Deadline: 4-Feb-22
The Community Foundation of Howard County is accepting applications for the 2022 Grant Cycle for Strategic Grants and General Grants Program.
Focus Areas
- Strategic Grants
- Mentally Healthy, Safe and Drug-Free: This includes support of criminal justice initiatives, affordable housing, shelters, mental health and substance abuse services (bilingual services for care), removing barriers (includes transportation) to access services, family strengthening initiatives, safe housing, job training and education for those struggling with behavioral health and substance abuse issues.
- Progressive, Growing, Vibrant and Economically Healthy: This includes community development, workforce diversity and skills, workforce development, education, building an innovative and diverse business environment, affordable housing, transportation and quality of place initiatives.
- Inclusive, Supportive, Connected, Engaging and Culturally Diverse: This includes initiatives that encourage inclusiveness, cultural diversity, connectiveness, and bilingual services, collaborative activities, socioeconomic interaction initiatives, diversity in community outreach, human rights programs and accessibility for all to resources.
- General Grants
- Health & Medical — to include the support of health and medical related programs;
- Social Services — to include the support of human service organizations, programs for children and youth and services to the aged;
- Education — to include support for programs in pre-school, elementary and secondary education, post-secondary education, scholarships and for special education programs;
- Cultural Affairs — to include the support of programs and facilities which are designed to establish a diversified county cultural program that offers widespread participation and appreciation;
- Civic Affairs — to include support of programs related to criminal justice, community development, employment, citizen involvement, leadership training, and other general community activities;
- Community Beautification — to include the support of projects that advocate, stimulate and support community vitality, beautification/environmental preservation and adornment.
Funding Information
There is a wide range in the size of grants awarded. Grants in previous years have ranged from $1,500 to $20,000. Applicants should request the amount actually needed to successfully complete the proposed project.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Foundation make grants to tax-exempt agencies classified as 501(c)(3) organizations, which are public charities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. The Community Foundation will consider only grant requests that benefit residents of Howard County. Not-for-profit organizations without a 501(c)(3) classification may seek funding with the support of a fiscal agent.
- The Community Foundation of Howard County does not make grants or loans to individuals. As a community foundation they support the charitable projects and programs being provided by not-for-profit organizations in Howard County.
- The Foundation does not generally make grants to individuals, for religious purposes, for covering budget deficits, for travel, for fundraising events, for endowments, for salaries, or for projects normally the responsibility of a government agency.
- The Community Foundation of Howard County no longer requires organizations that have filled out a grant application in the past five years to attend a community grants meeting. First-time applicants must contact the Foundation to discuss grant proposals prior to submission.
For more information, visit http://www.cfhoward.org/schedule.html#gsc.tab=0