As the region’s largest local funder, The Community Foundation is proud to partner with and support thousands of nonprofits working to make our communities more equitable, just, and thriving places to live and work. We are now accepting proposals for grant opportunities from the following funds at The Community Foundation:
Arts Forward Fund
Arts Forward Fund, a collaborative partnership between The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Community Foundation, and several other individual and institutional contributors, aims to support arts and culture organizations as they stabilize, adapt, and recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fund’s focus is on community-based organizations with annual revenue of $3 million or less. Arts Forward Fund will prioritize organizations that are BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving. Typically grants will range from $5,000 to $25,000.
Deadline:
Friday, July 30
Webinar session I:
July 16 at 11 a.m.
Webinar session II:
July 20 at 11 a.m.
DIVAs Call for Ideas: Addressing Mental Health & Wellness through the Arts
The Donors InVesting in the Arts (DIVAs) Giving Circle is focused on providing Montgomery County youth with artistic experiences. The DIVAs would like to hear from arts-focused nonprofits as well as youth-focused organizations which provide highly engaging, top quality artistic programs promoting children’s mental health and well-being. All artistic mediums are welcome.
Deadline:
Friday, August 20 at 5 p.m.
Food for Montgomery: Resilience Building
Food for Montgomery is a public-private initiative created to address the alarming spike in food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This RFP is for nonprofit partners committed to building a more resilient, efficient, nimble, and equitable food security system across Montgomery County. Specifically, this Resilience Building grant opportunity will focus on helping partners pivot, collaborate, and/or innovate their food security work.
Grant awards for proposals benefiting a single organization will be capped at $75,000, while collaborative proposals will generally be considered for up to $150,000.
Deadline:
Tuesday, September 28 at 5 p.m.
Webinar session:
Monday, July 13 at 3 p.m.
Fund for Children, Youth, and Families
The Fund for Children, Youth, and Families invests in the betterment of underserved children, youth, and families across the Greater Washington region. This funding opportunity provides programmatic or general operating support for nonprofits offering housing services, permanency support, academic support, and early career development programs.
Grants of up to $100,000 are available. This will be a multi-year grant.
Deadline:
Tuesday, August 31 at 4 p.m.
Webinar session:
Monday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m.
Sharing Montgomery: Call for Ideas
This year, the Sharing Montgomery Fund will invest in organizations helping the people and areas within Montgomery County that have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most grants will range from $5,000 to $10,000. A limited cohort of grantees will receive multi-year grant commitments.
Deadline:
Thursday, August 12 at 5 p.m.
Webinar session:
Wednesday, July 14 at 2 p.m.
Upcoming Grant Rounds
As a trusted steward of local charitable assets, The Community Foundation operates quarterly grant rounds for its competitive and discretionary funding opportunities. The next RFP open date will be October 2021*.
*Please note that dates are subject to change