financially sustainable child care program. This survey is being conducted by a non-profit organization, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies.

Grants & Funding Opportunities

2024-05-20T16:32:06-04:00May 17th, 2024|Grants & Funding|

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation invites applications from nonprofits in the D.C. area. 
The foundation invites applications for its grants program, through which it aims to improve the lives of D.C.-area residents, with an emphasis on creating a more equitable region. Grants are awarded in five program areas: arts and humanities, community services, education, environment, and health and wellness. The portal opens on June 1, 2024, for the July 1, 2024 deadline.
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Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) is excited to sponsor the Beyond the Rails community grant program and we’re inviting local organizations throughout the project corridor to apply for our next group of grants (deadline is May 31, 2024). For your information, PLTP is the State of Maryland’s private-sector partner on the Purple Line and we are the sole funder of the grant program.
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FY 2024 Nonprofit Security Grant Program
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing $274.5 million for facility hardening and other physical and cyber security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist or another extremist attack.
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Wheaton Access Program will distribute a total of $75,000 in in-kind assistance towards the reduction of permitting costs for use of local government facilities and venues. Submission deadline: June 30.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
Culture of Health Award
Is your community actively working to ensure residents have what they need to reach their best health and well-being? The 2024 Culture of Health Prize call for applications is now open until June 3.
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Gladys Brooks Foundation Grants
The Foundation will consider major grant applications for innovative projects in the fields of libraries, education, hospitals and clinics. The deadline for submitting a Grant Proposal Letter is May 31.
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Ben & Jerry’s Foundation invites applications from grassroots organizations
The foundation invites applications to its National Grassroots Organizing Program (NGO), which offers two-year, unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year—with an average grant size of $20,000 per year—to small, constituent-led grassroots organizations across the United States and its territories.
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Additional Grant Opportunities for Food Assistance & Non-profit Partners

Job Opportunities

2024-05-20T16:38:04-04:00May 17th, 2024|Job Opportunities|

Carpe Diem Arts: Executive Director 

Chevy Chase At Home: Member and Volunteer Programs Manager

Jubilee: Quality Assurance Specialist, Academy Coordinator, Academy Instructor

Manna Food Center: Donor Relations Coordinator

Parent Encouragement Program: Outreach Manager, Latino Program Coordinator 

Rebuilding Together, Manager of Program Services

Red Wiggler Community Farm: 2024 Farm Apprentice

VisArts: Individual Giving Manager (Part Time with Benefits)

Washington Revels: Community Engagement Coordinator, Business Manager

FY2024 Community Grants Applications Now Open

2023-06-29T19:20:13-04:00June 29th, 2023|Grants & Funding|

The Office of Grants Management is soliciting grant applications for the County’s FY 2024 Community Grants Program from qualified nonprofit organizations providing direct services to or advocacy for Montgomery County community members.   Both the County Executive’s FY24 Recommended Budget and the County Council’s FY24 Approved Budget (Resolution 20-184) provide $5.75 million to nonprofit organizations for unique, innovative programs to cover special community needs that are not otherwise addressed by other County funding or efforts.  Funding may be awarded to new initiatives or to projects supported by Community Grants in previous fiscal years.  FY24 Community Grants applicants may request funding between $50,000 and $375,000.  The performance period of these grant awards will be from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.  Applicants may submit multi-year funding proposals of up to three (3) years but funding beyond the first 12 months will be contingent on both satisfactory project performance and future Council appropriations.

The target populations for this Grant Program are Montgomery County:

  • Youth: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County’s youth community;
  • Seniors: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County’s senior community;
  • Residents who have Disabilities: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of County residents who have disabilities; and
  • Residents who are members of Underserved Communities: $1,258,128 is available to nonprofit organizations from underserved communities who have unique insights into their local challenges and can develop the best programmatic solutions address them.

Click here to download the full FY24 Community Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) document in .pdf format.

Key dates for this program are:

Questions about the application process can be directed to Ali, Outgoing Grants Program Manager of the Office of Grants Management, by calling 240-773-3384 or emailing ali.hoy@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Press Release: Nonprofit Montgomery to Host Paul Monteiro

2023-06-06T10:15:03-04:00June 6th, 2023|Uncategorized|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2023
CONTACT: connect@nonprofitmoco.org

NONPROFIT MONTGOMERY TO HOST PAUL MONTEIRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICE AND CIVIC INNOVATION, AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS NEXT WEEK

Rockville, MD – Nonprofit Montgomery will be hosting a listening session for Maryland’s Secretary of the Department of Service and Civic Innovation, Paul Monteiro. Monteiro will have the opportunity to hear from nonprofit leaders and students from the John F. Kennedy High School Leadership Training Institute who supported the SERVE ACT legislation, Governor Moore’s “service year option,” earlier this year.

The students and nonprofit leaders representing SGAP Leaders, the Student Conservation Association, Inc. National Capital Region, Service Year Alliance, and the Association for Student Conduct Administration will engage in a dialogue and provide recommendations regarding the implementation of Maryland’s service year program.

The Department of Service and Civic Innovation plans to launch the first cohort of this program this fall with at least 200 participants, expanding to 2,000 over the next four years. Participants will be paid $15/hour during their service job training and mentorship.

For more information about Nonprofit Montgomery and its programs and services, please visit www.nonprofitmoco.org.

Job Opportunities

2023-06-02T12:08:54-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Job Opportunities|

Nature Forward: Conservation Director
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington: Human Resources Coordinator, Director of Development, and Manger of Operations
Jubilee Associate of Maryland: Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager
CREATE Arts Center: Executive Director 
Healthcare Initiative Foundation: Director of Grants and Community Impact
WorkSource Montgomery: Communications Lead
Primary Care Coalition: Senior Director, Health Care Access

Job Opportunities

2023-05-30T09:36:47-04:00May 30th, 2023|Job Opportunities|

Nature Forward: Conservation Director
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington: Human Resources Coordinator, Director of Development, and Manger of Operations
Jubilee Associate of Maryland: Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager
CREATE Arts Center: Executive Director 
Healthcare Initiative Foundation: Director of Grants and Community Impact
WorkSource Montgomery: Communications Lead
Primary Care Coalition: Senior Director, Health Care Access

Grants & Funding Opportunities

2023-05-30T09:35:52-04:00May 30th, 2023|Grants & Funding|

City of Gaithersburg 
Mental Health Support for Youth Grant

The City of Gaithersburg is seeking not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) agencies in the Gaithersburg area to apply for FY24 Mental Health Support for Youth Grant. The design of this program funds support to qualifying agencies that provide youth mental health services to City youth. Click here for more information.

Chesapeake Bay Trust
Outreach and Restoration Grant

This grant program encourages outreach, community engagement activities, and on-the-ground restoration projects that increase knowledge, change behavior, and accelerate stewardship of natural resources that involve residents in restoring local green spaces, waterways, and natural resources. Click here to learn more.

USDA
FNS SNAP E&T National Partnership Grants

FNS intends to make available in fiscal year (FY) 2022 approximately $3 million to non-profit organizations with large networks of community colleges or consortia of community colleges with experience providing workforce development services to low-income and low-skilled individuals, including SNAP participants. Grant funds will be used to support new organizational capacity to provide network or consortia members training and other technical assistance so that network or consortia members may become third-party SNAP E&T providers. Click here for more information.

Montgomery County Food Council
is a great resource that lists all news on food such as different food grants, events, and job opportunities! To sign up for their newsletter click here.

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